91 Legacy SS
223,xxx miles, stock motor with basic bolt ons.
Pear white with some hail damage and a ghetto home made hood scoop to solve a heat soak issue.
Over all the car isn't that bad, I have seen way worse. The paint (besides the hail dings) is still in great condition except the spoiler- as usual -and one or two recently developing rust spots which are minor and really just serve as an eye sore and motivation to get shit done.
The interior has the usual wear n tear of a 17 year old car, but its too is in rather good shape. Grey interior, cloth.
No overly large stains. The only tear in the fabric is the drivers side bolster closest to the door.
It has some rubber heavy duty floor mats which I just hose off in the shower every now and then. Dash is not cracked.
A/C is icy cold R12. Heat works great. Rear defroster is slow, but works.
Power windows, with auto up (one of my FAVORITE things about this car) power locks, power mirrors, power sunroof/moon roof (tinted) with sliding cover.
Goods
Tinted windows 35%
Gunmetal WRX double 5 spokes
Blitz SSQ BOV recirculated
Saab 900S TMIC
HKS 3" down pipe
Stock exhaust (WRX??)
stock vf11. No shaft play, no leaking oil.
NGK pfr 6b9 plugs gapped to .8mm or .032"
03 WRX struts which are getting soft
03 WRX clutch kit
Sti shifter linkage and bushing
Whiteline RCA Kit
-Extended ball joints
-Tie rods
Whiteline Sport steering rack busings
Ebay oil catch can
Newer intake manifold gaskets
Newer coolant temp sensor
New passenger side front axle
Oil changed every 5000 miles with AmsOil 15w40 European Formula and filter
Redline 75W90 synthetic gear oil in front diff and tranney, what a difference that made!!!
New drivers rear hub and wheel bearing. Replaced less than 3k miles ago.
The Bad
-Crappy hardware store MBC. Replace that. $50 or less for a good MBC.
-Front hub/knuckles may need to be replaced as the ball joints work them selves loose now and again. Hitting the pinch bolt with an impact seems to keep them in place for a month or more. $15 a corner from the junk yard.
-PCV lines re routed with the clear catch can hose because all the stock hoses had dry rotted away but the connections could use some TLC. A few fittings from carquest to make it pretty $10- 20
Also the coolant line that loops from the manifold to the block was broken and replaced with this same clear hose as a temporary fix...it's beyond its temporary window and needs a rubber hose as it leaks. This means keep an eye on the coolant until the hose is replaced. I fill the upper tank with coolant once a week or so.
$5 hose?
-Leaks a bit of oil onto the up pipe. Not enough to notice on the dip stick but enough to make some smoke in the right weather conditions. Makes passers by stare.
Valve cover gaskets $30
-It has terrible rear tires due to an alignment problem. The shop couldn't get the rear passenger wheel to 0 (zero) toe and it is toed in 1/4*, adversely the drivers rear is 1/4* toe out to match it. It makes for some vibration and eats rear tires. Most likely needs all the rear bushings replaced to solve.
I think a motor mount (or both) is torn so...
Master Bushing set from RalliSpec $400-ish, but what a kit!!!
-Rubber intake elbow @ turbo is getting old. Replace it.
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-Sunroof has a nice crack down the middle of it but the glass is together and doesn't leak. The SEAL DOES leak during heavy rain on the passenger side.
-No trunk release handle (broken when I bought it)
-CarX metallic brakes are junk after only two years. They stop the car but I give myself extra room and I wouldn't run any events with them.
$250 for some good stuff from anywhere!
-WRX struts are old news. Get something better.
free from other wrx's, lol
-I'd pick up a complete stock intake system. It didn't have one when I bought it and I had to make due with piping. I have most of the stock system and of course it will be in there but some things are ethnically modified to say the least.
-The motor is old. It starts instanly, it runs, it boosts 10-12psi. It has its days where it pulls like a Vette and days where it crawls like a Geo Metro. All at a solid 22 mpg.
Well worth the cost of any swap!
dirty..after snow
playing in the snow at local Subie meet.
I'm sad but I need some cash so she's for sale.
291-2946
I suppose I should fix what I've broken before I go with another car...