1055's 2000 Leggy GT; swapped and flared. 'hungry'

[1055]

So Ive been perusing around here a while via phone + tapatalk.. guess its finally time I made some members journals for my various cars.

first up is my 2000 USDM BE legacy gt limited sedan. I bought it bone stock with 163k miles on it in December of 2011, shortly after selling my all motor - high compression GF OBS.

So to begin it all; a mod list. I will try and keep this as up to date as possible.

Engine:
2002 ej205 longblock
Megan one piece catless up pipe and turbo manifold
OBX-r short ram intake
4" turboxs bellmouth catless downpipe
3" turboxs highflow cat
3" turboxs unresonated midpipe modified to fit
3" turboxs axle back modified to fit, with a muffler delete and turn down replacement.
Kamak td04HL-19T
DW 600cc flow matched injectors.
Greddy type RS BOV
Halman pro MBC
04 sti Godspeed FMIC kit, modified to fit.
walbro 255
02 WRX to 00 LGT zephyr merged wiring harness
02 ECU opensource tune by Bill Jacowleiff

Suspension/Chassis/Driveline:
02 WRX 5 speed shifter bushings
Solid transmission mount
05+ legacy pitch stop
05-09 Megan street XT coilovers
Wrx 21mm rear sway bar
Notched stock crossmember
DNA motoring short throw shifter
Custom fabricated aluminum textured shift knob/stick
Exedy stage 1 clutch/ OEM 2.5 flywheel
Stock legacy GT 4.11 transmission/rear diff

Interior/Exterior:
02 WRX front seats, dyed black.
pioneer headunit
Single din center console gauge plate
52mm boost/vacuum and volt gauges
Custom flares/widebody
03 USDM outback front bumper
fat girl stickers
'spun bearing club' vinyl
'NES sedan syndicate' vinyl
that stupid rally pig everyone has
Hungry stenciled on the IC

Wheels/Tires/Brakes:
245/40/17 Westlake tires
17x7.5 +13 work meister reps
stock brakes! (oops)


TO be installed:
Nothing ATM.

I decided one day last summer, after closing on my house, that I was tired of it being slow. It was fun to drive, but way too slow. So! I bought a donor wrx.. and swapped it. With the exception of the wiring merge, I did everything myself.. I'm not saying this to boast, I am putting it out there so that if there are any who have questions. .. feel free to ask. With all the custom shit I had to do, it took me roughly 45-50 hours to complete over the course of 5 weeks.

Here is a current picture, and the most recent video of it on the dyno..



it made 242/260 whp/wtq on a dynojet research on the failing td04-13t @ 17.8 psi





annnnnddd here is the day i got it.



not long after it looked like this.





then i have a ton of pictures from the swap and stuff linked elsewhere.

then it looked like this







It will be painted shortly all one color, and i havent taken any more recent pictutres aside from the two cellphone shots.. mainly because we got hammered with snow and then the turbo failed

[kiyo1990]

I think that looks damn good! You thinking about upgrading turbo?

[1055]

Ill be putting in the new turbo (kamak td04HL-19t) and the new injectors (DW 600cc injectors) this week. With that and the supporting mods.. I should be in the 280-290whp and 300-310wtq at 20 psi with full boost by 3200 rpm.

[chrish8r]

Very nice! I think "hungry" on the fmic is very fitting

[1055]

Thanks, with the latest tune and my commute I get about 17mpg combined.. should have been called thirsty lol.

[Huffer]

Looks great! Very street tough. With your custom flares, can you explain those a bit more?

[1055]

Well.. I'm actually working on getting them into production. These were a test fit run with a new supplier. They fit well, I made some minor adjustments and we should be going to production soon, I hope.


Basically they will be made of poly propelyne and are bolt/rivet on. It involves cutting the fenders and allows you to run some wide tires/wheels. Car is super sticky on these 245's.. really the last piece to the puzzle is brakes.

I'm eyeballing some 320mm isc 6 pots, but I hear they have warping issues..

[kiyo1990]

Ah, good deal on the new stuff going in. I am sure it will be pretty peppy

[1996Battlewagon]

[1055]

Dual exhaust, yo. In those pictures it was hanging fairly low, lower than it usually did due to a torn old rubber hanger.

Unless you're whating something else lol

[Muse]

Will those flares fit a second-gen, or are they gen 3 specific? I love how they look.

[1055]

They are universal! I kept dimensions that fit a ton of small and mid sized cars. The nice aspect to PP is that it is very easy to work with and pliable in a way that fiberglass is not.



Here they are on my old wagon. Slightly different this was one of the earlier designs. I narrowed them from 65mm to 45mm for a more universal application and subtle design.

[Muse]

Welp, I need some.

[r3v_v3ng3]

I just painted an 00 RS with the 280z flares and the front looked good but the rear flares was too big for the wheels he had. Good job on trimming them

[1055]

The problem with the 280 ones is theyre staggered. A hard look to pull off on a subaru.

These are based off a 240/ae86 flare.

[Huffer]

Well they look great. I like the poly idea too. Much like the poly front lips - easier to work with and take damage better.

When I get my next wagon, I'll be looking you up for a set.

[1055]

Did the turbo and injectors last night.. has a cool cyclic idle now. That'll be gone tomorrow when it gets retuned. It gets out of vacuum at 2250 rpm right now under half throttle. Crazy!

My old td04 also sounds like a maraca. it appears the bearings went and compressor wheel siezed. Oops.

[1055]

Tgvs decided to die on the dyno today.. guess ill be deleting those..

[DarkPhoenix]

How bad was the wiring in this swap? I have an 02 and was thinking about doing a similar swap.

[1055]

The harness I sent out. If you have time and are proficent at wiring its really not that difficult.

I didnt have the time. I was trying to get it done as quick as possible and the 8 hours of merging didnt really fit into my schedule.

[1055]

Pulled the tgvs last night, deleted and started porting and polishing them.. didn't see anything visibly wrong with them but that doesn't mean they were working.

I say started because I ran out of cutting bits for my dremel

[1055]

So I got this all back together. Those injectors suck balls. Put my stock ones back in, and then the second turbo went. FUCK! 22 miles and it turned into one piece. Suspect oil feed line they supplied me with..

[Muse]

Nooooo! That's just not cool. Are they going to make it up to you?

[1055]

I have to pay to ship the turbo back to cali and the injectors back to indiana to get my money back. It sucks but oh well

[Muse]

You have plans in the meantime? Do you think it'll be ready for the meet on May 25?


If not, will you still come?

[1055]

Yeah I'm going back to stock td04-13t. Either going to have bnr do a rebuild or find a slightly used one. They're not as common as they used to be!

I'm sick of not driving this car.

[Muse]

Yeah. I'm sick of not driving it, too. But since it's, ya know, yours, I guess I'll just have to get over it. Good luck.

[1055]

Yeah. I'm sick of not driving it, too. But since it's, ya know, yours, I guess I'll just have to get over it. Good luck.

Haha thanks man. Just ran into an old friend of mine who was showing off his built v9 big turbo RS and it made me really want to get this shit going.

[1055]

So she's alive again.. figured out why my turbo assploded too!



Lol!

[Muse]

Explain?