I thought it was finally time to document the build on my 91 SS. I'll start from the beginning of it all, when I had/built an 04 WRX on E85 pushing 300whp. I had taken a year off of school, worked at a towing company/shop, and loved the WRX. Then I went back to school and realized I didn't need a $10,000 car anymore. So I sold it (traded actually, long story...) Anyway, I needed a lower priced car, but had to stick with a Subaru - of course! I had my eyes on an RS, but then I found a prime 1991 SS in California. This was all happening in the fall of 2011.
Growing up in Wisconsin, California cars always seemed amazing. No Rust, nothing's better. I figured this was the one; in my price range, stock, beautifully clean, turbo'd, 140k miles. What's not to like, right? So I got 2 friends together, booked 3 one way tickets to LA, and set off to drive her 2,000 miles home, in 3 days. We took off on a Friday, and had to get back to class on Monday.
So there it is. On 11/4/11 I purchased my 1991 Legacy SS for $3,350.
Here I am counting the money on the hood:
It's mine:
And we set off, for an awesome road trip home. We pulled into my driveway on Sunday afternoon, just as planned. A few slight issues on the way, shifter actually falling off, snowstorm in Denver and the blower motor decided it had enough, cords on tires, you know - the good stuff. All in all, probably the best roadtrip I've ever had. We certainly had high spirits, coming from Cali with a clean 91 Legacy.
I kept the car stock until the spring of 2012. Thanks to legacycentral, I swapped on a Td04, 06 WRX TMIC, and MBC. I ran the car at the full 12lbs of boost, and had some fun with it. I finished up school in 2012, and ended up working right out of school. I travel quite a bit for work, currently in South Carolina but working with a Wisconsin based company.
I ended up working out of our Wisconsin office for about 6 weeks, and with all the miles I put on I decided I needed to upgrade my driveline, or purchase a new car. I didn't want my Legacy to sit, and it ran great with no problems. Issues like brakes, balljoints, struts, bushings, etc were lingering each trip, as it had 170k miles at this point.
And so it began, I ordered up a full 2006 STi swap. Everything minus the motor was included, I even got the VF39 and injectors!
The day my parts showed up (Most of them anyway...)
And here's my 91 prior to the swap. I had snows on the original snowflakes, and some summer tires on the wrx wheels a buddy gave me a while back. Here's how she looked most days, with no snow of course. The before pic:
Here's how she sits now, back down south as I was walking out of work the other day. I've put almost 4,000 miles on since the driveline swap, and it's been excellent to me (that's an understatement..). I haven't touched the motor yet, so it's still sitting with the Td04 Installed.
I do have the VF39, Injectors, Green Label MAF, and coil pack. I just need the fuel rails, and a robtune ECU. It's all in the works...along with another big change. Stay tuned, it's coming!
I need to get back to work now, but I'll be back soon with the swap details and a few pics. Just wanted to get this thread going finally, I've been meaning to do a write up for a while.
The way she looks on the walk out of work:
Hope ya guys enjoyed the read, I'll be back sometime soon to update on the swap details.
Take care,
Keats
Luckily they were insured, so I got all the cash back. And I got to keep the lights. They're almost done getting rigged up, I'll snap some pics once they're ready to be installed!