2000 Subaru Legacy GT-B Twin Turbo
Discussion
sgtbash said:
Here I am again, another impulse buy, this time thanks to Northern Sky for posting it in the Old/Retro 0-5k thread: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
My last car was an e91 330D Touring, and I loved how much I could lug around. I only do short journeys now, however, so had no real need for a 3.0 diesel. I also started to get tired of automatics and wanted something manual again, while also having an itch for something JDM.
Enter - the Subaru Legacy GT-B import. The GT is a Japan only model, GT most notably having a Twin Turbo EJ208 boxer engine running around 275bhp in manual trim (which this is). Being a GT-B however, this also has Bilstein struts... though it still handles like a boat
Despite the car being 22 years old, it has only done just over 53,000 miles, and less than 200 a year for the past 6 years. It shows it too, the condition of bodywork and chassis is decent for the age, but I already have a small list of jobs for it:
1. The Radio is dead - I planned to replace this anyway as it is ancient, however has a complex amp and speaker setup I need to work my head around first.
2. Oil + Filter change - last serviced 200 miles ago in 2019 - but want to change due to age
3. Fix what seems to be a heat shield rattle
4. Fix a rattle under the dash from what may be the old tracker fitted
5. Re fit the subwoofer splash guard as the plastic has snapped
6. Give it a good clean!
The thing properly goes, it's strange driving a Subaru with two turbos, I'm used to the likes of Impreza sti's so having a bit more lower end grunt is a nice change, as well as still being able to rev it out.
The only mod is a stainless steel catback, and I think I'll keep it that way, at least for now.
Thanks for reading.
First "Mods"
My last car was an e91 330D Touring, and I loved how much I could lug around. I only do short journeys now, however, so had no real need for a 3.0 diesel. I also started to get tired of automatics and wanted something manual again, while also having an itch for something JDM.
Enter - the Subaru Legacy GT-B import. The GT is a Japan only model, GT most notably having a Twin Turbo EJ208 boxer engine running around 275bhp in manual trim (which this is). Being a GT-B however, this also has Bilstein struts... though it still handles like a boat
Despite the car being 22 years old, it has only done just over 53,000 miles, and less than 200 a year for the past 6 years. It shows it too, the condition of bodywork and chassis is decent for the age, but I already have a small list of jobs for it:
1. The Radio is dead - I planned to replace this anyway as it is ancient, however has a complex amp and speaker setup I need to work my head around first.
2. Oil + Filter change - last serviced 200 miles ago in 2019 - but want to change due to age
3. Fix what seems to be a heat shield rattle
4. Fix a rattle under the dash from what may be the old tracker fitted
5. Re fit the subwoofer splash guard as the plastic has snapped
6. Give it a good clean!
The thing properly goes, it's strange driving a Subaru with two turbos, I'm used to the likes of Impreza sti's so having a bit more lower end grunt is a nice change, as well as still being able to rev it out.
The only mod is a stainless steel catback, and I think I'll keep it that way, at least for now.
Thanks for reading.
First "Mods"
Edited by sgtbash on Thursday 28th July 14:02
Nice that..
Good luck with the car 
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