Project SS (D's jdm ej20g swapped 91 turbo legacy)

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Project SS (D's jdm ej20g swapped 91 turbo legacy)

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Hey guys!

My name is D and I have a 91 ss legacy in which I saved from being a parts car so I just thought that I could post up a "Build journal" in order to have more people get idea's on another legacy being modded since these cars are getting more and more rare. My car started out a 91 auto legacy ss in which I bought in January of 08. It ended up sitting in my garage for a full year in till i sourced out a very complete 97 ej20g that came out of jdm forestor turbo. I got the clip for a vendor in Texas called jhotimporters. They are on ebay a lot and treated me really good when i purchased a clip from them. If anyone is interested call Zack over there and he will help anyone out. Pictures will be up very soon on the full swap.

Goal- To have a really reliable DD that can do some occasional autox or road course stuff. No shes not going to be a track record holder but I can assure you that once I get everything dialed in I will piss off a lot of people with some real nice race cars.

Mods- To make this tasteful I'm going to have a lot of JDM and STI mods to this thing. I'm also going to shave off a lot of dead weight off this car. Has anyone weighed the rear seats? Damn there heavy lol!



Mods done so far

-97 JDM Forestor ej20g
-JDM STi strut brace
-JDM V3 STi Front & Rear seats
-JDM V2 STi/Nardi Steering wheel
-JDM front axels
-EDM Headlights
-EDM Turnsignal lights
-K&N drop in filter
-05 WRX 6 disc cd changer
-Goodridge SS brake lines
-Motul fluid
-Whiteline outrigger bushings
-Whiteline steering rack bushings
-WRX Struts/Springs
-Walbro 255 fp
-Forestor motor mounts
-Ceramic coated 3" DP
-DC sports 3" cbe
-06 Wrx intercooler
-Lamco boost gauge


Not Installed
KYB GR-2 struts
Eibach sportline springs
Noltec front camber plates
Group N rear top hats
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Post by Boostinc »

HAHAHA STI TMIC, VF43, AEM EMS, e85, other parts supplied by you, now ask yourself do you wanna race???
i dont gots mine yet but we will have to race son lol.
look forward to actually seeing the build up of your car
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Post by kimokalihi »

Sounds a lot like my build. 91SS with EJ20G engine/tranny/rear diff/axles from a 97 JDM Forester.

It'll be interesting to see how yours turns out in comparison to mine. Been working on mine for a long time slowly. With your own shop you may pass me up and then I just might steal ideas from you lol. Or if you like, you're welcome to check out my build thread and steal any ideas from me that I probably stole from other builds. :D

I actually got my swap from jdmautosales on ebay last summer. Great seller, shipped my swap pretty fast.

I have no experience in racing but I know I would love it and I plan on doing some sort of racing but I'd like to try road racing or road courses, not interested in drag much but maybe autocross.

Good luck! Take lots of pics for us.
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Re: Project FAT SS (D's 91 turbo legacy)

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I'm looking forward to seeing the build...
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Re: Project FAT SS (D's 91 turbo legacy)

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saw the turbo legacy today at their shop....very very nice! i hope to someday have as nice as a setup as D does. the shop they have is incredible and very professional as well.
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Re: Project FAT SS (D's 91 turbo legacy)

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fatgc8 wrote:Has anyone weighed the rear seats? Damn there heavy lol!


The backrest is a serious pig. The bottom cushion weighs next to nothing.


I've thought about remaking the frame out of aluminum, but that would take a lot of time.




Anyways, good luck.
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Re: Project SS (D's 91 turbo legacy)

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Well I finally got some time to give everyone an update on the car. These pictures were taken about a year ago. It sat in my garage next to my STI before I even started to turn a bolt on it. I saved it from being a parts car for another ss. You can see how bad of a shape it was in.

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Re: Project SS (D's 91 turbo legacy)

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Bad shape? LOL. I don't see any rust. You southern guys are spoiled.
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Re: Project SS (D's 91 turbo legacy)

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spoiled indeed i wish stuff like this poped up here
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Next on the list was to swap the ej20g over using the exsisting ss harness and ecu. Keep in mind i currently DD the car and besides the starter taking a shit, It seems to be pretty reliable. I just took a trip to sedona and back with no issues at all.

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As you can see i decided to use the 06+ wrx intercooler because the jdm forester intercooler didn't fit.

I also went ahead and bought a jdm gc/sti strut brace. Fits really well and im very happy with it.

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Next step was to address the old interior that came in the ss. The seats were worn and uncomfortable. I contacted a local subaru buddy and he happen to have a set of v3 sti seats so i bought them from him. I wasted no time putting them in! If anyone is thinking about changing out there seats this is the way to go!

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I thought a Nardi wheel and a oem wrx cd changer would go well with everything so I bought both of them online.

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I decided to copy one member on here and electric tape the chrome trim around the doors and bumper. I think it turned out well and hopefully it will last a while. I will eventually paint the car aspen white, get a new front bumper and paint the trim panels around the doors black.

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Looks good D! Did you get the cd deck working and wired up?
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Re: Project SS (D's 91 turbo legacy)

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07Evolved wrote:Looks good D! Did you get the cd deck working and wired up?
Yeah I did! It ended up being a stupid fuse :x got it all figured out though.
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Here are some pics i found of the swap to hold you guys over in till i can get some newer updated pics of how the car looks now.

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damn it! i want those new pics! :)
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I want that factory airbox BAD. I'll trade you for a super cool cone filter with a silicone MAF hose! Eh?
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lol no im cool kimo i really like the factory airbox look. Its easy to maintain and fits perfect!
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Im waiting for a set of front camber plates so that I can put all the rest of these goodies on the car ive gathered throughout the months.

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i forgot, does it still have the stock suspension? that will be riding tight and low.

i need to get some new struts for the SS.
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Right now its on wrx springs/struts. I hope I feel a difference once all of this stuff is on.

07Evolved wrote:i forgot, does it still have the stock suspension? that will be riding tight and low.

i need to get some new struts for the SS.
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So here are some pics of my front camber plates and my 4 point harness's. Im still waiting on my group n rear tophats before I can install all my suspension components.

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I decided to snap a couple pics of the exterior to show you some progress Ive been getting done for the last couple of months.Once I purchase a new passenger side fender im going to respray the whole car aspen white.


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My 3" ss exhuast my buddy custom fabed up.

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I had a spare cusco radiator shroud i powder coated black a while ago for my sti but i decided to put it on my legacy instead.

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Radiator shroud looks sick, I want one. I'm going to see what I can do with some foam to block up holes around my radiator.
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D,

The car looks good man. It is starting to come around. I really like the new wheels you have on there.

How does that exhaust sound?
Brad

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07Evolved wrote:D,

The car looks good man. It is starting to come around. I really like the new wheels you have on there.

How does that exhaust sound?

Thanks a lot Brad, The exhaust sounds a lot like a wrx. A lot of people look twice when im driving it lol.
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