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    Otavio's 98 Legacy

    This is my 98 Legacy GX:



    It's a manual 2.5L. The engine is a EJ25D if I'm right.

    So far the only thing I changed on it is the fuel pump, for one with higher flow. Makes a lot of difference in higher revs.

    Next thing probably is going to be an intake.
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Nice clean start with a fresh start.
    Didn't realize you have the same bumper, fogs, and similar grille size as the JDM market. Nice...

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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    More pics:



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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Looks like you kept your leather in pristine condition. Its a 98 but it you have folding mirrors (manual or power) not a fixed one? Looks like a hybrid of jdm/usdm. Does it come like that in brasil?

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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    The mirrors fold manually. I'm not sure what Subaru did around here, I believe that my Legacy is all original on the exterior. So I guess they come like that here.
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    My dirty engine:


    Also my hood has this foam:


    I'm not sure what it is supposed to do but I think I'm going to take it out so the engine bay gets cooler.
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    I bought an exhaust tip today. Gonna post pics later.
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    The tip, taken with my crappy phone camera:



    It's sticking out but nothing that some cutting and welding won't solve. I will do that when I have time.
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Today I changed some fluids on the car. The brake fluid, the power steering and the clutch fluid.

    Due to pedal play it took me a couple of hours to get the clutch fluid changed. I couldn't bleed it when just pressing the pedal so it took me some time to find it out.
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    The car now feels a lot better. The brake and clutch pedals feel better and the steering too.
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Its amazing what a maintenance can do

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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    So for an update: I hit my Legacy. =[

    It was jump a bump on the front. I hit another car at traffic, my fault because I wasn't paying the necessary attention. Didn't damage the other car.

    On my bumper it just cracked the paint a bit, nothing serious. But now I need to repaint the front bumper...
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Bummer about the crash... I like the car.

    Your car doesnt have airbags inside does it?

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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Love the interior. Wish whoever had my car before me kept the leather this nice.

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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Thanks for the compliments guys.

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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Long time no post. So here's whats up:

    - I hit the car a while ago, nothing serious, 5km/h hit. I didn't pay the necessary attention to the car ahead. Cracked some paint off my front bumper but nothing serious.
    - The engine is having some problems, the thing is I don't know how to explain it in english haha, anyway it's probably fuel or spark related. I'm going to check the ECU too look for any error code.

    That's it. I might get a job soon so I'll put some mods on the Sub.
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Another long time with no updates.

    Car is doing well, I'm fixing it little by little as money is short.

    Took a sound clip:
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    I hear you on the short on money thing....glad your car isnt too beat up from the little crash
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Took the car for alignment and camber today, the front is now set up. The car wasn't very bad off spec so my tire wear suspicion was wrong. Gotta find out why the front tires are wearing so much. The rear ones look like new.

    Didn't charge the back because they charged extra. But the left wheel has toe in and the right has toe out so the car is always trying to to right, maybe that's why the tire wear. Next month I'll go fix it.
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Alignment shop should have corrected toe - you want zero toe, and some slight negative camber.
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Huffer is right. Toe is the fastest wearing factor in an alignment. I can't imagine an alignment shop not correcting the toe.

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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Yeah I know about the tire wear, but the front ones are the ones that are worn out. The rear ones look new. So I don't know whats going on. haha

    The thing is: alignment is quite expensive (like 80 bucks for the rear) so that's why I didn't correct it. Yeah price it's like that in Brasil. =/
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Today took the spark plugs out and re-gaped them. They were like .8mm instead of the 1.1mm that's specified in the manual.

    Engine is running more smoothly now but I only drove a little bit. Gonna drive more later.
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    The engine is running pretty well.

    Here's a pic from another day where you can see the damage done to the front bumper:


    Sorry about the quality and the mud. As you can see it's just a little bit of paint that cracked.
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Even though I gapped the plugs I'm still having misfire issues. Can't figure out why.

    I'm going to change the vacuum hoses because I know they are cracked and it was something I should have done a while ago, but aside from that I don't know anything else to look for to solve this problem...
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    So as I was checking the vacuum lines I found this:


    That is the PVC hose, where it connects to the engine block. I wasn't connected so I plugged it in. Hopefully the misfiring will stop now.
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Quote Originally Posted by otaterli
    So as I was checking the vacuum lines I found this:


    That is the PVC hose, where it connects to the engine block. I wasn't connected so I plugged it in. Hopefully the misfiring will stop now.

    Looks like a breather. Also check your coilpack.
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    For some reason I put the name wrong.

    That's a hose connected to the PCV valve.

    The misfiring is gone now.
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    Re: Otavio's 98 Legacy

    Today I changed the valve cover gasket from the left side of the engine. It was leaking bad.

    Also I started building an aluminium skid plate today, gonna post pics later.
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