1992 Touring Wagon
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1992 Touring Wagon
Here is my old beaten up 92 wagon that I have slowly been fixing up on basically no budget. I bought what I thought was a car in great shape that only needed some minor work but it quickly came apparent that the previous owner did spotty work and was a total hack job The joys of owning a car almost as old as I am
So it begins....
Picked up a Invidia Downpipe and a Magnaflow metal highflow cat
Built a jig to hold it and cut it apart to put the cat in and add o2 bungs
Next came brakes
Then I found a melted plug on the heahlight harness while I was replacing the battery
Picked up some Impreza RS seats for a good price to replace my old and torn seats
Came across these for $150 brand new so I couldn't pass them up, H&R legacy springs
Got my wheels powder coated
Replaced the rest of my exhaust with a Blitz Nur Spec system I found on ebay from a jdm twin turbo second gen legacy wagon. Sounds so nice
Now the big work has begun, I was having a problem with loud tapping/banging sounds coming out of the bell housing and the tranny acting funny so Ericem and myself pulled the motor and tranny out.
Here is Ericem happy that the motor is free
Found the cause of all the banging sounds....
Now that the motor is out its time to fix that up and that's as far as I have gotten thus far. Going to replace the timing belt, water pump, spark plugs, wires, cam seals, reseal the oil pump, send the cams off to delta cams for a regrind, replace the valve cover gaskets, new knock sensor, paint the valve covers wrinkle black and the intake wrinkle red, replace the rotted out exhaust manifold and finally install the new tranny
So it begins....
Picked up a Invidia Downpipe and a Magnaflow metal highflow cat
Built a jig to hold it and cut it apart to put the cat in and add o2 bungs
Next came brakes
Then I found a melted plug on the heahlight harness while I was replacing the battery
Picked up some Impreza RS seats for a good price to replace my old and torn seats
Came across these for $150 brand new so I couldn't pass them up, H&R legacy springs
Got my wheels powder coated
Replaced the rest of my exhaust with a Blitz Nur Spec system I found on ebay from a jdm twin turbo second gen legacy wagon. Sounds so nice
Now the big work has begun, I was having a problem with loud tapping/banging sounds coming out of the bell housing and the tranny acting funny so Ericem and myself pulled the motor and tranny out.
Here is Ericem happy that the motor is free
Found the cause of all the banging sounds....
Now that the motor is out its time to fix that up and that's as far as I have gotten thus far. Going to replace the timing belt, water pump, spark plugs, wires, cam seals, reseal the oil pump, send the cams off to delta cams for a regrind, replace the valve cover gaskets, new knock sensor, paint the valve covers wrinkle black and the intake wrinkle red, replace the rotted out exhaust manifold and finally install the new tranny
92 Touring Wagon Mica Black(sold)
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
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I started pulling stuff off the motor so that I can clean it as it is really really messy.
3 cans of engine cleaner later and the power washer on it....
Broken flex plate scraped up the back of the block and shaved some metal off, I think I am going to replace that seal.
Looks like the timing belt needed to be replaced anyways....
Got the rest of the motor pulled apart. Nice to see after 18 years it is nice and clean in there
Cut off all the heat shields off my spare exhaust manifold, cut all the mounting tabs off and ground them all down to make it easier to wrap and painted the whole thing. All thats left is to wrap it with some heat wrap
3 cans of engine cleaner later and the power washer on it....
Broken flex plate scraped up the back of the block and shaved some metal off, I think I am going to replace that seal.
Looks like the timing belt needed to be replaced anyways....
Got the rest of the motor pulled apart. Nice to see after 18 years it is nice and clean in there
Cut off all the heat shields off my spare exhaust manifold, cut all the mounting tabs off and ground them all down to make it easier to wrap and painted the whole thing. All thats left is to wrap it with some heat wrap
92 Touring Wagon Mica Black(sold)
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
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Still doing work to it but it is starting to get there
Old nasty leaky rack
New rack ready to go
Ugly rap job on my exhaust
Painted valve covers
Old nasty leaky rack
New rack ready to go
Ugly rap job on my exhaust
Painted valve covers
92 Touring Wagon Mica Black(sold)
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
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Got my cams back from Delta Cam, got to say they got great customer service every time I called them. Only 1 day turn around time and it only cost me $63.50 per cam
Plenty of hours later and its really coming along
Ericem giving me a hand....
back in there
Picked up some v4 sti suspension this weekend and got that on there with the h&r springs I had. What a HUGE difference, the v4 sti struts are way stiffer and the top mounts were nice and fresh unlike the original ones on the car.
Stock horns didn't work so I picked up some hella horns
Rear trailing and lateral arms off a 93 jdm wrx
the beefier bar mounts off the 04+ impreza
Group A C-Style Endlinks
Whiteline 22mm adjustable swaybar
All new hardware
and
Broken Flex plate
Wrx front brakes with stoptech street pads and super blue racing fluid.. what a huge difference.
Also got some new tires, Yokohama S drives in 225/45/17
My Wagons..
New Vibrant muffler
Plenty of hours later and its really coming along
Ericem giving me a hand....
back in there
Picked up some v4 sti suspension this weekend and got that on there with the h&r springs I had. What a HUGE difference, the v4 sti struts are way stiffer and the top mounts were nice and fresh unlike the original ones on the car.
Stock horns didn't work so I picked up some hella horns
Rear trailing and lateral arms off a 93 jdm wrx
the beefier bar mounts off the 04+ impreza
Group A C-Style Endlinks
Whiteline 22mm adjustable swaybar
All new hardware
and
Broken Flex plate
Wrx front brakes with stoptech street pads and super blue racing fluid.. what a huge difference.
Also got some new tires, Yokohama S drives in 225/45/17
My Wagons..
New Vibrant muffler
92 Touring Wagon Mica Black(sold)
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
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Awesome job on the work you've done so far. Can't wait to see more
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Very entertaining read. And thanks for taking all the pictures. Keep it up.
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I raced a friend's 93 turbo sedan also with 4eat, he has a td04 and a top mount on stock boost. I have cams and a turbo back. 1st gear was neck and neck but once we hit second I would pull away.darkcrave wrote:Sicccck! lots of nice work! How did those cams open the POS heads up? lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59NkKaapg3Y
It idles like poo though
92 Touring Wagon Mica Black(sold)
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
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This.. http://bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=42773darkcrave wrote:Do Delta have different stages of the cams? they dont sound too bad
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Nice work!
I got the 220's. Dan, 93forestpearl had the same grind and he did say there was a little bit of idle lope. I'm probably two weeks or so away in starting up. One thing I can do though is bump the idle a little bit with the stand alone if I don't like the idle.
darkcrave wrote:What cams did you get Josh?
I got the 220's. Dan, 93forestpearl had the same grind and he did say there was a little bit of idle lope. I'm probably two weeks or so away in starting up. One thing I can do though is bump the idle a little bit with the stand alone if I don't like the idle.
Josh
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2020 Outback Limted XT
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2020 Outback Limted XT
If you need to get a hold of me please email me rather then pm
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Are they basicly drop in cams? nothing else is needed?
I got the 220's. Dan, 93forestpearl had the same grind and he did say there was a little bit of idle lope. I'm probably two weeks or so away in starting up. One thing I can do though is bump the idle a little bit with the stand alone if I don't like the idle.
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Re: 1992 Touring Wagon
you broke two flex plates? very strang, think there might be an other issue causing them to fail?
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darkcrave wrote:Are they basicly drop in cams? nothing else is needed?
From what I understand from Delta, yes they are drop in cams.
Josh
surrealmirage.com/subaru
1990 Legacy (AWD, 6MT, & EJ22T Swap)
2020 Outback Limted XT
If you need to get a hold of me please email me rather then pm
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1990 Legacy (AWD, 6MT, & EJ22T Swap)
2020 Outback Limted XT
If you need to get a hold of me please email me rather then pm
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One came with the car broken and the second was from a used tranny I put in. I then went and bought a brand new one from the dealer and haven't had any issues since then, almost 10,000 miles ago. There is no play in the crank from a worn thrust bearing or anything like that.bmxkelowna wrote:you broke two flex plates? very strang, think there might be an other issue causing them to fail?
I am running stock tune with them, it starts first revolution of the engine everytime. I get about 17.5mpg average thoughdarkcrave wrote:Are they basicly drop in cams? nothing else is needed?
Headlights polished
Cleaned but still a big rust bucket
92 Touring Wagon Mica Black(sold)
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
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Cool wagon, with cool mods!
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very nice wagon.
make's me want to clean up my wagon now after seeing what you have done to yours.
keep up the good work.
oh how was the shift kit after u installed it?
was it worth getting?
make's me want to clean up my wagon now after seeing what you have done to yours.
keep up the good work.
oh how was the shift kit after u installed it?
was it worth getting?
Drive it like you Stole it
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92 Touring Wagon Mica Black(sold)
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
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Should totally bake the headlights! They go great on black cars.
Danny
1994 Legacy Turbo wagon: rwd, 4eat, and a faint knock..
1992 Legacy postal: bone stock, 4eat, blown reverse.
1993 Legacy LS Awd: lifted, 4eat, higher mileage, and dirty.biggreen96 wrote:well get out there and smash that geo around and get comfy.
1994 Legacy Turbo wagon: rwd, 4eat, and a faint knock..
1992 Legacy postal: bone stock, 4eat, blown reverse.
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Really nice setup do you like the invida axle back? Keep up the good work and keep the pictures coming.
Tony
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92ss satinsvoice wrote:LOL! that block was like F*** THIS! IM OUT!
mike-tracy wrote:Word. I'd love to get my hands on one of those trannies, but I just can't stomach the cost
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The one on the left is a RHD Type RA
It has an invidia down pipe with a vibrant muffler. I used to have a Blitz Nur axle back but it was a cop magnet with the 4.5" dia tip.
92 Touring Wagon Mica Black(sold)
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
99 Outback Limited(sold)
05 Outback XT Limited
Re: 1992 Touring Wagon
Hey I know it's been awhile since you posted, but I just had a
Do you guys have Emissions testing ? And if so did you pass with those Delta Cams
I got my Engine out and really wanna throw a set of those in, problem being is I already failed emissions without cams lol. Really annoying that you have to pull the heads to Change cams
Nice Wagon, Still Got it
Do you guys have Emissions testing ? And if so did you pass with those Delta Cams
I got my Engine out and really wanna throw a set of those in, problem being is I already failed emissions without cams lol. Really annoying that you have to pull the heads to Change cams
Nice Wagon, Still Got it