Nephew - 1990 Legacy GT Wagon

[Nephew]

Ok random forum name because I still can't think of one and I joined ages ago just to see a video. I bought the car off my uncle, forum member: Spikey, hence my forum name.

Car has been through a fair bit (as any car has in 17 yrs) one main incident was a complete electrical fire in NZ prior to shipping...cause degreaser (long story) lol. Really nice auto box was ruined due to towing for long distance and then was converted to a manual 4.44 gearbox and diff.

At this point I decided to part with my prized R31 Skyline which had all the body modifications done, but wanted the turbo upgrade... as P platers do. Since i've had the wagon i've been very pleased and glad I switched.

Anyway some pics...
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/front.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/side.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/rear.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/rob_wagon2.jpg

Mods As of May 09(been edited)

Engine:
VF30
Cold air intake (in guard with K & N filter)
Bosch HEC716 coils
3" TB exhaust
FMIC (flipped setup)
Z32 AFM
Apexi Power FC w Hand Controller
Greddy Profec B Boost Controller
GFB Hybrid BOV
440cc injectors
Walbro fuel pump


Suspension:
Front adjustable koni's,
Rear struts - jap bridgestone potenza struts with lowered kings
Front & rear strut braces


Others:
17" Liberty GT 08 wheels
Rear Wagon Wing
Slotted front rotors
Nardi steering wheel
Better sound system
Interior Neons
Aftermarket grill
Painted skirts n grill
Auto Gauge 'defi style', Boost Gauge


I like taking care of this car and keep it very clean, paint could do with a respray but not on the to do list for quite a while. Pics make it look good anyway :P

More pics on http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/

[Marv]

Looks really straight and neat.

What's the future plans?

[smoov]

Gorgeous. Simply Gorgeous.

One of the better wagons here!!

JDM FTW!

[Rob]

sweet wagon mate. nice and tidy and not OTT

Lenso wheels???

[rs guy]

thats very clean and straight
very nice

[Baz Sta]

That looks sex, love that black with chrome handles....

[B-rad]

very nice i love it. is that a very dark deep navy blue or black? it looks blue in a couple of pics!

[Nephew]

Looks really straight and neat.

What's the future plans?

Future plans:
Not a huge lot but wanting and a solid low 14 high 13 second car...
- boost controller
- air to air top mount, wanted front mount but proly a bit too costly for me at the moment.
- colour coding lower skirts
- maybe td05

It will be a slow build as I have my final year of uni left this year and saving for wedding / house (for 2008.)


sweet wagon mate. nice and tidy and not OTT

Lenso wheels???

Not quite sure of the brand of rims, they were originally from Japan but Spikey had them on his car before...

[Nephew]

very nice i love it. is that a very dark deep navy blue or black? it looks blue in a couple of pics!

It's the usual Jap dark blue, just the settings on the camera makes it a bit decieveing sometimes. I love the look of it an night.

[mitcho]

nice mate! you coming on the cruise next weekend?

[NRGIZE]

drooolllllllllll :eek: mint looking wags mate :D looks like u have it all worked out.
looks like u could eat off the thing hehehe... goodluck in the future with it :wink:

[Mister Two]

Nice one. I remember driving this car about a year back just after I got my GT. Terry was selling me a STI RA ECU and I got to test drive the ECU in this car.

I gotta say, with the 4.44 gearbox, this thing really moves. Very responsive.

Back then It wasnt in as good condition as this. Looks like you have really cleaned it up. It looks mint on the outside.

[Nephew]

Nice one. I remember driving this car about a year back just after I got my GT. Terry was selling me a STI RA ECU and I got to test drive the ECU in this car.

I gotta say, with the 4.44 gearbox, this thing really moves. Very responsive.

Back then It wasnt in as good condition as this. Looks like you have really cleaned it up. It looks mint on the outside.

Yeah, pretty responsive car, i just need to learn how to drive it better for 60ft times...

The car did need a fair bit of TLC!!! Faded paint, scratches, dents, collapsed rear muffler (was really loud and drowny) The cosmetic things are easier for me to fix since thats what i did for my skyline. A good polish / wax brought the bland paint to the nice deep blue it has now. Was amazing how well it actually came up. But the desparate areas of the car i took to the panel beaters. I didn't mind fixing these bits up as Terry has really looked after me. :wink:

[Nephew]

nice mate! you coming on the cruise next weekend?

I work nights on weekends so day cruises on like Sundays are when I would be able to make it... I still would like to come to a cruise or event soon though.

[Nephew]

Hi guys...

Thought I'd give an update on the car as it stands.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/front-1.jpg

New front mount (mounted - but need to finish off piping, get a VF turbo for rotated setup - another 1-2hrs work left)

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/gt08_rims.jpg

New Liberty GT 08 wheels... (don't clear 4 pots so might need to go again in the future)

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/rear-1.jpg

New Wagon rear spoiler :P and color coded skirts

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/side-1.jpg

Just a cool pic I took with my new camera.

YOU MAY also notice that I have three different sets of rims amongst the pics - my actual ones currently on the car are the Liberty GT 08s.

Pics are all a bit random as I had some time to actually work on the car in drips and drabs...

New mods:
Apexi PowerFC w hand controller
Paint on skirts/grill
Rear wing
17" Liberty GT 08s

Soon to be actioned:
440cc injectors
FMIC (finish it off)
VF series turbo
Tuning
Attend a RS liberty cruise
Another run down the quarter (beat 14.4 from my previous mods)

[||BiG-ReD-CaR||]

looking good. farking tidy series one mate! you dont see many that clean at all.

[kezza]

the rims in the 3rd pic look beasty as.. you should show more pics of em.. very tidy series one aye.. big fan.. S1 ftw :D

[likenother]

Very Nice looking Wags you have :tu :tu
nicest S1 wags i have seen

[Bumpty]

Yep, rims in the third pic look the shiz!
So does the wagoon sitting on them too :D

Nice s1 mate.

[90legacy]

^^ What they said! The gunmetal spokey wheels look hot! Are they CS9 wheels or STI wheels? Show us a side-on or angled front shot with those!

Lovin' your style by the way :tu :wink:

[Nephew]

lol, Terry put them on my car so I could see how nice they'd look on my car. They weren't actually mine... I think they were the STI 18's...

These are the closest shots I had of the side on

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/side2.jpg

Similar to early pic

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/close-up.jpg

Nice close up for yas

[90legacy]

Nice! I know what my next wheels are going to be!
They are Club Spec 9 wheels by the way :wink:

[CRUISN]

^^ What they said! The gunmetal spokey wheels look hot! Are they CS9 wheels or STI wheels? Show us a side-on or angled front shot with those!



hehehe, they are on my car now. I bought them off Terry aka spikey. :D

Very nice wagon mate. I was well impressed with ti when Terry emailed me the pics of your wagon with the rims fitted to show me them. :wink:

[SUBERB]

Fark that looks hot!

[Nephew]

hehehe, they are on my car now. I bought them off Terry aka spikey. :D

Very nice wagon mate. I was well impressed with ti when Terry emailed me the pics of your wagon with the rims fitted to show me them. :wink:

Cheers, well they suit your car also :)

[Nephew]

Got some time over the weekend with Terry to finish off the piping.

Went with a vf30 turbo, got a temporary atmo turbosmart bov till i find a suitable plumback(most likely the one that was on the car - need to make a bracket).

Next in line injectors and tune.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/fmic_bay.jpghttp://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/core_n_bay.jpg

[kezza]

that looks mint, love the little colour theme in the bay aswell :) .. watcha gona do bout that number plate, looks out of place

[Nephew]

that looks mint, love the little colour theme in the bay aswell :) .. watcha gona do bout that number plate, looks out of place

I'm one that likes the number plate slightly to the side :P So it looks ok to me...

[Nephew]

Car got tuned today :)

Put in the Greddy Profec B boost controller and 440 injectors

dyno chart, pics and video link.

Power figures:
- Max Power: 227hp ATW @ 5250rpm 18psi
- Max Torque: 325.7Nm @ 4250rpm


One of my dyno run vids (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BNp-DGGHgw)

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/dyno-engine-bay.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/dyno-front.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/dyno-rear.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/dyno-sheet-4-May-09-web.jpg

[liberty_lx]

Awesome car mate,
I am also a Legacy Owner now. mine is the same year and colour.

I love the look of the Wagon wing too.

I'll be subscribing to this thread :)

[Nephew]

Went to Kwinana for some runs before the end of the season. It takes me 3-4 runs before I remember how to launch as I go like once a year. I started with a slow 15.2 with a 2.7 60ft time!

By the end of my runs I managed a 14.2 @ 156.74kph with a 2.1 60ft.

So there is still room for improvement to make the 13's. The car certainly feels faster than the last time I ran it in 07, but with slow 60fts, its not gonna do me any good.

[Nephew]

Update:

- My 3 piece rims are back on, wife and I bought a 2001 GT Forester so she got my GT 08 wheels.
- 4 pot subaru calipers with bendix pads, slotted 294mm rotors. Pulls up so much nicer now :)
- Re-wired my boost controller and boost gauge light (defi style) to accesory power rather than light power - I was a little slack last time I did it.
- Mounted my little interior neons (they had weak velcro on before)
- Replaced engine mounts -> the old ones were leaking cronically and snapped in half. New ones feel great.
- Sti 5spd Short Shifter Assembly
- Aircon re-gassed and seals replaced :)

Future Hopefuls:

- Strip paint, Fix dents, Fix cracked/bubbley roof racks, paint body new colour
- Detail engine bay (polishing and paint)

[Nephew]

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/car-sept09-2-web.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/car-sept09-5-web.jpg

Slowly polishing up the pipes more and more :)

[easytiger]

Far out, clean engine bay
Car looked great with those GT wheels
Considered painting the 3 peice inners black/gunmetal?

[Nephew]

Far out, clean engine bay
Car looked great with those GT wheels
Considered painting the 3 peice inners black/gunmetal?

Yeah GT wheels looked nice but 4 pots too big for them. As it is these 3 piece wheels have like 1-2mm clearance.

Have considered painting inners before, not to sure about it but got images here:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/side-w-silver-inner.jpg
original pic

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/side-w-black-inner.jpg
black inner

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/side-w-gunmetal-inner.jpg
gunmetal inner

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/side-w-gold-inner.jpg
gold inner

I made a flash application to see what it would look like a while back.

Mod My RS - Flash - Robilim.com (http://www.robilim.com/flash-item/1/mod-my-rs/)

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/mod-my-rs-rob.jpg

[Nephew]

Was T-boned tonight. Bit of a shock. Driver's side rear arch, both doors, skirt and scratched the rear rim.

Other driver at least owned up to the fault and we exchanged details easily.

[Hanzo]

That has to be a pain. It's a really nice wagon.

Where did that happen?

[Nephew]

Happened turning into allenswood road from hepburn ave. I have right of way, I saw them coming after I started crossing, honked my horn but was too late, they knocked me 100 degrees around. Lucky the on coming traffic managed to slam their brakes on in time.

[easytiger]

Dang
That sucks
Could be one more leggy off perth's streets
Oh well if you part out ill come and buy everything :)

[91libbygx]

dam i was just admiring ur car until i read what happened-_- whats going on with it is it a write off

[Nephew]

Hi guys,

As seen in the last few posts the car is damaged and I'm in two minds as to whether to get it fixed or to move onto another Subi. The quote for the damages (covered by other party's insurance) was $3,500 to fix body and mechanical.

Car is still driveable but looks ugly with the damage and needs rebalancing. I was thinking of parting out the car, so if people are interested in bits (look af first post for specs) let me know and I will make up my mind on fixing.

The car won't start to be fixed until at least beginning of August due to all those hail damaged cars...

Any opinions welcome... :)

[smoov]

Fix and keep.

Remember, this is a Legacy. They're rare cars that should be cherished. Especially a sensational example like yours!

[CRUISN]

If its all being fixed courteousy of someone elses insurance, I'd definitely fix it.

Bring it back to its former glory I say. :tu

[Nephew]

Since you guys convinced me into it..

I'm going to get the car repaired. :D

Plus fix a couple of other little areas of paint in the process, hopefully shouldn't cost too much on top. August 2 is the scheduled date tho... waiting game... damn that hail storm.

[smoov]

Great news Rob!

Glad to hear that she'll be getting some love soon!

[dtrally]

Rob, see if you can take a cash payout and organise the repair yourself. You'll have more control over the repair and end up with cash left over. I have lots of wagon doors, cheap!

[Nephew]

Rob, see if you can take a cash payout and organise the repair yourself. You'll have more control over the repair and end up with cash left over. I have lots of wagon doors, cheap!

Thanks Doug,

That was an option, but I think it will be hard to get into other panel beaters at shorter notice. I'll just take the easy way out this time. But cheers for the offer :)

[Nephew]

It's back, pics to come...

Getting it ready to be sold also as I bought myself a white 1999 WRX in the 2months or so the Legacy was off the road...

[Nephew]

Some new pics, the panel beaters did an awesome job of the body work, just took ages to get it back!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/legacy-sept08.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/legacy-sept03.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/legacy-sept07.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c206/robilim/Legacy%20Wagon/legacy-sept14.jpg

[CRUISN]

Top marks. Looks awesome!! :tu :tu

[Blackout]

Bloody good job mate!
Glad its fixed and back to its pristine condition! :tu

[Nephew]

Car SOLD! Fastest transaction ever. Was very shocked to see it go in the one hit tonight after a quick test drive by the friend of the actual buyer lol.

He will get to enjoy it for sure! It's definitely a sad but happy time for me :P

For those interested - moved onto Stock White 1999 WRX sedan which is screaming for some attention :)