Drakien's Bad Luck Legacy! '97 (Tons of pics)

[Drakien]

I finally decided to throw one of these up here. :smt024

Car got its name because of alot of work that had to go into it.
(long story short) Swapped a total of 7 motors before I decided to downgrade to a 2.2l. Spent WAY to much $$$ doing it. Anywho on with the pics!

Had a Cobb l/w pulley and a K&N Filter. Upgraded to 2 1/4" Exhaust piping catback and a magnaflow muffler first thing.

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A quick video I made http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCTk6FHrEtc

The motor seized up, which is why I had to swap motors. I bought from Attarco JDM importers out of Cali, they sent me 3!!!! Motors that all had rod knocks (unless they were boxer diesel)...They reimbursed me for the cost of the motor, but not for the $3k I spent in mechanics costs to swap them...I started swapping motors my self from then on. Bought a couple local 2.5 motors and they all turned out to have the same issue, so I decided to swap for a 2.2, ended up buying a wagon that ran with a bad clutch for $800. Swapped the motor, and it wouldn't start, so I ended up swapping wiring harnesses and it works great now!

My Car and Donor Car-
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The 2.2l motor a couple days after installing it.-
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Then when I was doing some mudding, I broke a CV Axle-
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Then a month or so later an Eclipse decided it wanted to change lanes in a construction zone-
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His insurance fixed it, cost them about $2,500.
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Got some Flapatax Mudflaps installed as well as did a custom Mesh Grill-
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Got UEL headers then wrapped them and a Twin loop muffler-
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Installed-
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpJGu5pwJ58

Gotta love snow piles!
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Upgraded my shifter bushings
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And got some nice snow tires-
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Even more Bad Luck Legacy Damage-
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Cause of Damage...Some dubbed out Yukon lost control on the freeway and lost a rim, which happened to find its way to my car..(the insurance company did not pay for damages, they set it off as a road hazard)
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Down visiting my parents, went and took a dirt road I used to take all the time.
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Then I cleaned my car and took pics at my work-
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Then I added a JDM legacy sticker to my empty spot under my hood-
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Started a cold ram air style piping-
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Decided to put a sound deadener in the car-
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Then added a cone filter and a heat shield(somewhat)-
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And of course the name of the car!
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[Nate_B4_Blitzen]

Man what a story that is an awesome name considering the cars history, lol. Best of all is that you are still in the car. It has a lot of character and still looks great…

-Nate

[zmiko]

Great story man, love what you've done with, keep us posted on anything else you decide to do :-)

[bluebaru]

what part of utah are you from?

[Drakien]

what part of utah are you from?

Salt Lake City, but I occasionally visit my parents down by St George.

Thanks Zmiko and Nate. :smt005

[TGX4776]

the soundproofing make much difference?

take the sticker off your bumper...

[impreza_GC8]

Wow, 7 motors? Not worth it. Interesting story though.

[hapatimmy]

wow this legacy's been through a lot.

good to know it's still living.

[Drakien]

the soundproofing make much difference?
It helps keep road noise down a bit, and mostly eliminated the rattle you get when you close your door.

take the sticker off your bumper...


+1

[Drakien]

[quote="Zues Marine":2ms2brym]take the sticker off your bumper...


+1[/quote:2ms2brym]

+2! :smt030 lol

[mrgnluke]

I admire your persistance after 7 engines!
And then to go to a 2.2! Each to their own :p

[Drakien]

I admire your persistance after 7 engines!
And then to go to a 2.2! Each to their own :p
Working on getting a turbo swap. Its just a matter of time and money :cool:

[mrgnluke]

Thats the way :)

8th time lucky, eh!

[Drakien]

Repainted the grill a flat black, and painted the front and rear lips flat black as well.

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Paint is still wet in this pic -

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[ScaryFatKidGT]

7!......7 lol y didnt you just get a 2.5 turbo? ha for all that work

has it been re painted at all? it looks really clean

[Drakien]

First off more bad luck legacy stuff...Hit and run in a parking lot... :smt013

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Got me a catch can, because I thought It was the issue with me burning oil...and it seemed to help.

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Bought a CAI off Ebay for $35 shipped.

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[Drakien]

Went out on a dirty cruise with some of the locals, this is fun stuff!

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[Navi271]

Sweet!!

How did you mount the oil catch can?

[Drakien]

The 2.5 air box mounted to 2 posts that swung up from the transmission. When I swapped to the 2.2 I swapped intakes as well, so the posts were deamed useless until I put the catch can on one of them. Then I ran 1 vacuum line from the PCV and the other to the crank case.

[Navi271]

Oh ok, I see. My car doesn't have that :(

[LiCelsior]

ur car does have that...remove the big ass black box before the throttle body and u'll see it.

[Drakien]

Got some new rims! Car is dirty, its been wet and wild here the past few weeks.

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All Clean!

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[Zac]

nice to see you swapped to the better NA motor :D

[csweston]

Needs lowered a bit, but looking great. Is the catch can an ebay one? Just wondering, im looking at getting one and seeing what people think is best.

[Drakien]

I hopefully wont be N/A for long. lol

Yeah its just an Ebay one. It worked alright, it didn't catch that much oil, but at the same time, I probably didn't have a lot of oil vapors. I took it off when I hooked up my CAI.

If I didn't live in Utah, where all the roads suck for lowered cars, I would consider dropping it. :-?

[Drakien]

My new seats are installed! They are a bit dirty from sitting under a tarp, but they are still nice.

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[legacy360.]

love the car man, those seats are a very nice touch. share your pain with not being able to go lower roads in Indiana arnt much better.

[Drakien]

Well I actually sold this leggy 2 years ago this month.
Moved on to bigger and better things.

However I did want to add a few more pictures to this thread of the old car.

Sure did shine up nice!
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Tried the 05+ LGT wheels for a couple weeks-
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Rally Time-
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The final straw-
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After replacing the studs and various other misc related parts, I sold it.

The link to my new car - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27926 (https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27926)