Mario's 93 Legacy

This is my Legacy Turbo 4x4. she was in abit of a pore state when I picked her up but as with any 20 years old car it needs some work.

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first thing I set about doing was sort out the Boost piping, unfortinatly it wasn't the best, so as a result I set about and changed it.
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The problem isn't obvious in this picture, but basically I had to change the piping where it comes off the turbo, I ditched the stock Black plastic pipe and replace it with a nice silicone based item that's straighter and larger diameter closer to the ridged pipe that's been used, I then set about fitting the dump valve and cone filter.
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The Spec so far is.
2.0ltr 16v EJ20 Closed Deck engine running 12psi
Front Mount Intercooler
Manual Boost Controller
Boost Gauge
Superchips ABC Fuel Cut Defender
Classic Impreza 16inch Alloys
Bailey Motorsport Dump Valve
Generic Dual Cone filter.

Good project on the go, whats the grand plan with it ?

i'm thinking clean it up and restore it but not get it clean clean, want to keep it a little ratty, and aiming for around 300-350bhp, just so I have enough power to irritate some new cars lol.

the more I look at it and think about it the more I hate the colour so I a thinking it will get a respray and I am thinking go back to its original black.

Looks maybe a dark blue under the hood ?

It'll make a little sleeper that way, keep the towbar too for added spice.

nah its defo black under the hood, yeah tow bar is staying as it will actually get used once I have a trailer lol, like you say, my aim is a true sleeper.

And here is what I have just been and collected after winning at a really cheap price.

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drivers seats is just as clean. the marks in the picture aren't actually there in real lol

nice project buddy

cheers, it will take time but I hope it gets there soon.

well before I went bank holiday car booting I fitted my seats, bolt in swap my fooking arse, the seat belt clips are slightly different but only found this out once I had the seats in and swapping them over with the seats in place was such a PITA lol

Before
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After
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so much more comfy and even the misses said, and this is a quote " its like getting a hug off you", I nearly crashed laughing lol, the support is a million times better. Well happy Mario lol

well I set about today tidying up my engine bay a little, removed the disconnected AC pump so that's saved a couple of kilo's of weight, I then set about and removed the MBC (Manual Boost Controller) as I thought it wasn't doing anything, turns out it was just open fully and allowing max psi, turns out stock these only run 5psi and the turbo is only capable of 12psi, oh well we live and learn, tomorrows job, re-fit MBC and hopefully get it to hold 10psi

i like these.
used to be a burgandy one with black wheels knocking about round gateshead/ newcastle that looked great and sounded brilliant. dont know what was under the bonnet but looked like a right sleeper.

yeah its actually shocked me how quick it is running at 12psi, I expected it to be quick but not this quick, cant wait to get it on the dyno and find out what its producing.

bazpro88 wrote:

i like these.
used to be a burgandy one with black wheels knocking about round gateshead/ newcastle that looked great and sounded brilliant. dont know what was under the bonnet but looked like a right sleeper.

if it was a wagon then most likely mine thanks

Spec in new members section topic: another gen1 legacy

Pics to follow when I can add photobucket links

Mariocinq wrote:

i'm thinking clean it up and restore it but not get it clean clean, want to keep it a little ratty, and aiming for around 300-350bhp, just so I have enough power to irritate some new cars lol.

the more I look at it and think about it the more I hate the colour so I a thinking it will get a respray and I am thinking go back to its original black.

some did have black engine bay but not black main colour
Red looks good but I am biased

well I got in the bay today and had a bit of a clean to find it was dark green and some half blind idiot put down on its first two MOT's it was black, some flaming morons out there like.

the more I think about it the more I fancy painting it black.

Well today I thought I would go buy a couple of treats for the leggy. problem is, the Blitz filter said it was for a Scooby (typical eBay item) but unfortinatly the MAF plate is wrong so I am going to have to make an adaptor plate grrrrr, at least the vac pipe was right, nice Forge Silicon Vac pipe.

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so couldn't fit the filter but I did fit the Vac pipes, what do you guys think, personally I prefer the darker red of the Forge pipes to some of these cheaper bright red ones.

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so today i got handy with a few items and got my Blitz Air-Filter fitted. also i had a nice piece of 1mm ali lying around so thought i would knock up a heat shield.

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What you think????

Not a bad start fella, DIY black paint job is a winner for me like.

yeah its going black once i have it mounted properly and i have a rubber trim for around the top, oh and some force fed air from the front bumper some-where, fog light might go walkies lol

well today was a PITA. decided to try and sort my steering vibration problem so i went and got a price for new disc's and pads for the front and then ordered as i was surprised when it was less than £50 for disc's and pads lol, 12 miles later i get that horrible metal on metal sound, hows that for timing. so tomorrow will be spent with my spanners in hand and the cooper grease freeing off stupid calipers and fitting new disc's and pads to the front.

i have decided i am going to spray the car satin black, i know this isnt every-ones taste but i like the idea, what i want an opinion on is weather or not to do a white, grey and black Union Jack on the roof????

well i set about doing the brakes at 10:30, only just finished now thanks to 1 stuck piston in the passenger side calipar, once i got it freed and i was cleaning it up i made the mistake of not slackening the bleed screw off and as i pushed it back in i pushed the other piston straight out and ended up with brake fluid everywhere lol. 1 scary brakeless drive later i had some more Dot4 and a quick bleed (and burnt hand) later and all is well again, no vibration and the caliper isnt sticking anymore so i am a well happy little mario.

oh and i swapped the passenger side headlight out for a one that wasnt broken, the original one had 2 broken mounting points out of 3 so was amazed it was even staying on lol.

Good crack, hope the £50 brakes hold up well,

Paint the car satin black, plain old paint job, no fancy union jacks I say.

well small update, the brakes are great, surprisingly good quality

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