early legacy rally

legacymax · Post by **legacymax** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:28 am

Here is a BBC Top Gear episode and a bit on the legacy rally team and Prodrive. Skip to 4:43
Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAvIl-FuTOw

ericem · Post by **ericem** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:55 pm

Nice find.

know1 · Post by **know1** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:58 pm

mmm I love watching that stuff. Anyone got old colin mcrae legacy full rallys? I've been lookin for some but can't find any, also if anyone has any full group b stuff I'd love it. If been content with searching youtube for bits and pieces

Post by **DLC** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:32 pm

I have the 93 WRC season on VHS. I captured it a few years ago and cut all the Subaru footage together. If I find it, I'll upload it to YouTube or somewhere.

n2x4 · Post by **n2x4** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:35 pm

DLC wrote:I have the 93 WRC season on VHS. I captured it a few years ago and cut all the Subaru footage together. If I find it, I'll upload it to YouTube or somewhere.

oooo yes, please upload!

Adam West · Post by **Adam West** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:58 pm

+1 for the upload - love that era!

Post by **DLC** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:13 am

I found the whole thing, but I can't upload it all to YouTube.

I'm thinking about cutting it up into each individual rally and then uploading them that way. I'll also cut up the Legacy footage and put that up on its own.

Adam West · Post by **Adam West** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:27 am

Coolio. Thanks for doing, know it can be time consuming...

Post by **DLC** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:52 pm

It turns out that the rip I made of the full rally has audio sync issue when I imported it into iMovie. Instead, I took the Subaru clip I'd already had and cut it into Legacy and Impreza chunks.

Subaru Legacy WRC 1993:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iYQeOaxc_aY

Subaru Impreza WRC 1993:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9cECrRIXByE

If I can find the VHS, I'll re-rip it and do the events separately.

ericem · Post by **ericem** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:01 pm

Great video DLC! They are flying!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for posting!

Adam West · Post by **Adam West** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:34 pm

...issues with the 555 Legacy transmission in two instances - now why doesn't that surprise me?

As much as I hate to admit it the Imprezza looks lots faster, perhaps it just because it is a smaller car?

Also noticed some hood scoops missing on the Legacies - guess they all had FMICs?

Thanks for doing this - really enjoy it!

Post by **DLC** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:40 pm

The Legacy won its first and only event, also Subaru's first, in New Zealand that year. They had to win before Subaru would give Prodrive the Imrpeza.

The Impreza almost won its first event, but Vatenan had to settle for 2nd. We all know how awesome it was from 95-97, with three manufacturer's titles and one driver's title.

know1 · Post by **know1** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:52 pm

many many thanks, watching thoes made my day

555BCTurbo · Post by **555BCTurbo** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:52 pm

Adam West wrote:...issues with the 555 Legacy transmission in two instances - now why doesn't that surprise me?

As much as I hate to admit it the Imprezza looks lots faster, perhaps it just because it is a smaller car?

Also noticed some hood scoops missing on the Legacies - guess they all had FMICs?

Thanks for doing this - really enjoy it!

No, the 555 Legacies ran AWIC's

And the Imprezas ran the slanty TMIC

They don't run FMIC's on rally cars because they would catch an awful lot of gravel...

The transmission in the Legacy was NOTHING like the ones that came in the production cars...it was a dogbox for one, and I believe it was solenoid shifted on some of the later cars.

Dave...the videos are AWESOME!

Post by **DLC** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:21 am

Comments and ratings on the videos are welcome guys.

I have a Subaru DVD rip of David Richards talking about the early Legacy program and how they were using hydraulic and solenoid-driven gearboxes in those cars, which made them more reliable than the stock transmissions.

Not sure about intercooling on those and the more modern rally cars, but I do see hood scoops on the first few shots in the video.

555BCTurbo · Post by **555BCTurbo** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:27 am

I know for a fact the Prodrive Legacies used AWIC

Dynamic Entry · Post by **Dynamic Entry** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:17 am

Sweet video. I love to see the Legacy roar around.

Thanks for posting DLC, any more you can muster will be welcomed!

Post by **DLC** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:02 am

I need to do some more box searching for that VHS tape this weekend...

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