Local Subie Owners!!Lets see your cars
02-16-2010, 02:04 PM
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Re: Local Subie Owners!!Lets see your cars
Nothing against you personally...I just think putting a used motor in a car is stupid. You dont KNOW how it was treated (biggest concern), you dont KNOW how many miles are actually on it, ect.
You can get a complete JDM FXT motor (almost identical to the USDM STI motor except for the Intake manifold {which flows VERY well}, turbo, and cam profile) for ~3000. Thats an extremely good price. You can sell everything off of it you dont need (making it even cheaper) and swap over your stuff.
Thats just ONE example of a route he could go.
OR...if his heads are fine...he could buy a CP piston bottom end from RAW and do a hybrid swap. Cheap.
Again. This isnt a personal attack..theres just better routes to go (IMO).
You can get a complete JDM FXT motor (almost identical to the USDM STI motor except for the Intake manifold {which flows VERY well}, turbo, and cam profile) for ~3000. Thats an extremely good price. You can sell everything off of it you dont need (making it even cheaper) and swap over your stuff.
Thats just ONE example of a route he could go.
OR...if his heads are fine...he could buy a CP piston bottom end from RAW and do a hybrid swap. Cheap.
Again. This isnt a personal attack..theres just better routes to go (IMO).
No I can't.....that was why I said I didn't want to go that route because of the WRX fitment. There is absolutely nothing on a Legacy motor that will fit on an '07 or older STI or WRX. I would be starting over from scratch with a stock motor.
Also with the miles I really don't care how many miles are on it honestly because it is an '08 and it can't be more than my 80k motor.
02-16-2010, 02:11 PM
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I was talking about his WRX. Not your legacy. If I had your legacy...Id sell everything you had dealing with the motor....buy the FXT motor, throw an 18g-20g on it and make more power than your making now (~400).
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02-16-2010, 02:17 PM
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An 18G on that motor won't really make that much more. The turbo I have now with the right tune and a good fuel system is capable of 320.....right around that of an 18G....I know a few with 18Gs and they are not as impressive as I thought....but then again I could always steal my husbands 30R when he is sleeping...lol
02-16-2010, 02:19 PM
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Well as soon as Coreys car is sorted out we'll see what that size turbo will do on a FXT motor. His is in between an 18 and 20g (I forget what its called).
02-22-2010, 03:18 PM
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Some Subie meet was obviously happening around Rockville Town Center in MD on Sunday afternoon (2-3pm). Lots of nice cars, wish I'd had a camera.
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