Legacy rally car

[300bhp/ton]

Ok with all the Subaru talk at present it got me thinking (and reading Wikipedia).

But how easy would it be to buy (or semi build) a hot Subaru Legacy turbo for the road?

Not an actual rally car. But instead of pluming for an early Turbo 2000 Impreza as a fast practical affordable road car. I wonder how easy or feasible it would be to build/buy a similarly powered Legacy Gen 1?

I did a quick search of the classifieds and couldn't see any Gen 1 Legacy's for sale, so my hunch is, this wouldn't be so easy.

Any info would be good though. Did Subaru actually sell a "hot" Legacy in the UK or would it be JDM imports only?


So something that looks like this, sounds nice and goes well too:

[anonymous-user]

They sold the single turbo models in the UK on saloon and estate flavours.

I've actually been considering doing something similair myself. I know of a single turbo S2 Legacy for sale, a simple engine swap (say from a classic STI), remap, brakes and handling... all will be sorted then.

My main obstacle would be and this is one thing i can never get right is rust issues. Due to the age of the cars there can be a lot of rust hidden away which would need fixing before any big power project can go ahead.

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 12th October 09:56

[GravelBen]

Piece of cake, most Impreza bits bolt straight on and they have pretty much the same EJ20 motor as the early Imprezas - 220bhp as standard (maybe a bit less in the UK?). My mechanic races a '91 Legacy RS with a 2004 STi drivetrain, said the only part which didn't just bolt up was the driveshaft which wasn't quite the right length.

Some eye candy, local Group-A spec Rothmans replica:





Popular as budget club-level rally cars down here too:

Edited by GravelBen on Tuesday 12th October 10:59

[GravelBen]

Should add the standard performance stats for the 1st gen RS as well: 0-60 in 6.5, standing 1/4 in 14.8 - they were pretty quick for the time. I had a '90 Legacy VZ (2.0 NA 4CAM) which made 150bhp and loved screaming its way to the 7750rpm limiter.

They also did lightweight RS-R and RS-RA homologation versions, but those are fairly rare even here in Subaru-land.

[bernies]

Could this rally car be converted for road use?

http://www.rally24.com/rally-cars-for-sale/rally-c...

Edited by bernies on Tuesday 12th October 11:32

[chuntington101]

bernies said:

Could this rally car be converted for road use?

http://www.rally24.com/rally-cars-for-sale/rally-c...

Edited by bernies on Tuesday 12th October 11:32

Well rally cars are used on the road, so its should be road worthly.

[belleair302]

Don't tease me. Way back in 1995 I converted my Lagacy Turbo into a Grp N road going rally car...it was great. Sold it on to a couple of Welsh lads who wanted to race it in the hills / forests and I believe that is where it died. Moved onto an Audi RS2.....The Legacy was a solid car, great engine but the gearbox was not so reliable. The chassis, exhaust, interior and drivetrain were easily tuneable back in the day.