S-Cargo Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Hello to all! I just received a 1993 Subaru Legacy Wagon, and was wondering what engines were compatible with the original transmision? I would like to shoot for a WRX engine, but will throw a stoker in any engine. ; ) I have owned a '70 Chevelle, Jeep Cherokee, Chevy Malibu, Ford Probe, and Kawasaki Ninja, and did all the maintenance and upgrades myself. I am very excited to become a member of the Subaru Family. As far as the interior, I plan on putting a hidden sound system in it, and hopefully a car PC. Thank you for your time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Cargo Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 By the way, it looks like this one, but silver and less rust. http://www.daviddna.com/images/Cars/1993_Legacy_Tan/IMGP6953.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdubs Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Welcome. Any EJ series engine will bolt up to your transmission. However...there is always a however, 90-94 Legacy and 93-95 Impreza engines are OBDI, and newer engines are OBDII. So you'd run into some complications if you were to swap a newer engine into your OBDI car. There are companies which specialize in merging ECU's, and you may want to ask them their opinion on doing a service such as that. IMO, if you have the money, having someone do this for you saves a lot of headaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Cargo Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 Oh that's great! Thank you very much! I just read about OBDI and OBDII. That's great info! Ok, one last question for the experts before I go googling: What body parts are transferable to the '93 Legacy, and where can I pick up one of those really cool hoods with the air scoops on the sides? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum_Racing Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 The hood scoop is available on the RS models, most common in Japan. Any 1990-1994 Legacy will have the same body panels. After 1990 the grill and the front plastic trim pieces became different. They still fit (With the exception of the headlights I think), they just look different. after 1990 the tail lights changed considerably. After 1992 the sedan tail lights had orange turn signal lenses rather than clear. All vehicles had a pinstripe that ran the full length of the car, but wagon models had the pinstripe lowered about 2 inches to make the car seem lower and longer, so even if you find a fender in good condition from a sedan with matching paint, you will still need to remove the pin stripe if you want it to match. Personally, I wouldn't worry about these differences, since it's hard to come by one of these cars nowadays. Last one I saw in the junkyard was a 1994 4WD wagon with no body damage at all, but somehow the airbags were deployed. It was a shame, that car had the air suspension and everything. I almost wanted to buy it to fix it up, but it would've been a huge headache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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