Performence...for 93 legacy...

[Subaru354]

Does anyone know where i can find some good but in expensive performence parts for a 93 legacy...and maybe some good interior and body parts???

[LaureltheQueen]

interior and body parts will not increase your performance.

No exterior modifications are easily available for our cars. Some wrx interior parts are easy to install, like wrx seats

[91White-T]

Where in CT are you?

[J-MoNeY]

I'd suggest: Neon, light up tire caps, neon shift knob, alluminum wing, stickers,LED window washer things, window banner, racing stripes, spinner 14in hubcaps, fake BOV thingy, muffler tip, diffuser for the bumper(aka:holes), speed holes in the hood, ect.

[BAC5.2]

I suggest... Search.

More than enough times have people asked how to improve the performance of an N/A.

[Brat4by4]

Ok, seriously.

First, get the car tuned up and in excellent shape. This is the first thing you want to do.

Replace: The fuel filters, air filter (if not new), spark plugs (NGK copper), spark plug wires (NGK silicone or Magnacore).

You can also replace your coilpack with a Mitsubishi, instead of the Hitachi one it came with. These are found on some of the later Subarus, up to '97 will fit our cars (i think).

Clean the carbon out of your engine. You can try Seafoam or water ingestion. Search for both.

Biggest thing you can do for performance is lose weight. Anywhere you loose weight is a good thing. WRX wheels are a good choice for the car, cheap and relatively light. Look into lightweight crank pulleys (I would stay away from underdriven). Also if your car is a manual, then a lightweight flywheel does a world of difference.

Another thing you can do is to start replacing old mushy mounts that still horsepower and performance. Once again if you are manual, then the STi Group N tranny mount does wonders. Then the Group N engine mounts help, too. A rear strut bar and upgrading your sway bars helps the car feel more confident around the corners. Heavy duty endlinks for the sway bars is cheap and helps, also.

[Mr.Pessimist]

While were on the topic of performance for a '93 (this could go for any year too) we need to talk about loosing weight for these cars, as suggested by Brat.

I've been thinking about this topic for a while as it is many times the cheapest way to improve acceleration.

Has anyone given this major thought? Has anyone come up with some major (preferably easy) weight-loss mods for our legacy's? I'm talking body, not wheels. Are there any fiberglass replacement body pieces out there (i.e. hood, trunk-lid)?

I tried removing the back seat one time, but I decided that it wasnt much weight loss and it was terribly inconvenient...therefor not worth it.

I really think a problem is that our cars were designed already really light....2800lbs for a sedan? that's pretty damn good. So there's not much to pull off. But I figured someone might have found a way to go lighter.

should this be its own thread?

[IronMonkeyL255]

I dunno what you're talking about with the seats. Mine are pretty heavy. Thing is, for their size, they're relatively light. Especially with the pass-through, it has a steel frame.

Carry the bare minimum of stuff at all times.

alot of people will get rid of the a/c, as the compressor and everything else weighs a goodly bit.....

For a slightly harder weight-loss thing, you could take up all the sound-deadening material on the floor, under the carpet. There's about a good 50 lbs of the stuff, IIRC.

Alot of fiberglass parts aren't that much lighter than the stock parts. I remember seeing a guy with an STI that got a fiberglass fender made, and it was less than a pound lighter than stock.

[Mr.Pessimist]

Well I could see the fender not gaining much. How about the hood? That is one heavy body piece I have to say. That would be an easy body piece to replace and its probebly one of the heaviest pieces too.

It cant be that tough to make a fiberglass mold of a legacy hood and pour it.

I was also thinking that there must be a lighter alternative to the spare wheel in the back. Maybe an alloy replacement that fits?

[evolutionmovement]

Buy the hood molds from Dave Carter.

I'd like to rip everything out of a wagon, plexi windows, everything but the front doors welded shut, RWD, and a monster engine.

Steve

[91White-T]

I'd like to rip everything out of a wagon, plexi windows, everything but the front doors welded shut, RWD, and a monster engine.

Steve

Hey, thats what I did..lol minus the plexi and rwd and monster engine.
Serioulsy though, ripping the entire interior out of my car did jack squat except make it 11ty billion times louder. It also smokes stock civics now, DXs only though.

[scottzg]

It also smokes stock civics now, DXs only though.

Eh? My buddy's 2000ex and i are dead even through 2nd from a roll.

I would get me one of them gel batteries. It's like 40lbs lighter in a very weight-sensitive place.

[tris91ricer]

I have a Red Top, and it's not that much lighter...

[IronMonkeyL255]

That's because it still uses lead.....

The gel batteries are gonna be light and expensive.

You could probably drop some weight with the hood. Also, lighter weight running gear (like aluminum control arms, lateral links, etc) would help.

[LaureltheQueen]

I love how the "performance" thread was posted in the one forum that is completely devoid of actual performance possibilities, short of removing the parts covered by that forum

[scottzg]

Hey! I have a high performance stereo, and the performance of my rear power window is much better since i replaced the switch buttons. Now nobody will race me on a window rollup SRT-4 would be meat

Ok, ive read it like 14 times now, and it's getting annoying: PERFORMANCE with an A

[tris91ricer]

Yes, I too was surprised to see the mods hadn't moved it yet.

The optima Red Top IS a gel-cell battery. I didn't pay $120 for lead.