bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

like the title say. bought the wife one cause she wanted something other than a honda. Anyway, i searched around and f ound that the LSi came turboed and so did the GT. my question is anyone know how well the 2.2l bottom end would hold up to boost?

i saw a impreza this weekend at the junk and thought i could use the exhaust to fab up a twin turbo set up or a single one.

i knwo i can piece together a kit i just want to find out what engine management i should look into, i know Turbo edit is outta the question:P

anyone that can point me in the right direction would be my bestest friend.

Julio-

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

swap a wrx engine in it ;D

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

hell ya

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

Gonna turbo my neighbors RS 2.5 I will post pics and results when he gets all the parts together.

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

where are some pics you slut. :-*

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

The engine bay is more cramped than a Honda, don't expect your install to be problem-free. Boost that ho!

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

I know this guy named frank who is moving to japan. I would hit him up for some turbo parts. ;)

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

No way, you must be lyin :P

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

find out if you can use wrx parts. I believe the blocks are the same so things like the manifold should fit any subaru. The gt came turbo but they only made a few thousand of them, like 5,000, so they are not easy to find. The older subaru gl and subaru xt also came turbo from the factory with IHI's RHb5. if wrx parts fit you should be able to find a lot of used parts for it, injectors manifolds intercooler, hood scoops, turbos, pretty much copy a wrx setup/ By the way I have all these parts from my upgrades.

check

nasioc.com and wrxfanatics.com for a whole bunch of info on the cars

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

about the room, it looks less cramped than my EF so room doesnt seem to be an issue.

Thanks for the info . Ill post pics of it soon.

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

engine management? buy my megasquirt.

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

leave it alone puta, lola is gona kick your ass :P

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

it may be easier to swap a wrx engine in, aren't all the subarus on the exact same chassis? you just need to get a different part of the sub-frame for the front?

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

Stick with the 2.5. I hear those fuckers were pretty quick from the factory.

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

Let Lola have a good car. Put down the wrench Julio and step back from her car. :P Naw actually Julio the Legacy came TT in Japan. Just have Frank pick up the mani and snails and just do the rest Julio style.
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Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

its easier to swap a motor than to turbo the stock one, as well as more reliable and if its the wifes car that would be a nice selling point to her on it.

STi RA Spec from CA 277 hp for around 2200 I believe

Forgot where its from, it should be a pretty easy to find some.

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

A good friend of mine has a turboed 2.5 He only runs 5psi on a small turbo because supposedly the bottom ends are crap.

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

Just walk down the street and check out your many importers that are by you, you retard! Fabbing up a mani for those boxers looks like it'd be a royal PITA.

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

Re: bought a 1996 Subaru Legacy, need input on turboing it.
 

Like everyone is sayin, drop in motor instead of turboing it, plus yur 50 000 mile stocker might even be nice for spare if you run in to problems with the wife..... I bought a legacy once and it was allready turbo, but as far as modyfing the car i was told the best thing I could do was to put in an STi motor.... i had a buddy offering me the wholle shabang fresh from a 04 for 1500$ :o but i had to sell my legacy :(