Thought I would make a thread of my current build This is only my 2nd post so I apologize for my formatting. I have a 1998 Subaru Legacy GT Limited Sedan. I am the 3rd owner and has 287,000 miles. Surprisingly, it has no rust anywhere.
About Me
I am a 20 year old guy that lives in St. Paul, MN. I am currently going to college, but have no idea what I want to do. I used to work a lot until corona came lol. I've always been into cars but didn't actually still working on them till about a year ago (thanks to my group of friends) and I absolutely love it.
History
This car started it's life in North Carolina. To what I know, the first owners were an old couple that owned it for roughly 17 years. The second owner bought it in NC and has kept it sitting in his garage for some years. He wanted to do a WRX swap with it but never had time. Then he moved up to Minnesota this past January and brought the legacy with him. Then in April, he puts the car up for sale and this is where I come into the picture. I didn't plan on building up a car, but here I am lmao. The past 2 owners took really great care of the car where there is no rust anywhere whatsoever.
The Plan
The plan is to do what the second owner wanted to do, a WRX swap. I bought a USDM EJ205 w/ 55k miles and a 5spd wrx transmission with about 57k miles. I'll include more of what I'll be doing down below
What I've Done so Far
Since the car came with no engine, I didn't have to worry about pulling one out. I've taken out the automatic transmission and sold it. I've put in 2002 WRX front seats and 2005 WRX rear seats. Took a little modification but not too bad. I've taken everything out of the engine bay and put some clear coat on.. and oh my... the paint came back to life. My buddy gave me 11mm spacer adapters off of his WRX and put it on the legacy. Another one of my friends gave me his wheels to use till I buy some later on. As you can see in the picture below, it has some poke haha. But that gives me the opportunity to put some fender flares on The previous owner had tons of subaru parts and he gave me a '98 legacy GT manual wiring harness to send to iwire. I also had to buy a wrx wiring harness to send to iwire as well. iwire has already finished merging the harnesses and I will have them in my hands on Thursday! Today I took off the badges and repainted them gold to give them a better look. I also painted the intake manifold and valve covers on the EJ205 gold. I've also replaced the rotors and pads with brand new ones.Last week, I bought a very cheap non-running '98 Outback as my "donor" car for this legacy lol. Very out of the blue, but it has helped me out a lot.
Parts I Have
USDM EJ205 5spd WRX Transmission Mishimoto Radiator Exedy OEM Clutch Kit OEM Flywheel WRX Front & Rear Axles WRX Rear Diff JDM Momo Steering Wheel JDM Xenon Projectors Grimmspeed Top Mount Intercooler Y-Pipe Kit '98 Outback Driveshaft Invidia Catless Downpipe Cobb Shift Knob New Ebrake Shoes
Parts That Are OTW
Turbo XS Catless Catback Mishimoto Turbo Inlet Hose Merged Wiring Harness from IWire Redline Shifter Boot
Parts That I Plan on Buying/Installing
Cobb Cold Air Intake + Airbox Cobb Accessport JDM Tail Lights (having a hard time finding them) Coilovers Hood Struts Fender Flares
So What's the Plan Now?
Well later today (6/10), I am going to be installing the transmission, driveshaft, rear diff, and all WRX axles. Later this week, I'll probably be spending a couple days installing the merged wiring harness. Then when all of that is done, I'll be dropping in the engine. Unfortunately, I won't be driving it right away till I get a tune... which is July 28th but will be worth it.
I'll be posting my progress on this thread. If you guys have any suggestions or feedback please let me know! And I definitely forgot to mention some things on this post, so keep that in mind! Thank you for reading and I hope you stay tuned on my project