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Good luck

Thanks

I’ve ordered everything already, but thanks for the suggestions.

I have the Grimmspeed phenolic spacers, so I think I’ll just have to slightly bend the fuel line and get creative with a coil pack mount. I really like the idea of the stock ish look.

The AWIC isn’t plumbed into the engine’s coolant system, it has its own pump and water supply. It’s super easy to set up, and cheaper than getting FMIC pipes bent and welded.

I’m not sure about the Delta cams + boost either, but we’ll see!

Before you do anything. I would talk with a tuner to see if they are able to open source tune the car. I had a 2.5i also slapped on a turbo but when I went to get it tuned. The place couldn’t find my ecu definitions. Asked on here for help. Was told to message someone “sorry forgot his username” about them. He sent we a website with tons of Subaru ecu parameters. Sent the link to my tuner. None of the Legacy 2.5i 4eat Roms had the parameters he needed to tune it. It all ended up working out tho. I bought a legacy gt and swapped most of the stuff I bought for it to this car.

 

Im not one of those people that will tell you to not do it and buy a turbo car instead. But I will tell you it didn’t work out for me and before you spend money on parts take it somewhere that tunes subies and let them plug the car in to see if they are able to do it. Even if they charge you a fee to check it would be better spent then getting your hopes up like I did.

 

If they end up saying yes then great I’ll be sure to watch the progress myself I love n/a turbo builds.

Hey thanks for the heads up! Luckily I had my ECU defined on the romraider forums several years ago, I’ve been messing around with the tuning this whole time, learning and experimenting. Shouldn’t be a problem with this build

I can't wait to see this done. I come from the 2.5i, STI, WRX and more worlds I know a guy that will tune it for you also. XRT tuning, He tuned my 2.5i. It's still on the road today and has 180k miles. I talked to the guy who has it last week..

Nice! I’ve heard good things about XRT.. I’ll most likely contact him when I get to that point.

Side note.. all parts have been ordered!

My friend has talked me into creating a youtube channel to document the progress of this build. This is my daily driver, so I will be doing a little at a time on weekends.

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBSXLycHuFhgv3DY4TtHGzw

First Video!

'08 Legacy 2.5i Intro & Drive

I'd like to say I'm doing this the "right" way. But I suppose there isn't a perfect way to do it, aside from either swapping a factory turbo motor in or selling the car and buying a factory turbo car. (I'm sure I'll hear that a million times during this)

I'm not buying the AVO kit, I'm not cutting my crossmember or making a funky up pipe. I'm going to use as many stock turbo parts I can to make this appear like it came from the factory. I feel that is the right way to do it.

I won't type out the entire parts list, there's too many small things that most of you won't care about. But here's the main pieces:

-Kinugawa TD04HL-20T

-OEM turbo header/UP

-CNT catless downpipe

-LGT airbox lid/MAF

-OEM turbo inlet

-OEM BPV

-Water to air intercooler

-LGT front crossmember

-OEM turbo swaybar

I will have more parts and much more detail in future posts as I begin work.

I know a lot of these posts come around, but never follow through. But I will follow through with this for sure. I've got my parts list complete, and have begun ordering bits & pieces.

Background: I've had the car for several years and have had the itch for a new car lately. I can't justify it, mine has been paid off and there's nothing wrong with it. So instead of spending 20k+ on a new(er) car, I'm going to spend less than $2500 and make this one a lot more fun and "new" to me again.

Car: 2008 Subaru Legacy 2.5i 4EAT 86k miles

Mods:

-H&R springs w/ Koni struts

-Damn near every suspension bushing is Whiteline/Energy

-Whiteline rear sway bar

-LGT brakes w/ DBA rotors

-Delta 1000 cams

-Grimmspeed LW crank pulley

-Grimmspeed phenolic intake spacers

-AEM dry-flow filter

-hybrid intake system

-WRX injectors

-e85 fuel

-Infernofab 4-2-1 header

-Infernofab high-flow cat

-stock GT midpipe

-HKS Silent Hi-Power axleback

Turbo build list in next post --->

https://youtu.be/RL9_XJXZ5k0

Cold Start..

'08 2.5i

Infernofab 4-2-1 header, Infernofab high flow cat, HKS axleback

https://youtu.be/231LsnV2BPo

Walk around, warm start, drive

'08 2.5i

Infernofab 4-2-1 header, Infernofab high flow cat, HKS axleback

Is the Lachute system not produced anymore? It does sound real good.

Magnaflow mufflers w/ Vibrant resonator is always a good choice. Oh, and Raptor headers