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Post by Matt Monson »

I've been here for years! Though I have to confess that the last 2 years of Legacy ownership has only been in the form of parts cars. But as of today, I have officially re-entered the fold of Legacy Turbo owner. I bought this car last night :-D :
http://denver.craigslist.org/car/195127123.html

It's a plumb of car and now I have a worthy recipient for my RS-RA block. :twisted: My 2.5RS needs a few major service items and will be taken down for a month or two. In the meantime, I will use the SS as my daily driver. And then, the gloves come off and I can build a monster out of it. I will do the engine swap, along with JDM ECU conversion and we'll go from there. Pictures of the car to follow once I take receipt of it manana... 8)
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OMG, it's one of 15 in the whole world with a locking rear differential :shock: :lol:

You just picked up a car that is getting extremely rare. 91 Turbo, 5spd, with rear LSD.

Oh yeah, TITTYWOP :lol:
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I am really one happy camper right now. This is just the perfect car for me. And it's even the right year for my RS-RA engine...
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Post by rally370 »

Lucky baskit ! but in the nicest possible way! I didn't even know they locking diffs, how does that work?
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rally370 wrote: I didn't even know they locking diffs, how does that work?
Just a joke about the ad that says it has a locking diff. Which it doesn't.
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Well,
technically, to the layman, a rear LSD would be a self locking diff... ;)
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Post by skid542 »

Congratulations. Good to hear the RS-RA is going to a good home too :).
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And now I don't have to worry about Thawa hunting me down and killing me for a sin against the subby gods...
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:lol: Go Matt go!!!
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Post by rally370 »

Ha Ha ...I did think it was strange having a locking diff, I know they exist on SUV's so that's why I was wondereding if the Legacy had this option.
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Nice Matt!!

I wanna see the ECU conversion when you get to it... I'll need that and thensome to keep our "encounters" on Valmont on even keel :lol: once you get this beast built.

Are you going to use the VF23?
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Post by DLC »

Cool, welcome "back".

If you know anyone else who's looking for a cheap 91 Sport Sedan 5MT that runs well but has bad paint and some body dings, let me know. It can be had for less than $1000.
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farfrumwork wrote:Nice Matt!!

I wanna see the ECU conversion when you get to it... I'll need that and thensome to keep our "encounters" on Valmont on even keel :lol: once you get this beast built.

Are you going to use the VF23?
Give me a month or two, though I can barely contain myself from ripping the engine out right now. The RS needs some major maintenance on the rear end, coupled with some upgrades. Then I can dig into the SS. Until then it's my daily driver. I drove it today. I love it, even though it needs better struts. Pics will come once the weather cooperates. I drove it home in the rain on Saturday and it's now covered with mud...

The turbo I had was a vf-29. I sold it to BMXpunk. Now I am left shopping for another turbo. Oh well, live and learn...
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If you know anyone else who's looking for a cheap 91 Sport Sedan 5MT that runs well but has bad paint and some body dings, let me know. It can be had for less than $1000
got pics?
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Oh, and welcome back Mat!
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It has begun. Last night I visited one of our local tuners and picked up a Whiteline 20mm non-adjustable rear sway bar for the car. It also already has my 6 spoke RS 16's on it, though I am buying some used 17" Supperleggeras this evening. I can't control myself. I love this little car...
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Post by 206er »

I guess we have different definitons of little... :P
congrats matt, hope to check it out soon.
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