Perkul8rs 1998 Leggy L, My new project car.

[Perkul8r]

Well guys, here is my new project car. I was driving a 94 honda civic dx, but than winter hit and i needed another Subie. So i searched around and found this 98 L for fairly cheap.
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So far i have to say, i love it!! I already own a 2004 Legacy, buts its an auto and more the family car than a play car. lol. My plans are to build an NA 22e motor, i know its not the best, but its what my budget allows, and run the car for a while. The car runs great right now, gotta go in for a TB change, no service records from PO and the car has 153,000. So i aint risking it.

[Perkul8r]

I picked up another 22e for $100. Not bad shape, under 92,000 miles. But still gonna get torn down completely.
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I also disassembled the intake mani for paint and to make it easier to mock up the turbo and tmic i plan to add.
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Sadly, progress is slow right now as i am doing alot of this work in a corner of my apartment. I dont have a garage right now, but i will hopefully soon.

[iampetro]

i cant wait to see this evolve. its sweet starting with an L hood so you can just buy a WRX scoop and fab it up.

keep us up to date with this one for sure :)

[Perkul8r]

I am not sure what i am gonna do about the hood, Its a little messed up on the front of it. I was thinking about getting a GT hood but thats still up in the air right now.

[boricuajr]

nice looks like a good project

[Zac]

nice looking BD you have there!

Looking forward to your engine build!

[Perkul8r]

So i have started to gather some parts, I recently got a TD04 turbo, EJ22t up pipe and mount, and a 02-05 tmic. I cant wait to start the rebuild of my spare motor. I ordered a set of turbo pistons for it. And gonna look into some machining services today. Hopefully i can at least get that part done.
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[Perkul8r]

I got my pistons today. Pretty happy, now i can hopefully get the motor to the machine guy on monday or tuesday.
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And my pile of parts. lol. I really wish i had a garage.
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[Bd4mp-dub]

Hey!!! thats my TD04!! i miss her already :(

[Perkul8r]

Yes that was your turbo, thanks again for it. I cant wait to start getting everything mocked up. BUt the weather sucks here right now. Right now its blowing snow and almost a blizzard. But the Leggy gets around just fine :lol:

[klix]

Were they 22T pistons, or something else? I can't recall the differences on the top, but for some reason didn't recall those as 22t's... if I had ever worked with them I might :smt010

[Perkul8r]

Yea they are 22t pistons, the dish in the top is alot more than the na motors. I will try to get a pick when i tear the NA motor in the next couple days. So it will lower the compression on the motor. From what i remember the compression ratio on my NA motor is 9.2:1-9.7:1, i have seen a couple different answers. And the 22t motors run a considerably smaller compression ratio to be boost happy. lol.

[Bd4mp-dub]

Yes that was your turbo, thanks again for it. I cant wait to start getting everything mocked up. BUt the weather sucks here right now. Right now its blowing snow and almost a blizzard. But the Leggy gets around just fine :lol:

Im excited to see the boosted legacy lol. good to see it put to use.

[Zac]

Yea they are 22t pistons, the dish in the top is alot more than the na motors. I will try to get a pick when i tear the NA motor in the next couple days. So it will lower the compression on the motor. From what i remember the compression ratio on my NA motor is 9.2:1-9.7:1, i have seen a couple different answers. And the 22t motors run a considerably smaller compression ratio to be boost happy. lol.

Stock CR is 9.7:1

You can run a little boost on it. Theres a guy on RS25.com that has over 200,000MILES on a stock EJ22 and is running 12psi on it for well over a year without any problems.

[anothernord]

You can run 5 psi on stock internals no problem. Just make sure you've got a bigger fuel pump and a way to add more fuel up top.

[Perkul8r]

well, the only internals that will be stock 22e stuff is the crank and rods.i am running an older 92 22e, and from what i have read those are the same as the 22T motor. And i am replacing the 22e pistons for 22t pistons so i should be able to run quite a bit more than 5psi of boost. I see the 22t motors running anywhere from 10-18psi. The big thing is the 22t has the closed deck block. I am running the 22e open deck block. So i will just be careful with and start out with a little boost, and go from there. No matter what it will be a fun car. I just want to get it going so i can go beat up on my buddys 09 civic si. which is completely stock. He still says he will be faster. :roll:

[Perkul8r]

So i have been a little slow on the motor work lately. The weather hasn't been very nice to work in lately. But i was able to get a new set of headlights, side markers, and GT spoiler from another board member. I still gotta paint the spoiler, but it looks good. Alot better than the stock L trunk lid.
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[Bd4mp-dub]

dude looks good. i think u should have bought RS25 spoiler tho. thats wut i am going to do. I wish i had winglestrunk lol

[Perkul8r]

dude looks good. i think u should have bought RS25 spoiler tho. thats wut i am going to do. I wish i had winglestrunk lol

I had a wingless trunk. lol. And i really like the subtle style of the wing. I really just wanted an accent to the car. Nothing major.

The car has come to kind of a halt right now. I was mocking up the turbo, up pipe, and intercooler this last weekend and when doing that i had to relocate the wiring on the passenger side of the motor. Well, the wires for my speed sensor where so brittle they just snapped off at the top so i couldn't fix it. So i had to use the money i had save for some machine work to get a new one. Kinda sucks that the only one i could find was at the dealership. Oh well, shit happens.

[Bd4mp-dub]

dude looks good. i think u should have bought RS25 spoiler tho. thats wut i am going to do. I wish i had winglestrunk lol

I had a wingless trunk. lol. And i really like the subtle style of the wing. I really just wanted an accent to the car. Nothing major.

The car has come to kind of a halt right now. I was mocking up the turbo, up pipe, and intercooler this last weekend and when doing that i had to relocate the wiring on the passenger side of the motor. Well, the wires for my speed sensor where so brittle they just snapped off at the top so i couldn't fix it. So i had to use the money i had save for some machine work to get a new one. Kinda sucks that the only one i could find was at the dealership. Oh well, shit happens.
damn man thank sucks. Nothing ever works as you plan tho. lol. i bet the dealership costs a lot too lol! wut kinda ehuast r u planning on running?>

[Perkul8r]

The speedo sensor wasn't bad. Around $140 with tax. As far as exhaust i plan to use a wrx bell mouth downpipe. With custom bent 2.5 inch. Back to a Skunk 2 muffler i've had laying around. I was thinking about 3 inch but i dont plan on needing that.

[Perkul8r]

So i had to spend some time at the in laws house this weekend. Which was a good thing cause i was able to use a garage. lol. I redid some wiring on the car that was making the intercooler not sit right. This is what happens when you have pure boredom and a garage.
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I will get some after pics when i get home. I am not quite done with it. Gotta get some wire loom to make it look nice.

[Perkul8r]

well i just got some other parts i needed. I ended up gettin an ebay BOV for now, and a wrx downpipe. Hopefully gonna start getting things mocked up tomorrow.
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[lord flashheart]

I love me some shiny exhaust! Very nice

[Perkul8r]

It was cheap ebay shit. lol. And i know some people have had good luck and some people have had bad luck with ebay down pipes, but i am trying to save some money just to get it going than once that is done i will get a name brand one if anything happens to this one.

[Perkul8r]

well, i was able to continue work on the car today, I am finally getting everything i need together.
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