Should I join the dark side?

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Tue May 09, 2006 3:42 pm

I have found an early 90's (guess) Subaru Legacy L WAGON that is AWD and 5 spd. Has 240k on the clock but looks like my Grandma drove it to the store, where some jackass opened a door repeatedly on the passenger side. Interior is spotless.

They started out asking $950, dropped it to $745 and best offer is wrote on teh back glass. Im thinking 5 bills might take this puppy home

It looks like this:

Should I consider this for a RallyX machine?

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Tue May 09, 2006 3:47 pm

Note that the car in the pic is not the car in question (just an example), the car I found is Doo Doo brown.

Kinda fitting....

PJ Aspesi · **Posted:** Tue May 09, 2006 3:47 pm

cough cough HACK cough

no but yeah i'd say jump on it

Wes Eargle · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:47 am **Posts:** 3683

You and Shannon planning on having kids so soon?

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Tue May 09, 2006 4:07 pm

PJ Aspesi wrote:

cough cough HACK cough

I was HACK before HACK was cool.

Keith Vail · **Posted:** Tue May 09, 2006 4:12 pm

Go for it. As you have seen an early Legacy is fast enough to win. My 'new' Legacy is a 93 5 speed and it is faster than the automatic was. So as long as the engine still pulls strong and the clutch is good it is good to go. The more AWD cars the better. It means more competition.

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Tue May 09, 2006 4:24 pm

Keith Vail wrote:

Go for it. As you have seen an early Legacy is fast enough to win. My 'new' Legacy is a 93 5 speed and it is faster than the automatic was. So as long as the engine still pulls strong and the clutch is good it is good to go. The more AWD cars the better. It means more competition.

What kinda powah did these things put out.

Brian Herring · **Posted:** Tue May 09, 2006 4:34 pm

Ryan Holton wrote:

Keith Vail wrote:

Go for it. As you have seen an early Legacy is fast enough to win. My 'new' Legacy is a 93 5 speed and it is faster than the automatic was. So as long as the engine still pulls strong and the clutch is good it is good to go. The more AWD cars the better. It means more competition.

What kinda powah did these things put out.

Enough to beat an RS

IIRC 140ish.... but you should drive Keith's. It is VERY strong @ 240K, and that thing is *easily* a class winning car. Your's should have the EJ22 or EJ22T (oooh turbo), and it would be more than good enough to take FTD SO4. As far as FTD NO4, that is yet to be seen, but I don't think it is impossible.... as long as Kevin keeps getting beat by his wife

IMHO, NA powah for rallyX >> turbo powah (unless it's a BIG displacement turbo [>2.0L]).

Throttle response FTW!

- dow

Keith Vail · **Posted:** Tue May 09, 2006 4:51 pm

Yea I believe the 2.2 NA was rated at something like 132 bhp. Not totally sure though. The beauty of it is the torque. I could lug the motor down to 2k in 2nd gear and it would pull out beautifully. Anything below that and it needed to be downshifted to 1st. The new Legacy has 226,000 miles. It definitely pulls better than the old one but I think part of that is because the 5 speed gearing is so much better than the other car's slushbox. We will find out if it is capable of winning N04 because Whitney has his OBS and I just got some rally tires in the 14 inch size to see if less height and weight will equal better acceleration out of corners but still have enough grip.

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

Ryan Holton wrote:

I have found an early 90's (guess) Subaru Legacy L WAGON that is AWD and 5 spd. Has 240k on the clock but looks like my Grandma drove it to the store, where some jackass opened a door repeatedly on the passenger side. Interior is spotless.

They started out asking $950, dropped it to $745 and best offer is wrote on teh back glass. Im thinking 5 bills might take this puppy home

It looks like this:

Should I consider this for a RallyX machine?

Dude, what the hell! Go for it! If you hate it, some other hack wannabe will surely buy it.

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Tue May 09, 2006 5:33 pm

MikeWhitney wrote:

Dude, what the hell! Go for it! If you hate it, some other hack wannabe will surely buy it.

You put this in my mind last night!!!! GAHHHH then im out looking at job to price and stuble upon this thing in BFE.

steve remchak · **Posted:** Tue May 09, 2006 6:43 pm

Ryan, go for it. never turn down an oppurtunity the wife has approved. never. i mean never. did i mention never?

Besides, i think Dan & PJ may be in the market soon enough. :lol:

Jason Mauldin · **Posted:** Tue May 09, 2006 7:05 pm

Ryan Holton wrote:

They started out asking $950, dropped it to $745 and best offer is wrote on teh back glass. Im thinking 5 bills might take this puppy home

Should I consider this for a RallyX machine?

I don't know, 5 bills would go a long way towards a 1.8L swap.

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Tue May 09, 2006 8:53 pm

Jason Mauldin wrote:

Ryan Holton wrote:

They started out asking $950, dropped it to $745 and best offer is wrote on teh back glass. Im thinking 5 bills might take this puppy home

Should I consider this for a RallyX machine?

I don't know, 5 bills would go a long way towards a 1.8L swap.

1.8 Swap aint gonna happen, I got big 1.6 dreams.

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

MikeWhitney wrote:

Dude, what the hell! Go for it! If you hate it, some other hack wannabe will surely buy it.

Translation: You're about to live my dream of owning a brown race car!

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