rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
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rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
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Hi there, my name is Pete, I am from the SouthWest corner of Western Australia, and this is my 1991 BC6 Liberty I purchased from a 1 owner who had her licence taken off her.
It started life as a stock as a rock FWD, 4 speed automatic EJ22. Even had the original 91 made spare tyre still sitting in the boot, with all the lines still on it ! It's a Bermuda blue, blue velour interior, blue trims.
It had the factory rust on the front wheel arches. I cut it all out, replaced the metal with all pieces from another car, rustproofed and reprimed all inside before I welded the new panels in.
next up, I took the motor and gearbox out. I pulled all the covers off the motor, and done every seal I could think of. Rear and front crank, cams, covers, all the o rings etc. This is what the inside of the motor looked like. Replaced the bearings, timing belt, thermostat, all the little hoses I could get to as well, basically if it was rubber or bearing'd it got replaced.
With a good look at the motors condition and happy that it looked pretty good, I started on with the 2nd most critical part of the build. Giving it 5psi via a TD04Hl. Stainless UEL headers, braided oil feed, modified some vacuum breather hoses from an EJ20T intake manifold and tapped the sump for the oil return.
I made all the intercooler piping with 2.5" mild steel, and a 500x175x65mm intercooler, and made a new intake pipe with bungs for the 2 catch can setup.
Next off, I put it in the back of the shed for awhile, to conjure up a plan to make it AWD, which would've been around November last year. At new years, a perfect donor car popped up. I was stoked.
and the next day later.
This car had everything but seats and motor in it, which was perfect for me. I gutted the car, took everything, pedalboxes the lot. And then it flew away.
Again I put it on the backburner as I changed jobs, and then I started to hit the car hard. I pulled the trailing rear section out, fuel tank out, and then started to question myself to whether what will fit. After a play, the GD fuel tank and complete GD rear cradle was bolted into the car. This stage I got excited and started to order some other parts.
While the motor was out, I bolted up the 5 speed manual box to the EJ22, and started to have a gander at the wiring and seeing what was needed to remove. Printed out complete diagrams and spent a few nights researching to find out what needed to be bridged etc.
Also pulled the auto pedals out, and crossed my fingers, the GD pedalbox and all the hydraulics bolted straight into the BC chassis. Was so happy.
Next up, chased around on a few local Subaru groups, and found an RS liberty tailshaft. I had to swap the rear yoke over as the RS yoke is smaller then the GD yoke.
Pulled the GD tank back out, put in a Walbro 255lph pump, replaced all the hoses on top. Tomei FPR in the engine bay, will upgrade the injectors later on when i put a new ECU in it. currently still looking at a Haltech, trying to make sure it'll be usable for the spare GD EJ205 I have sitting waiting to be rebuilt later on.
I replaced all the brakes, lines, backing plates with the GD 2 pots front and rear, replaced the master cylinder and slave as well, then when eyeballing the driveline one day, I noticed the rear subframe was sitting out further then the front frame. The GD was 80mm wider then the BC6. I fitted the GD front aluminium lower control arms, GD swaybar links, GD front hubs, GD axles.
Also fabbed up 3" downpipe, 3" exhaust to a single hooker muffler, wired in an AEM wideband.
So mods so far ( from top of my head )
GD 5 speed box
GD complete rear cradle
GD pedal box + all hydraulics for clutch and brakes.
GD Fuel tank and all accs.
GD F + R brakes and all lines.
GD Front axles, lower control arms, swaybar links, hubs.
TD04L from an 05 wrx.
FMIC and 2.5" piping
3" exhaust
Stainless UEL headers.
Walbro 255l/h pump
Tomei Rising rate FPR
Clutch Industries single mass clutch kit for a 2.5RS.
AEM wideband
Saas 52mm boost gauge.
Saas twin catch cans.
Momo Tuner wheel + boss kit ( stamped 3/94 ! )
GD WRX 17x7 wheels.
Hi there, my name is Pete, I am from the SouthWest corner of Western Australia, and this is my 1991 BC6 Liberty I purchased from a 1 owner who had her licence taken off her.
It started life as a stock as a rock FWD, 4 speed automatic EJ22. Even had the original 91 made spare tyre still sitting in the boot, with all the lines still on it ! It's a Bermuda blue, blue velour interior, blue trims.
It had the factory rust on the front wheel arches. I cut it all out, replaced the metal with all pieces from another car, rustproofed and reprimed all inside before I welded the new panels in.
next up, I took the motor and gearbox out. I pulled all the covers off the motor, and done every seal I could think of. Rear and front crank, cams, covers, all the o rings etc. This is what the inside of the motor looked like. Replaced the bearings, timing belt, thermostat, all the little hoses I could get to as well, basically if it was rubber or bearing'd it got replaced.
With a good look at the motors condition and happy that it looked pretty good, I started on with the 2nd most critical part of the build. Giving it 5psi via a TD04Hl. Stainless UEL headers, braided oil feed, modified some vacuum breather hoses from an EJ20T intake manifold and tapped the sump for the oil return.
I made all the intercooler piping with 2.5" mild steel, and a 500x175x65mm intercooler, and made a new intake pipe with bungs for the 2 catch can setup.
Next off, I put it in the back of the shed for awhile, to conjure up a plan to make it AWD, which would've been around November last year. At new years, a perfect donor car popped up. I was stoked.
and the next day later.
This car had everything but seats and motor in it, which was perfect for me. I gutted the car, took everything, pedalboxes the lot. And then it flew away.
Again I put it on the backburner as I changed jobs, and then I started to hit the car hard. I pulled the trailing rear section out, fuel tank out, and then started to question myself to whether what will fit. After a play, the GD fuel tank and complete GD rear cradle was bolted into the car. This stage I got excited and started to order some other parts.
While the motor was out, I bolted up the 5 speed manual box to the EJ22, and started to have a gander at the wiring and seeing what was needed to remove. Printed out complete diagrams and spent a few nights researching to find out what needed to be bridged etc.
Also pulled the auto pedals out, and crossed my fingers, the GD pedalbox and all the hydraulics bolted straight into the BC chassis. Was so happy.
Next up, chased around on a few local Subaru groups, and found an RS liberty tailshaft. I had to swap the rear yoke over as the RS yoke is smaller then the GD yoke.
Pulled the GD tank back out, put in a Walbro 255lph pump, replaced all the hoses on top. Tomei FPR in the engine bay, will upgrade the injectors later on when i put a new ECU in it. currently still looking at a Haltech, trying to make sure it'll be usable for the spare GD EJ205 I have sitting waiting to be rebuilt later on.
I replaced all the brakes, lines, backing plates with the GD 2 pots front and rear, replaced the master cylinder and slave as well, then when eyeballing the driveline one day, I noticed the rear subframe was sitting out further then the front frame. The GD was 80mm wider then the BC6. I fitted the GD front aluminium lower control arms, GD swaybar links, GD front hubs, GD axles.
Also fabbed up 3" downpipe, 3" exhaust to a single hooker muffler, wired in an AEM wideband.
So mods so far ( from top of my head )
GD 5 speed box
GD complete rear cradle
GD pedal box + all hydraulics for clutch and brakes.
GD Fuel tank and all accs.
GD F + R brakes and all lines.
GD Front axles, lower control arms, swaybar links, hubs.
TD04L from an 05 wrx.
FMIC and 2.5" piping
3" exhaust
Stainless UEL headers.
Walbro 255l/h pump
Tomei Rising rate FPR
Clutch Industries single mass clutch kit for a 2.5RS.
AEM wideband
Saas 52mm boost gauge.
Saas twin catch cans.
Momo Tuner wheel + boss kit ( stamped 3/94 ! )
GD WRX 17x7 wheels.
Last edited by rexhunta on Mon Dec 26, 2022 5:38 am, edited 2 times in total.
Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Bodywork.
Next off I started the bodywork.
Stripped off all the paint with 80 grit on an orbital, then hand sanded to 240 grit. I went through, and filled all the big dents I could ( lets be honest, the 80 year old liked to bumper car park.)
I then sprayed in high build primer, blocked the entire car in 400 as deep as I could, then bogged the remaining dents where I could see. While that was drying, I pulled the heatgun and removed the dents from the bumpers, then primed and blocked them up.
After i blocked the car again, sanded it back to 400, and reprimed it, this time with slightly less thinners.
This has now been rubbed back to 400 and will try and get it to 600 next week. After that it's a good clean and remake a new booth and ready for colour which will be the factory bermuda blue. I managed to get all the badges, trims and rubbers off without destroying, which I was really happy about. I did patch up the rear 1/4 panel liberty badges but left the rest.
I have a set of GD 17x7 wrx wheels that have been grossly painted black, these will be rubbed back and repainted in the factory silver once I get the main car out of the way.
Also, the wiring I removed and added - I removed all the auto wiring, the auto TCU. I added in the neutral switch and reverse lights for the manual box into the ecu. I removed the electronic speedo switch from the bell housing, cleaned the threads up in the hole and the factory BC speedo drive bolted straight into the bell housing so all the speedo works good.
Plans later on will be coilovers, ecu'd and tuned until i blow the stock EJ22 up, then fit a proper 205 or 255 in with the haltech. Mainly using it as a stock looking oem sleeper, not much else, probably do some autocrossing in it and light trackwork.
Pete.
Next off I started the bodywork.
Stripped off all the paint with 80 grit on an orbital, then hand sanded to 240 grit. I went through, and filled all the big dents I could ( lets be honest, the 80 year old liked to bumper car park.)
I then sprayed in high build primer, blocked the entire car in 400 as deep as I could, then bogged the remaining dents where I could see. While that was drying, I pulled the heatgun and removed the dents from the bumpers, then primed and blocked them up.
After i blocked the car again, sanded it back to 400, and reprimed it, this time with slightly less thinners.
This has now been rubbed back to 400 and will try and get it to 600 next week. After that it's a good clean and remake a new booth and ready for colour which will be the factory bermuda blue. I managed to get all the badges, trims and rubbers off without destroying, which I was really happy about. I did patch up the rear 1/4 panel liberty badges but left the rest.
I have a set of GD 17x7 wrx wheels that have been grossly painted black, these will be rubbed back and repainted in the factory silver once I get the main car out of the way.
Also, the wiring I removed and added - I removed all the auto wiring, the auto TCU. I added in the neutral switch and reverse lights for the manual box into the ecu. I removed the electronic speedo switch from the bell housing, cleaned the threads up in the hole and the factory BC speedo drive bolted straight into the bell housing so all the speedo works good.
Plans later on will be coilovers, ecu'd and tuned until i blow the stock EJ22 up, then fit a proper 205 or 255 in with the haltech. Mainly using it as a stock looking oem sleeper, not much else, probably do some autocrossing in it and light trackwork.
Pete.
Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Welcome to the BBS Pete!
That's awesome work with the car!! Please keep us updated as you finish things off.
I am going to move your thread to the build forum as that's probably a better spot for it so you can continue adding to this great thread!
That's awesome work with the car!! Please keep us updated as you finish things off.
I am going to move your thread to the build forum as that's probably a better spot for it so you can continue adding to this great thread!
Josh
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Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Thank you.
Hopefully this shift break from work i'll get it rubbed back to 600. Been keeping an eye out for some random parts on sites, but hopefully a few of the bits and pieces I want will pop up.
Hopefully this shift break from work i'll get it rubbed back to 600. Been keeping an eye out for some random parts on sites, but hopefully a few of the bits and pieces I want will pop up.
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Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Can't wait to see more updates! Great build so far!
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Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Thanks.
Today started painting the base coat, just having lunch then i'll be onto clear coat. Hopefully that goes down as smooth as the base did. Here's hoping anyway.
Today started painting the base coat, just having lunch then i'll be onto clear coat. Hopefully that goes down as smooth as the base did. Here's hoping anyway.
Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Small update.
Onto some slightly better BC news.
and decided to paint the cooler black to hide it a bit more. Don't mind the dust and sticky residue on the bumpers, I haven't cleaned it properly yet.
Car hasn't been buffed or anything yet, Painted last friday and got the front end on and that's about it. Hopefully Mond/Tues I'll get a few more trims and some of the interior back together. Roofliner goes into the upholsterer soon to be recovered, then I'll get the majority back in, whilst cleaning the suede trims and shit as I go.
Onto some slightly better BC news.
and decided to paint the cooler black to hide it a bit more. Don't mind the dust and sticky residue on the bumpers, I haven't cleaned it properly yet.
Car hasn't been buffed or anything yet, Painted last friday and got the front end on and that's about it. Hopefully Mond/Tues I'll get a few more trims and some of the interior back together. Roofliner goes into the upholsterer soon to be recovered, then I'll get the majority back in, whilst cleaning the suede trims and shit as I go.
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Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Looking good!
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Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Thanks.
Few weeks ago took the motor back out to fix up oil leaks, the cam cap on the back of the head started leaking like a sieve, so ran down to my local Subi dealer and grabbed another and smashed it in. While I had it out also took the sump off, and Tig'd around the oil return instead of the mig. Retapped the thread, put in a new brass fitting, replaced the hose, and now I have no oil leaks from under the car.
Also heat wrapped the downpipe, made some new brackets for the catch cans on the firewall wall, rewired the knock sensor and cleaned the living shit out of the engine bay as best as i could while it was empty and up on the hoist. Changed out the stock strut/springs for GC8 coilovers, dunno what brand just what i could find for now until i get BCs or Teins.
Today/yesterday got it all back in, all running, pretty sure i found the shitty ass exhaust leak that's been causing me grief for ages as well.
Also today started to get all the bugeye fuel covers and bolts in and got the folding fuel flap all back on. Finished a few small fb jobs under the back of the car for the carbon canister that goes with the bugeye tank as well.
Few weeks ago took the motor back out to fix up oil leaks, the cam cap on the back of the head started leaking like a sieve, so ran down to my local Subi dealer and grabbed another and smashed it in. While I had it out also took the sump off, and Tig'd around the oil return instead of the mig. Retapped the thread, put in a new brass fitting, replaced the hose, and now I have no oil leaks from under the car.
Also heat wrapped the downpipe, made some new brackets for the catch cans on the firewall wall, rewired the knock sensor and cleaned the living shit out of the engine bay as best as i could while it was empty and up on the hoist. Changed out the stock strut/springs for GC8 coilovers, dunno what brand just what i could find for now until i get BCs or Teins.
Today/yesterday got it all back in, all running, pretty sure i found the shitty ass exhaust leak that's been causing me grief for ages as well.
Also today started to get all the bugeye fuel covers and bolts in and got the folding fuel flap all back on. Finished a few small fb jobs under the back of the car for the carbon canister that goes with the bugeye tank as well.
Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Hated the paintwork I did so sent it off to the painters.
While it was at the painters, fumbled around with getting a proper tailshaft made. I had an RS tailshaft that I swapped the yoke on, but did not know that you can't swap stakeable Unis, bit of back and forth to local engineering shop, I grabbed a SF Forry tailshaft, and had it modified. They machined all 3 unis to accept external c clip types and extended the rear tube 60mm.
And now. Together. Had the number plates remade in classic Black on grey, instead of the black on yellow, these plates are the same that the car was originally licenced with.
Roofliner all redone by local trimmers.
Pretty Much stock interior apart from wheel, AEM Wideband and a boost gauge. Stock deck all works, no need to change !
Found some good nick tail lights so they went in.
And My first coffee and cars with a couple of mates in their euros, hhad a great time and got a heap of good comments and a lot of questions, and the usual " My Aunty had one of these " sorts of comments.
So quick Run down.
Ej22E + TD04HL @ 5 psi. Walbro pump, Tomei RRFPR. Shitty stainless headers, 3" exhaust, Hooker Muffler and Resonator.
GD Driveline, 5 speed manual, GD Cradles, GD Axles, GD fuel tank, modified SF Tailshaft, GD front control arms/hubs/swaybar, GC8 Coilovers, GD 17x7s, 215/45/17s.
90s momo wheel, aem wideband, boost gauge.
repainted in Bermuda Blue.
Current soonish future plans is injectors and a Haltech 750, get the tint stripped and redone, and get all the exterior trims rewrapped/painted/something.
Enough.
While it was at the painters, fumbled around with getting a proper tailshaft made. I had an RS tailshaft that I swapped the yoke on, but did not know that you can't swap stakeable Unis, bit of back and forth to local engineering shop, I grabbed a SF Forry tailshaft, and had it modified. They machined all 3 unis to accept external c clip types and extended the rear tube 60mm.
And now. Together. Had the number plates remade in classic Black on grey, instead of the black on yellow, these plates are the same that the car was originally licenced with.
Roofliner all redone by local trimmers.
Pretty Much stock interior apart from wheel, AEM Wideband and a boost gauge. Stock deck all works, no need to change !
Found some good nick tail lights so they went in.
And My first coffee and cars with a couple of mates in their euros, hhad a great time and got a heap of good comments and a lot of questions, and the usual " My Aunty had one of these " sorts of comments.
So quick Run down.
Ej22E + TD04HL @ 5 psi. Walbro pump, Tomei RRFPR. Shitty stainless headers, 3" exhaust, Hooker Muffler and Resonator.
GD Driveline, 5 speed manual, GD Cradles, GD Axles, GD fuel tank, modified SF Tailshaft, GD front control arms/hubs/swaybar, GC8 Coilovers, GD 17x7s, 215/45/17s.
90s momo wheel, aem wideband, boost gauge.
repainted in Bermuda Blue.
Current soonish future plans is injectors and a Haltech 750, get the tint stripped and redone, and get all the exterior trims rewrapped/painted/something.
Enough.
Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Nice update!
It's always nice to see work that's paying attention to the details
It's always nice to see work that's paying attention to the details
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Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Thanks man.
Another small update.
Elite 1500, Bosch DBW setup, Bosch 620ccs, Top feed conversion kit, Bosch water/3 bay map/air temp/knock sensors and all the matching connectors.
Give it a week or so and i'll start pulling all the loom out and get onto converting, pull the intake manifold and few other pieces and get down to it.
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Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Nice upgrades to a sweet build to far, Pete! Keep the board posted on your updates and bringing this old girl back to it's original glory and more.
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Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
So pretty much it's all in. I converted the side feed rails to the Bosch 620cc top feeds using a rail from EJ253. I cut the FPR flange off and moved it right back to a better spot otherwise it would hit the turbo intake, and got all new plugs from PTMotorsport. Had to modify other parts of the rail too but it all proved successful and nothing leaks.
Next off retapped the holes on the intake manifold to accept the Bosch e-throttle. Unfortunately the standard Subaru bolt pattern is slightly different, I was considering tigging up the original holes and retapping them, but I honestly didn't know what to expect if this was all going to work or not, So I did it this way, and it turned out fine. Made a IASC valve blank as DBW takes car of all the cold start stuff now.
Also added in a small boost control solenoid I had laying around from a RB26DETT, I've used these before and they have worked well in the past, as I am using the Boost controller inbuilt into the Haltech.
Air Temp Sensor fitted right before the throttle body, obviously another Bosch product, just fabricated my own mount. While I was doing this, I made all the flyleads to run back into the car and started the wiring. Put in a Bosch water temp sensor, and removed all the wires not needed, individually so there was no problems later on, and gave me more room in the harness to pull all the new stuff through. Using the Haltech map sensor built into the unit, but I did grab a Bosch 3bar map sensor/air temp sensor in 1 unit for later If something went wrong.
Next off installed the Haltech WB-1 Wideband sensor, put another bung in the exhaust, I am highly considering grabbing Haltechs little CAN gauge and ditching the AEM wideband gauge, and just using the Haltech one as it goes directly into the ECU anyway.
Decided to just bite the bullet and take the entire dash out to do the wiring, as silly Subaru splits the loom and it goes every which way, instead of just going straight out in 1 loom. I removed all the factory cruise control, narrow band 02, iasc and few other plugs.
Spent countless hours reading forums/fb, fortunately Haltech has a great fb forum, and just with searching and no questions, I found everything I needed and it was great. I used the RS Legacy base map ( even though my car was a non-turbo 2.2, not a EJ20), it fired first go with no hesitations. I was pretty suprised, considering I went from 270cc to 620s, DBW and map sensor, the ecu calculated the lot and it is pretty close, the WB-1 is phenomenal, it adds/takes fuel pretty easily and map learns super easy. I am now just waiting for a spot on the AWD to come up and i'll get it tuned. Whhile waiting, I spotted a GD WRX interior come up that still had super nice bolsters, so i snapped it up.
Also, wrapped all the wiring up, bleed all the system up, checking for any leaks etc, and generally just keeping on eye on things while letting it idle outsided the shed. Had to modify the brackets for the engine cover so it hid the throttle body, only thing that gives something off is the WB-1s controller on the rhs strut tower.
Haltech is mounted in the factory spot, when you flip down the coin tray, it gives direct access to the usb port.
First start up video.
[vid]https://i.imgur.com/Z07SQqu.mp4[/vid]
Pete.
Next off retapped the holes on the intake manifold to accept the Bosch e-throttle. Unfortunately the standard Subaru bolt pattern is slightly different, I was considering tigging up the original holes and retapping them, but I honestly didn't know what to expect if this was all going to work or not, So I did it this way, and it turned out fine. Made a IASC valve blank as DBW takes car of all the cold start stuff now.
Also added in a small boost control solenoid I had laying around from a RB26DETT, I've used these before and they have worked well in the past, as I am using the Boost controller inbuilt into the Haltech.
Air Temp Sensor fitted right before the throttle body, obviously another Bosch product, just fabricated my own mount. While I was doing this, I made all the flyleads to run back into the car and started the wiring. Put in a Bosch water temp sensor, and removed all the wires not needed, individually so there was no problems later on, and gave me more room in the harness to pull all the new stuff through. Using the Haltech map sensor built into the unit, but I did grab a Bosch 3bar map sensor/air temp sensor in 1 unit for later If something went wrong.
Next off installed the Haltech WB-1 Wideband sensor, put another bung in the exhaust, I am highly considering grabbing Haltechs little CAN gauge and ditching the AEM wideband gauge, and just using the Haltech one as it goes directly into the ECU anyway.
Decided to just bite the bullet and take the entire dash out to do the wiring, as silly Subaru splits the loom and it goes every which way, instead of just going straight out in 1 loom. I removed all the factory cruise control, narrow band 02, iasc and few other plugs.
Spent countless hours reading forums/fb, fortunately Haltech has a great fb forum, and just with searching and no questions, I found everything I needed and it was great. I used the RS Legacy base map ( even though my car was a non-turbo 2.2, not a EJ20), it fired first go with no hesitations. I was pretty suprised, considering I went from 270cc to 620s, DBW and map sensor, the ecu calculated the lot and it is pretty close, the WB-1 is phenomenal, it adds/takes fuel pretty easily and map learns super easy. I am now just waiting for a spot on the AWD to come up and i'll get it tuned. Whhile waiting, I spotted a GD WRX interior come up that still had super nice bolsters, so i snapped it up.
Also, wrapped all the wiring up, bleed all the system up, checking for any leaks etc, and generally just keeping on eye on things while letting it idle outsided the shed. Had to modify the brackets for the engine cover so it hid the throttle body, only thing that gives something off is the WB-1s controller on the rhs strut tower.
Haltech is mounted in the factory spot, when you flip down the coin tray, it gives direct access to the usb port.
First start up video.
[vid]https://i.imgur.com/Z07SQqu.mp4[/vid]
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Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Dang dude, that's quite the setup! How's it running after having it all together for a month?
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Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Very nice dude!
I see you have the tach sweep as well
I see you have the tach sweep as well
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Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Tach sweep was a must with the outputs I could use on the Haltech... how many else Gen 1s have it
Boost controller is set pretty low as per graph
Nah, it's got about 6 psi running it atm. It's pretty happy, i'm still awaiting on my dyno booking, seems pretty hard atm in my area to get in due to the dual cab diesel boom were having, everyone prefers to make easy money off their retunes then do a new one.
I''ve currently got the 1500 in Long Term fuel trim, and it's been great. This isn't my daily, it's just a weekend warrior, so most of the learning is offboost on the highway sort of thing, which is fine by me. It's definitely doing it's job, it's started cleaning up the fuel map and has started cleaning the pedal trim map too. It's pretty cool how it all works.
And this is my plug after 400kms of driving, mixed on boost and cruising. The motor isn't even trying yet, its pretty impressive that a base map cleaned up so well.
Boost controller is set pretty low as per graph
Nah, it's got about 6 psi running it atm. It's pretty happy, i'm still awaiting on my dyno booking, seems pretty hard atm in my area to get in due to the dual cab diesel boom were having, everyone prefers to make easy money off their retunes then do a new one.
I''ve currently got the 1500 in Long Term fuel trim, and it's been great. This isn't my daily, it's just a weekend warrior, so most of the learning is offboost on the highway sort of thing, which is fine by me. It's definitely doing it's job, it's started cleaning up the fuel map and has started cleaning the pedal trim map too. It's pretty cool how it all works.
And this is my plug after 400kms of driving, mixed on boost and cruising. The motor isn't even trying yet, its pretty impressive that a base map cleaned up so well.
Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
I have it and you have it....not sure who else does
I will say the ECU software looks a lot better than the older Link software and seems to adjust the maps automatically better. However, I did my ECU a while back now so the hardware & software has obviously improved dramatically.
Josh
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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
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
Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
I couldn't decide between Link and Haltech. Most tuners do both, until I started ringing around and got the " Yeah we do Haltech and not Subarus " Or We do Subarus but not Haltech ". I did have the tuner originally lined up and hence why i went Haltech, but since the car now actually runs, I've been majorly ghosted. He was super positive and " couldn't wait ", but everytime I try to get hold of him he's either blocked my number or just doesn't return calls. Sucks so bad, to the point I actually had nearly decided to take the haltech out and sell it for a link, but I had discussions with others, and i'm better off keeping what I have.Legacy777 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2024 2:33 amI have it and you have it....not sure who else does
I will say the ECU software looks a lot better than the older Link software and seems to adjust the maps automatically better. However, I did my ECU a while back now so the hardware & software has obviously improved dramatically.
I did some logging today, i'm actually fairly in the ballpark fuel and psi wise, so im pretty happy. At 6000rpm i'm on 7.6psi and using 58% injector duty cycle, although I do notice on my logs the tps is closing 10% as i'm going up in rpm, so something i'll have to have a look at, if the DBW needs to be looked at in the tune or I'm not entirely sure.
Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Yeah....and this is where you need a tuner that knows the ECU and the software and the little intricacies of it. Or at least that's what I've discovered after three tuners and four major tuning sessions. The cold start still sucks and the tune could use some refinement, but for that I essentially need to leave the car with the tuner for a little while to work out those things. However, I don't have a good Link tuner locally.
So it is what it is. Glad to see the Haltech has better auto tuning capabilities. It's possible the new Link has better auto tuning capabilities. My ECU is quite now.
So it is what it is. Glad to see the Haltech has better auto tuning capabilities. It's possible the new Link has better auto tuning capabilities. My ECU is quite now.
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
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
Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
Looks Great! Fantastic work!
1992 Legacy L Wagon 4WD Auto 219K
1994 Legacy SunSport Wagon FWD 249K
1994 Legacy Ti 4WD Wagon 5speed 182K (162K on engine)
1991 Legacy L 4WD Wagon 5speed 202k
1994 Legacy SunSport Wagon FWD 249K
1994 Legacy Ti 4WD Wagon 5speed 182K (162K on engine)
1991 Legacy L 4WD Wagon 5speed 202k
Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
I ended up finding one who sorted it out superquick. Runs a lot nicer, 10 psi is supernice.Legacy777 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 1:20 pm Yeah....and this is where you need a tuner that knows the ECU and the software and the little intricacies of it. Or at least that's what I've discovered after three tuners and four major tuning sessions. The cold start still sucks and the tune could use some refinement, but for that I essentially need to leave the car with the tuner for a little while to work out those things. However, I don't have a good Link tuner locally.
So it is what it is. Glad to see the Haltech has better auto tuning capabilities. It's possible the new Link has better auto tuning capabilities. My ECU is quite now.
Thankyou, highly appreciate it.
Finally got all the original tint stripped off and refitted new tint, 20% darkness all round, I like it. Currently going through vacuum leaks, ordered a new seals everywhere in the intake so hopefully found the one.
Re: rexhuntas BC6 '91 Liberty.
This car looks Identical to mine, sweet build love to see it.
Austin
1991 Subaru Legacy
SCCA midwest region
SCCA Rocky Mountain region
Based in Colorado
1991 Subaru Legacy
SCCA midwest region
SCCA Rocky Mountain region
Based in Colorado