magepaster

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OK, no laughing please. I know it`s big and slow yadda yadda yadda but it was cheap and so am I.

Anyway, what I want to know being very new to Subaru is are there any bolt on engine mods that will give me a little more power.I`m a middle aged family man and really just need a little extra BHP

Or is the cheaper option to find a bigger engine to swap out?

[Edited by magepaster - 7/31/2003 1:20:47 AM]

submannz

Remove snorkel from guard, run a nice hose to the air box.

If you can afford it get the throttle body enlarged, makes quite a difference on a N/A engine.

Alcohol and Water injection, will get you flying cheap to make, and resonably easy to fit, and what a difference, rr you could run staight water, or even steam by wrapping copper pipe around your header pipes before going to the mainfold area. Note you would need to run the system using a WOT switch or manual switch or something similar, easier on a turbo because you can use the boost line.

[Edited by submannz - 7/30/2003 10:06:36 PM]

magepaster

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Guess what? I have no idea what you just said???

call me slow on the uptake, but is there a way of saying that without multisylabic phrases?

Pretend I`m a woman and then explain it

magepaster

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Just looked at my reply and it seems to be a little sarcastic. That was not intended ,sorry.

Anyhow, my Legacy is a 1990 `H` and is a N/A 1820cc.

I know next to nothing about Subaru` so have no idea if there are any parts that can be bolted straight on, such a carbs,turbo anything really for a little more poke. Please keep in mind that I am disabled and even though I wish to do the work myself won`t be able to do much other that bolt-ons.

Thanks.

pugoetru

learn to drive colin mcrae style you will be surprised how fast you can go

SUSPENSION will make a big difference to then start tunning

LeoneTurbo

The 1.8 is SPFI (single point fuel injection) which means it has a throttle body which also incorporates the single fuel injector and the mass air flow meter. In fact, it's quite an advanced piece... Too bad it won't flow air that well. Cheapest swap would be an EJ22 (= 2.212 cc MPFI engine) with 136 bhp. However, that would also mean getting the wiring system converted from SPFI to MPFI (different pin layout on the ECU and engine wiring is different too), so that's only for die hards really.

magepaster

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Actually the 1.8GL Legacy came as a Carburetted and fuel injected engine.This is according to my manual which I have in front of me.

magepaster

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Hmmmm, So what am I to think?

a; nobody believes my Legacy is really a Subaru so ignore it.......sob... boo hoo

b; nobody knows anything about tuning a 1.8GL Legacy

c; It`s such a brilliant car that it`s not possible to improve it

d; it`s such a crap car that it`s not possible to improve it

pugoetru

If you want to go fast your car will do
if you want to go faster buy a turbo

magepaster

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pugoetru


No amount of wishful thinking od driving will make a 1.8 Legacy fast. I`ve own fast cars and believe me this isn`t fast.

Regarding your turbo comment.

OK who makes a turbo that will fit my car? And by fit I mean from the box without having to by another engine because fit doen`t really mean fit

pugoetru

you cant just turbo your engine i meant sell it and buy a turbo leggy

drive an escort and your leggy will feel soooo good afterwards

magepaster

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The car I had for a while before this Legacy,which I got so I could teach my wife to drive was a Sierra 1.8LX and it felt a lot quicker that this snail mobile

pugoetru

YES BUT SIERRA wet road roundabout oh no !

seriously you wont get value for money tuning the 18 leggy but i know where there is an xt turbo that would drop in only 150hp i think though

magepaster

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Hmmm, an XT Turbo lump. OK How much and where?

pugoetru

i will find out not till friday though

LeoneTurbo

Forget about the EA82 turbo (EA82T), it won't fit the Legacy drive train. Besides, it's a very fragile engine proned to crack cylinder heads (I had a few).

BTW, the EJ18 carb engine only was for Mid-East countries, all European cars had fuel injection.

pugoetru

back to buying a leggy turbo then

magepaster

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LeoneTurbo


My car is equiped with a carb, no doubt about it. And I guarentee I don`t live in the Mid-East.

Oi! who nicked me yashmak?

LeoneTurbo

How do you know it has a carb? The SPFI unit looks very similar!

But I could be mistaken, ofcourse... Yyou have a picture of the engine bay?

magepaster

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I know it`s taken a while but here is the engine from my 1.8 GL AWD