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    The cage was ordered for a friend who had an account with cusco at the time. It is basically touching the dome light in the bk. there was a lot more space in a gutted bg. Bg with a sunroof might fit, but i remember they ask if it had one when it was ordered.
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    Picked up a new engine for the legacy. Planning a external rebuild for it and hopefully be in the car in a month or two.
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    swapped the deep dish wheel for a momo with a spacer.
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    New custom made shift knob and longacre guages
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    Torque solutions carrier bearing bushings. thought these were gonna be urethane but turned out to be aluminum.
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    OK, I'm ignorant. Is that a 3.3?
    Also love, love, love the Momo wheel.
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    Yes its a 3.3

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    Been awhile since my last up date. A year later and a few more changes.

    engine out and ready to go
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    some tear down
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    Reloomed the engine harness
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    Match ported to the throttle body and smoothed transition to cyl 5&6
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    Back on the road
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    Way too much work for the few ounces i lost
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    not gonn be throwing passengers around as much
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    Upgraded the fronts and added HP Plus' all around
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    The 3.3 is in and done? How awesome is it?
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    Everything is done besides mating the exhaust to the manifolds. Only put a few miles on it so far since its so loud but that should be wrapped up this weekend. Its hard to find time to work on your own car when its what you do for a living. The few miles i did run however felt great. Down low torque was noticable right away, but i have been driving around a torqueless RX8 while its down so i may have just forgot what torque feels like.

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    Exhaust is done and its gonna be insured tomorrow. Very excited to be driving my Subaru again. I miss the functionality of a wagon.

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    Decided to get on the dyno before my track day in april. I was planning on 5-6 runs to zero in my FPR and i also wanted to test the iris valve at fully open and fully closed, alas my clutch couldn't hold and and id only got 1 1/2 runs in. It was looking good to hit my 200hp goal. gained about 6 hp everywhere with a 3 psi fuel adjustment before it slipped.

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    What did you do to get enough room for the radiator? Also, are you still going to make the April track day? My '97 L wagon is very curious about the 3.3 swap.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Go Mifune View Post
    What did you do to get enough room for the radiator? Also, are you still going to make the April track day? My '97 L wagon is very curious about the 3.3 swap.
    First i measured a few things up front and put that into the Summit search engine to find one close enough to my dimensions. HAd to cut the metal bumper support in the center, trim back some of the bottom of the bumper skin and modify the grill a bit for the for the filler neck. The mount was super easy after i stopped trying to be too creative. I just used aluminum stock for brackets and used the hood lach mounting holes since it had to be removed for space. Made it to the track day but borrowed someones elses car. Was moving at the time so i just didnt have the time to replace the clutch. However on a different level, I was pleasantly supprised with how my car performed loaded with about 800 lbs of mostly tools. Got up to passing speed easier then expected and averaged about 28mpgs on my move. Im loving the eg33 and with how cheap and easy it was to swap. Only on the hook for about $1100 total and thats with a new water pump timing belt and all the exterior engine seals. Plus the wiring is super easy and fab to mount a radiator was nothing to worry about. DO IT!

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    Nice looks clean. I'm going to start my swap soon, and hope to have it done before the end of summer. As far as radiator goes, the guy doing my MS3 has a turbo EG33 Bugeye and said he was able to use a XJ radiator in the same location you have yours and it didn't require an cutting. Not sure how the space in a Bugeye compares to our cars but I'll take some measurements and give it a shot. For $70 ish I don't have much to lose.


    He's also trying to sell me his turbo kit, which he ran as a 5psi non intercooled setup for years without issue but we'll see what happens.

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    Thanks. Im sure there are a few ways to get the job done with the radiator fitment. I chose mine since it fit within my dimensions, should be able to handle the heat load im planning on putting through it and i dont have to use a separate expansion tank. I imagine the bugeye would have a little more room lengthwise since it has narrower headlights. The cutting wasnt really a big deal but i do have access to the right tools and the know how so i can see how it might be an issue for someone else

    The eg33 block is almost identical to the bullet proof 2.2 but with larger cylinder walls so i bet it loved 5 psi. I have a Garrett 6063 waiting in the garage till i have a 6speed in. Barely trust my old ass 5speed with the stock output.

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