Subject: Throwing $5000 more at a Legacy Turbo
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2002 5:06 pm
<<<Message: 6
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 17:15:37 -0000
From: "rd2711" <ryan@midnightcafe.com>
Subject: Throwing $5000 more at a Legacy Turbo...
Okay, you may have seen a post or two about my
impending Legacy Turbo
Purchase. If you haven't, here's the scoop. In March
'02 I will be
purchasing someone's used Legacy Turbo Sedan --
exactly which one, I
don't know yet. Currently there are three with Manual
transmissions
available in the US (that I've found at least). This
car will both be
my daily driver, plus a street and dirt-road rally car
(Monte Carlo
dirt rallies), for the next year or so, or whenever I
decide to prep
it for Full-on Club Rally (I have to give a couple
years to my wife
to get used to the idea) and get another daily driver.
Aside from what I've budgeted for normal wear and tear
repair of a
ten-year-old used car, I intend to spend an additional
$5000 on
performance modifications up front.
It's first major "active duty" (aside from an
occasional TSD) will be
to bring me back alive from the Alcan 5000 Summer
rally. So it has to
be completely prepped by August and I'll have a shop
do most of the
stuff.
My upgrade goal is to increase cornerning, braking and
acceleration
performance on a balanced level. I'll probably drop in
some Sparco
Seats as well.
Right now i'm considering an Apex'i turbo controller,
coil-over
suspension (who's? -- should I go STI rally? or are
those rediculous
for the street?), larger brakes (suggestions?) and,
oh..I think that
about runs out of money for this phase...hmmm...
Anyhow, I'd like to toss this open for suggestions.
I'll be
performing additional modifications after the Alcan,
so I'm more
interested in doing it "right" the first time. So, if
going with STI
rally suspension is the best, but takes most of this
initial budget,
I'd sacrafice something else for later.
<<<How is that Apex'i controller? Will I need anything
else installed to
get to 11-13psi? Or does it come with something to
replace/bypass the
BOV?
Thanks for anyone's time on this, I'll be more than
happy to post
pics and dyno results (though the only AWD dyno is
about an hour away
last I checked) as I add more modifications.
Ryan Douthit>>>
I would be inclined to beefing up the tranny. You may
have a awsome handling and stopping car, but my
experience with my old 91 legacy turbo was that the
tranny was the major pain in going fast. I had a hard
time shifting at high (5k or higher) rpms. 2nd gear
would work when it wants to. This happended after I
crossed a little dip on my dirt road under
acceleration. So if it can do this when I'm not
beating on the tranny, I wonder how long it would last
after having some high miles and racing miles on top
of that.
Nue
95 SVX
Used to have 91 legacy turbo
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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 17:15:37 -0000
From: "rd2711" <ryan@midnightcafe.com>
Subject: Throwing $5000 more at a Legacy Turbo...
Okay, you may have seen a post or two about my
impending Legacy Turbo
Purchase. If you haven't, here's the scoop. In March
'02 I will be
purchasing someone's used Legacy Turbo Sedan --
exactly which one, I
don't know yet. Currently there are three with Manual
transmissions
available in the US (that I've found at least). This
car will both be
my daily driver, plus a street and dirt-road rally car
(Monte Carlo
dirt rallies), for the next year or so, or whenever I
decide to prep
it for Full-on Club Rally (I have to give a couple
years to my wife
to get used to the idea) and get another daily driver.
Aside from what I've budgeted for normal wear and tear
repair of a
ten-year-old used car, I intend to spend an additional
$5000 on
performance modifications up front.
It's first major "active duty" (aside from an
occasional TSD) will be
to bring me back alive from the Alcan 5000 Summer
rally. So it has to
be completely prepped by August and I'll have a shop
do most of the
stuff.
My upgrade goal is to increase cornerning, braking and
acceleration
performance on a balanced level. I'll probably drop in
some Sparco
Seats as well.
Right now i'm considering an Apex'i turbo controller,
coil-over
suspension (who's? -- should I go STI rally? or are
those rediculous
for the street?), larger brakes (suggestions?) and,
oh..I think that
about runs out of money for this phase...hmmm...
Anyhow, I'd like to toss this open for suggestions.
I'll be
performing additional modifications after the Alcan,
so I'm more
interested in doing it "right" the first time. So, if
going with STI
rally suspension is the best, but takes most of this
initial budget,
I'd sacrafice something else for later.
<<<How is that Apex'i controller? Will I need anything
else installed to
get to 11-13psi? Or does it come with something to
replace/bypass the
BOV?
Thanks for anyone's time on this, I'll be more than
happy to post
pics and dyno results (though the only AWD dyno is
about an hour away
last I checked) as I add more modifications.
Ryan Douthit>>>
I would be inclined to beefing up the tranny. You may
have a awsome handling and stopping car, but my
experience with my old 91 legacy turbo was that the
tranny was the major pain in going fast. I had a hard
time shifting at high (5k or higher) rpms. 2nd gear
would work when it wants to. This happended after I
crossed a little dip on my dirt road under
acceleration. So if it can do this when I'm not
beating on the tranny, I wonder how long it would last
after having some high miles and racing miles on top
of that.
Nue
95 SVX
Used to have 91 legacy turbo
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