I even messed up and said 18 hours was all it took to
do the 100000 km run. It was actually eighteen days.
My mistake.
--- Ryan Lalonde <
dc-burnout@rogers.com> wrote:
> Nice work Grant. I personally think that the 2.2l
> is the shit as well.
> Why? Lets see here. Ok, ask any mechanic.... What
> is going to make
> your car faster? Displacement. The 2.2l is a
> basically a bored out
> version of a 2.0 correct? I think if you did the
> same work to a 2.2l
> you'd see more gain. but then again those damn 2.0l
> are like super high
> compression... fast...
>
> Ross wrote:
>
> > Grant let us not forget, those great feats of the
> Legacy you describe were
> > done in a Legacy with the 2.0 closed deck engine,
> i.e. the great RS.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Grant Hughes <
grantsubaru@yahoo.com>
> > To: <
BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, 9 April 2002 25 PM
> > Subject: Re: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: Snorkus
> Removal
> >
> >
> > > Okay Mike, just for fun I'll let you in on a
> little
> > > Legacy history. The Legacy was designed in
> 1989. A
> > > little side division of Subaru, called Subaru
> Technica
> > > International was formed at about the same time
> to
> > > find a way for the Legacy to prove itself and to
> help
> > > it when it came out. They started out with the
> > > 100,000 km drive. They secretly shipped three
> > > Legacies to a raceway in Phoenix, AZ and ran the
> cars
> > > for about 18 hours and an average speed of about
> 138
> > > miles per hour and broke the record. The old
> record
> > > had been set by a Saab (I think) and the avg.
> speed of
> > > the old record was 123 mph so they basically
> > > slaughtered it. Just to prevent any other
> stupid
> > > messages, no most muscle cars or sports cars
> like a
> > > Lotus or Ferrari, while able to hit speed well
> over
> > > 138 do not have the endurance of engine or
> overall
> > > vehicle mechanis to maintain for this long.
> Anyhow
> > > Subaru was very happy with STi and wanted them
> to do
> > > something else now. The logical place was the
> World
> > > Rally Championship. Their start was a little
> rocky as
> > > Subaru had never been a contender before now but
> one
> > > of the biggest high points was the Group N win
> of the
> > > Safari Rally that year of the Legacy. It was
> the
> > > FIRST Group N car to ever complete the Safari
> Rally.
> > > In 1992 they were doing really good and
> consistently
> > > placing high but needed a car that handled a
> little
> > > better and a few months later they had the
> Impreza.
> > > Designed after the Legacy but with a smaller
> wheelbase
> > > and a little bit less wide. Therefore the WRX
> is
> > > really a smaller version of the Legacy built to
> handle
> > > a little better. Note however that the extra
> handling
> > > bringing them up an average of one place was
> enough to
> > > give the the manufacturers title in 1995,96,and
> 97 and
> > > Colin McRae the Driver title in 95 as well. I
> don't
> > > know if you realize this but 2002 is the first
> year a
> > > WRX is out in the state and they start out at
> about 25
> > > grand. You can buy a Turbo Legacy and spend
> another
> > > 5-10 grand on it an smoke the WRX any day and
> still
> > > spend less than 15 grand. One last thing, go to
> any
> > > real Subaru mechanic, working on them for more
> than
> > > 5-10 years, and ask them what the best Subaru
> engine
> > > ever made is and they WILL say the 2.2. It's
> not just
> > > an opinion. These cars are the shit. Plus
> nothing
> > > beats smoking riced out Hondas and Acuras in
> little
> > > old school Subarus.
> > > Grant Hughes
> > >
> > > --- slags_83 <
slags_83@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > Ok now you do know the difference between the
> > > > Impreza L and
> > > > the WRX don't you?????
> > > > I'm not going to send you 1000 dollars because
> I
> > > > know you are
> > > > lieing, you just don't want to believe your
> Legacy
> > > > is not the sports
> > > > car you think it is...
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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