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AJM
02-23-2007, 08:33 PM
What I started with....

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/sub1.jpg


http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/DSCF0790.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/DSCF0762.jpg

What I have now.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/DSCF0926.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/subaruhood2.jpg



http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/Suabruhood1.jpg


http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/DSCF1039.jpg
impreza shift knob and boot whci I don't have anymore instead I have a Razo.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/DSC01075.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/Subaruengine6.jpg
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My sedan+my freinds wagon.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/DSC01038.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/DSC01050.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/DSC01041.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/DSC01040.jpg


New Engine bay

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http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/DSC01046.jpg
Painted valve covers, just need to be cleaned up.

Borla on the car
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/DSC01080.jpg


Snow bordem


http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/Winter.jpg

Mods: engine
light weight crank
Light weight power steering pulley
msd ignition
NGK Iridum pluggs
Modified belden plugg wires (insulated)
Short ram intake with ractive Mushroom air filter
Borla Header
Glass pack muffler (er not engine but...close enough)
Walbro 255 (i'm not running rich thank you)
Magnetic oil drain plugg


Transmission&driveline:
Red line gear oil blended with mobil 1
Royal purple rear diff fluid


Suspension, brakes, and wheels:
Light weight alloys (seriously lightweight)
KYB shocks
20MM Front sway bar
18MM Rear sway bar
Cross drilled front rotors

DOT 4 fulid

Body:
custom grill
Stock wing
working on rust
Functional hood scoop

interior:
Razo Shift knob

StatGSR
02-23-2007, 08:49 PM
looks good, clean that engine bay yo!

AJM
02-23-2007, 08:54 PM
looks good, clean that engine bay yo!

I will when it's warm again, otherwise it'd just freeze. :twisted:

StatGSR
02-23-2007, 09:01 PM
fair enough, your brake resiviour is just sooooo nasty haha.

AJM
02-23-2007, 09:04 PM
fair enough, your brake resiviour is just sooooo nasty haha.


:grin:

Plays_with_Toys
02-23-2007, 11:49 PM
What are those wheels?

Danbob
02-24-2007, 12:57 AM
Nice Legacy! How much did your plugs/wires/coil cost and how do you like it? My car is in need of plugs, wires, and a new coil and I would like to go with a nice aftermarket setup like yours but don't know if it's worth it.

How are you going to tackle your rust? I started mine, but I have to re grind, and re-primer it in the spring before I paint. I used one of those 3m metal grinders that attaches to a drill, then put some rust inhibitor on the spots that I grinded, then put some filler-primer over it.

Ninja edit - also can you feel a difference from the pulley? My car is in need of as much cheap power as possible...I am so not used to modding n/a motors. As similar as a wrx may seem, it's completely different...

shazapple
02-24-2007, 10:45 AM
Reminds me of my car!

Painting the battery tie down and pulley covers definitely makes the engine bay look a lot better

AJM
02-24-2007, 11:20 AM
What are those wheels?

Pulled them off a 1996 impreza at a u-pull-it yard. My guess is they are alloy. One thing that might throw some people off is I painted them with wheel paint.

AJM
02-24-2007, 11:24 AM
Nice Legacy! How much did your plugs/wires/coil cost and how do you like it? My car is in need of plugs, wires, and a new coil and I would like to go with a nice aftermarket setup like yours but don't know if it's worth it.

How are you going to tackle your rust? I started mine, but I have to re grind, and re-primer it in the spring before I paint. I used one of those 3m metal grinders that attaches to a drill, then put some rust inhibitor on the spots that I grinded, then put some filler-primer over it.

Ninja edit - also can you feel a difference from the pulley? My car is in need of as much cheap power as possible...I am so not used to modding n/a motors. As similar as a wrx may seem, it's completely different...


Sent you a PM.










Reminds me of my car!

Painting the battery tie down and pulley covers definitely makes the engine bay look a lot better


Haha, yeah they do look very similar.

I'm going to clean stuff up and do some painting in the spring because right now it's too cold outside to paint/clean. Except for the pulley shround which I can do in my house, but I just haven't gotten to it yet. :razz:

livestrong14
02-25-2007, 11:52 AM
Looking good man! I've never seen an MSD coil pack setup like that before.

AJM
02-25-2007, 05:57 PM
Looking good man! I've never seen an MSD coil pack setup like that before.


Thanks. Yeah, the coil was a totaly custom job ,but it was worth it.

AJM
02-25-2007, 05:58 PM
Added a few of the front.

AJM
03-25-2007, 10:43 PM
Removed

AJM
04-28-2007, 05:03 PM
removed

2.5GT
04-28-2007, 11:32 PM
those are some good roads to run on :lol:

deadlydave
04-30-2007, 03:40 PM
very nice!

Wiscon_Mark
04-30-2007, 06:09 PM
Is that hwy 17?

AJM
04-30-2007, 09:16 PM
very nice!

Thanks...to whichever you;re tlaking about (roads or car).

AJM
04-30-2007, 09:18 PM
Is that hwy 17?


Nah, sorry man, but you're close as 17 isn't that far away from where I live and alot of the highways here look the same. It's highway 88 which evetually connects to 81.

AJM
05-08-2007, 05:29 PM
Well, I've got alot of mods going on my car soon, as soon as school ends friday this week.


Anyway! I need all of you to help me out, I want to re paint my alloys, What color do you guys think they should be painted? Right now they are dark gunmetalish grey, but i'm thinking about black, very black. Red seems rice to me, White might be ok, but white on white might be a bit too much...Gold is an option ,but i don't think i'd look to great on my wheels...

What color do you think would look the best? White, Black, gold, or just the same color to refresh?

redlegacygt
05-09-2007, 09:23 AM
i think white and gold look the best..

deadlydave
05-09-2007, 12:20 PM
i think white and gold look the best..
ditto.

Wiscon_Mark
05-09-2007, 01:13 PM
Agreed, although I'm not so sure about gold on those rims. Can't really hurt to try, you can always repaint.

AJM
05-12-2007, 11:19 PM
I still can't quite decide on the rims.


New stuff!


Pulley set.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/pulleyset.jpg


New Impreza shift knob with 1st gen boot.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/shiftboot.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/shiftboot2.jpg


Don't worry, I'm cleaning my interior soon.

Got some other stuff i'm putting on soon.

Wiscon_Mark
05-13-2007, 12:09 AM
That knob and boot make me miss our 99 OBS :-(

AJM
05-13-2007, 10:25 PM
I had to. :lol:


http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/enginebaycover.jpg

AJM
05-14-2007, 04:21 PM
Anybody willing to photoshop the rims for me in gold, white, and black?

WinterKnoll
05-14-2007, 07:33 PM
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/7186/goldsn7.jpg
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/5779/whiteue1.jpg
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/3320/blackom7.jpg

I know, the gold one is awful...the others are pretty good though.

AJM
05-16-2007, 12:37 AM
Thanks, I kind of like the gold thinking about how i'd look in a slightly different shade) But I think i'll go black.


Painted up my front grill and painted the awful fake chrome platic body color ,and got rid of the ghetto fabulious wire mesh...


http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/DSCF0967.jpg

AJM
07-22-2007, 08:45 PM
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http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/pulleys.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/Subaruint.jpg


http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/ajm32386/timingissue.jpg

Lookie at that, that's my timing cover hich my a/c tensioner saw fit to bore through! Hmm...Also the light weight pulleys are new along with some shift boot, and floor mats (big whoop I know)

I've also switched to NGK irdium pluggs.

Perdue
07-22-2007, 10:28 PM
buffing out those fogged headlights, or even some JDM headlights, would really clean up the look IMO. I like the car though. Much better with the scooped hood.

Reason
07-23-2007, 05:08 AM
Looks better, I notice no belt on the AC. Your pulley set, are they GFB?

Plays_with_Toys
07-23-2007, 10:39 AM
You're the one with the rubber boot! Was there anything special you had to do to install it or was it plug and play?

The new hood really fits the car and it really pulls the car together nicely.

Wiscon_Mark
07-23-2007, 12:45 PM
I like the hood & grille! :smile:

Do you think the iginition problem has to do with your coilpack modifications?

AJM
07-23-2007, 01:14 PM
I like the hood & grille! :smile:

Do you think the iginition problem has to do with your coilpack modifications?


Nope, right now i'm running it stock because i'm in the process of re wiring the msd for better insalation.

Edit:It was due to bad valve springs


You're the one with the rubber boot! Was there anything special you had to do to install it or was it plug and play?

The new hood really fits the car and it really pulls the car together nicely.

If you get boot and knob out of an impreza (which is where I got mine) it's 100% plug and play :grin:

AJM
07-23-2007, 01:15 PM
Looks better, I notice no belt on the AC. Your pulley set, are they GFB?

Yeah, there's no belt because the tensioner is FUBAR.

GFB? :shock:


And thanks everyone for the nice comments. :grin:

Huffer
07-23-2007, 01:23 PM
Looks better, I notice no belt on the AC. Your pulley set, are they GFB?

GFB? :shock:

Go Fast Bits
(Australian manufacturer)

oskar_subaru
07-23-2007, 03:38 PM
is it just me or is the hood a totaly diffrent color than the rest of the car ?

Reason
07-23-2007, 03:49 PM
Yea it's probably cleaner lol

peugoby
07-23-2007, 06:59 PM
is it just me or is the hood a totaly diffrent color than the rest of the car ?

x2. Still a nice upgrade though :cool:

AJM
07-23-2007, 10:33 PM
Yea it's probably cleaner lol


You hit the nail on the head. :grin: Alot cleaner.

Nope, they aren't GFB, I don't remember what brand they are.

AJM
11-04-2007, 09:18 PM
Updated. Go to first page.

AJM
12-27-2007, 06:27 PM
....

AJM
01-16-2008, 06:02 PM
Update on first page :grin:

AJM
03-27-2008, 10:54 PM
Pics of the header actually on now...

I'm thinking about selling 'er soon actually, but I can't decide.

PA-Outback2000
03-28-2008, 05:28 AM
where are the pulleys from? GFB?

deadlydave
03-28-2008, 06:03 PM
lookin' good man. Any plans for wheels yet?

AJM
03-29-2008, 12:54 AM
lookin' good man. Any plans for wheels yet?


Yeah, i'm looking for 15's. :razz:

AJM
03-29-2008, 12:55 AM
where are the pulleys from? GFB?


In a way....they're knock offs. :twisted:

PA-Outback2000
03-30-2008, 05:31 AM
from ebay?

AJM
03-30-2008, 03:04 PM
from ebay?


Yep.