22B05STI's 1991 subaru Legacy sport project... pictures

[22B05STI]

[22B05STI]

[22B05STI]

[22B05STI]

HI everyone here is my Legacy project to date. I have had to replace all the vacuum lines and breather lines and all the water hoses and painted the fuel rails and recovered the wiring harness on the manifold. I rebuilt the turbo charger which was done with a kit from g-pop.com and fitted EBC slotted brake rotors and EBC green brake pads. They are a decent price and work well.
I made a short throw shifter by adding an extension to the shift lever as pictured and removing the pivot bucket by grinding away the weld and lowering it to give the actual shift rod clearence from the transmission tunnel in the car.It works very very well. the bushings were all gone when I got the car so we made new bushings at work out of Delron which is a very good plastic material.

[22B05STI]

I also removed the dash and resprayed it and the centre console as those pieces were bleached and badly sunfaded....I will give you guys the product name etc if you are interested as the color is a brown/grey color and the paint matched very well.
I have done nothing to the underside of the car yet, other than replace the rotted out muffler. I am currently in Las vegas and going to get a new windshield fitted as it arrived with a big crack in it which was not mentioned when I bought it eight weeks ago. I am also hoping to fit a late model impreza steering wheel so I will let you know if it turns out it can be fitted.

If you like this project you might also like to take a look at my Impreza project.
please take a look at this link

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... ?t=2096963

[22B05STI]

as I have mentioned in my introduction, I started out working on the legacy During my apprenticeship in New Zealand and I was involved in racing and rallying the legacys during my apprenticeship. I was also fortunate enough to work with Possum Bourne for several races as he co drove in the touring car races with Trevor Crowe who I was working for at the dealership.
I was actually doing pre delivery checks these legacys like the one I just purchased when they were brand new so it is nice to be reunited with them after all these years. Here are a few pictures of my time with the Legacys...





The Legacy pictured directly above on the jack is the car I spent a huge amount of time working on as a race and then used as a rally car. We ran the car at all the major touring car events and then later ran it in the Rothmans rally of New Zealand in 1991

[Reason]

Simply amazing, welcome to SLi!

[ericem]

Yes amazing awesome seeing another one of few being restored so perfectly.

[Cervantes]

i'm jealous of people who can do those things on their own!

[csweston]

WOW... You now have like a brand new legacy!!! AMAZING work!

[22B05STI]

Today has been a great day, I have purchased a Factory WRC engine. I am fortunate enough to be in the racing industry and it is known that I am a big Subaru fan so I was contacted and asked if I would be interested in this engine....I will for sure be fitting it into a Subaru Legacy and not one of my impreza's. I am very very excited about the future legacy project for this engine

[Huffer]

Amazing, you worked with Possum?!? This is awesome! I remember well the day he passed, as well as many of the local rallies he was king of.

Good stuff!

Where are you located, and can I have a job?!?

[heli-mech]

What a beautiful example of an early 1st Gen Legacy!!!

I can't believe the condition of the shell, not a spec of rust ...... absolutely stunning. This is the car I have dreamed of owning since I was a kid. Great work, great color and an amazing build.

[22B05STI]

Thanks for the complements guys, it still actually needs a lot of work, I have not touched anything in the driveline other than replacing the brake rotors, however It does look so much better than when I got it. I still need to have the bumper covers painted, the rear bumper cover is a good used one off another car so it is not the same color as the rest of the car. It is in much better condition now though and I like to drive it. I fitted a momo steering wheel and the sony stereo is a great addition Here are a few more pictures from the final day of getting it back together......

[mike-tracy]

I'm curious if you could share with us the specs of the WRC engine, and what kinds of parts it used, if anything is modified from a particular "off the shelf" set of heads or block, etc. Loving your thread, thanks for sharing.

[22B05STI]

It will be later this year by the time I actually recieve the wrc engine and spare set of cyl heads as well. It does not have any intake or exhaust manifolds . I will for sure post some good pictures and more info regarding the engine when I get it. I am thinking that the engine really needs to go into a Legacy rs ra in street trim with the ra manifolds etc. I just need to find one. I was unable to purchase the Legacy ra I was working on trying to buy, they did not accept my offer. I hope something suitable will come up soon. Unfortunately the legacy rs ra had hydraulic lifter problems from what I have been told and a lot of people apparantly converted them with later ra engines. I have found several like this on the internet with later ra wrx engines in them. I think that this factory wrc engine would be great in a legacy ra, because the car is so rare and that would make it an extremely unique vehicle. What do you guys think about the Idea?

[22B05STI]

[22B05STI]

I finally have a picture of the momo steering wheel fitted into the Legacy and I think it is a great wheel for the car, it suits it really well and it is a little smaller than the factory one.

[22B05STI]

I took some pictures of the Legacy over the weekend down in Monterey at the beach, I thought you guys might like to see

[daddywagon]

beautiful.

[92justy]

one word for this thread.. WOW

[peugoby]

Gorgeous S1G1. So clean. I love it!

[fwa2500]

oh hey, you are here too, lol. car is looking good, dude, cant wait to see it in person!

[22B05STI]

oh hey, you are here too, lol. car is looking good, dude, cant wait to see it in person!

Yip I am on here too....I was asked/invited from impreza forum so here I am, who is this though?

[fwa2500]

Andres/fwa2500 over on IIC

[22B05STI]

Andres/fwa2500 over on IIC

Yes, I was meaning had I met you at any of the meets etc while I was in Indy. I will be back there working for KV racing again for the 500, but unfortunately the Legacy is not making the trip

[fwa2500]

oh, that im not sure...possibly? ive usually only been at the larger meets (light and dark meats, subaru challenge, etc) and random other ones. have you moved out west permanently now?

[22B05STI]

Hey everyone, I am still working away on the Legacy, I have the bumpers off and stripped down for painting again.

[SILINC3R]

You are my hero. Very clean disassembling are installing. This is how I will redo my 90 when I have the room. Full tear down of the whole car and repaint from everything, I am aware you didnt do everything but it you were still very meticulous and everthing was well thought out. I love taking things apart and cleaning them before I reinstall them. what did you do to the outside trim along the windows? did you sand them down and then repaint, couldnt tell. Was this just a rare find on a very well maintained car? also the guys on legacy central would love to see what you did. alot of these guys here are on that one as well and vise versa, i have the same name on both.

[22B05STI]

well everyone. I went away to Indy to work on tomas Sheckters car for the 500 and we finished eighth and I was looking forward to comming back and fitting the newly painted bumpers to the legacy, however I got back and the whole car was stripped and in primer My dad and the painter had decided to paint the whole car for me which I am excited about but now the whole project has changed agian. we are removing the sunroof and fitting a new roof panel and I am planning on fitting possum bourne group A roof vents in place. The wrc engine will be going into this legacy now that all this effort is going into it so it is completely stripped again. I only had it on the road for just over three weeks and now it is apart again....I hope you will like where this project is going, some days I don't event know where it's going.....definately looking forward to having Luke paint the whole car, it looked great in pictures but had a lot of little door dings etc,they will be gone soon.
I will post pictures soon