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Hey Todd,

Saw your inquiry about WRX coolers on a Legacy

I think the most important aspect of adapting a WRX cooler to a US spec Legacy is the "clocking" of the Legacy turbo, which is upward at about a 45 degree angle.

The WRX cooler intake from the turbo is made to accept a horizontal turbo outlet

like this turbo out O=O cooler in

but we have this turbo out O//O cooler in

So the turbo outlet points up over the cooler inlet and you have to do some fancy ducting or cutting to make it work. Unless you can reclock the turbo, and seems like I heard if you do that it throws something else off like the wastegate linkage or something.

Another solution is to get another turbo with a horizontal outlet, and If you're going for any kind of power over a couple hundred ponies, the little US turbo will be out of breath anyway, so you're going to be looking at some kind of upgrade in either case.

Larry Witherspoon
4260 W 182nd St.
Torrance (Los Angeles), CA 90504
day/office phone 562-982-7720
larry.d.witherspoon@boeing.com
ssspoon@aol.com



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Larry,Todd, and anyone
I have decided to keep my US Legacy turbo but that the turbo should be
reclocked. I am going to have another shop available to me for a
month so and I can experiment with a extra turbo. When the turbo is
reclocked it changes the angle of the intake snout and that has to be
cut and rewelded and I can take care of the wastegate mount but what I
am wondering about us the duct from the turbo to the intercooler. We
have melted more than one of these on the WRX at high boost and am
thinking I should plan on Silicone hose for the duct ?? I am also
going to see if I can do anything to replace the rubber boot feeding
the turbo as mine is really showing its age. Any input on this project
would be apppreciated.
AL(CO)





--- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., ssspoon@a... wrote:
> Hey Todd,
>
> Saw your inquiry about WRX coolers on a Legacy
>
> I think the most important aspect of adapting a WRX cooler to a US
spec
> Legacy is the "clocking" of the Legacy turbo, which is upward at
about a 45
> degree angle.
>
> The WRX cooler intake from the turbo is made to accept a horizontal
turbo
> outlet
>
> like this turbo out O=O cooler in
>
> but we have this turbo out O//O cooler in
>
> So the turbo outlet points up over the cooler inlet and you have to
do some
> fancy ducting or cutting to make it work. Unless you can reclock
the turbo,
> and seems like I heard if you do that it throws something else off
like the
> wastegate linkage or something.
>
> Another solution is to get another turbo with a horizontal outlet,
and If
> you're going for any kind of power over a couple hundred ponies, the
little
> US turbo will be out of breath anyway, so you're going to be looking
at some
> kind of upgrade in either case.
>
> Larry Witherspoon
> 4260 W 182nd St.
> Torrance (Los Angeles), CA 90504
> day/office phone 562-982-7720
> larry.d.witherspoon@b...
> ssspoon@a...


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