LOOKING FOR TURBO FOR A 1997 2.5gt

KRVT · Post by **KRVT** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:50 am

i have had my subaru for about 4 months now and i love the car. ive been looking to upgrade but have found it very hard to find parts for my legacy . i was wondering if anyone could help me out in finding a good turbo, ive looked all over the internet and have found nothing.
thanx
-kevin

rallysam · Post by **rallysam** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:19 am

Look for a kit for an Impreza 2.5RS since it has basically the same engine. Obviously, it won't be a simple bolt-on but it might not be too difficult.

On your engine, best to keep the boost reasonable since it wasn't built for turbo. Great car, though.

gt2.5turbo · Post by **gt2.5turbo** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:53 am

lthis one would kick some serious power for you.... has eventhing you need except i think you might need a new crossmembe....

http://www.forcedairtech.com/stage3.html

Post by **Legacy777** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:15 pm

The forced air kits are pretty good. I believe with his kits, you don't even need to swap crossmembers

gt2.5turbo · Post by **gt2.5turbo** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:00 pm

yeah i was orignally going to pick this kit up and a gt model legacy until i found my turbo wag.
then it was love...

rallysam · Post by **rallysam** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:43 pm

gt2.5turbo wrote:yeah i was orignally going to pick this kit up and a gt model legacy until i found my turbo wag.
then it was love...

I'm confused. Originally you were going to do that but not any more? But your post from yesterday says that you DO have a GT model legacy and you ARE looking for a turbo kit for it.

Binford · Post by **Binford** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:25 pm

Different person.^

scottzg · Post by **scottzg** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:55 pm

for the sake of discussion, would it make sense to go with a 2.2 over a 2.5 for turboing? Obviously a turbo motor makes more sense for real power gains.

Matt Monson · Post by **Matt Monson** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:14 pm

KRVT,
NO NEED to yell at us to get a response!

I second the suggestion to get the FAT kit. They make it for both the 2.2l and 2.5l cars.

As for the which engine question? Obviously the 2.2T is better suited to boosting with it's lower CR. But when you already have the flow of the DOHC Ej25 heads, it is hard to argue that it will make more power in this car. 5-6psi on an Ej25 is good for low to mid 200's in the power department. And the beauty of the FAT kit, is later, one can replace their block with, say, an Ej257 STi bottom end and lower the compression and turn up the boost and make 300hp...

rallysam · Post by **rallysam** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:47 pm

rallysam wrote:I'm confused. Originally you were going to do that but not any more? But your post from yesterday says that you DO have a GT model legacy and you ARE looking for a turbo kit for it.

Binford wrote:Different person.^

DOH! brain fart!

KRVT · Post by **KRVT** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:35 am

wow. i apreciate everything i will definetly take all your help.
thanx
-KRVT

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LOOKING FOR TURBO FOR A 1997 2.5gt

LOOKING FOR TURBO FOR A 1997 2.5gt