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jmorris6689

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About jmorris6689

  • Birthday 06/06/1989

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  • Location
    Charlotte, NC
  • Car
    06 Lgt ltd 6mt 11.668@124 & 97 lgt
  • Interests
    Snowboarding, hiking, being out doors
  • Occupation
    Power generation field technician

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  1. Making a comeback. Been 5 years since the car ran. New mods include an IAG 1000+ long block, dual 450lph fuel pumps, -8 fuel feed lines, 5” ets intercooler, haltech elite 2500 ecu, fresh 6mt, plus much much more. I’ll try and update the legacy group on Facebook when the car is officially back. Also 10s are no longer going to cut it new goal is a very low 9.
  2. What do you need? I have tons of parts from all my builds and other various subarus.
  3. That’s a nice build you have going there. Mine will be kinda similar but different in so many ways. But I’ll post updates as things progress.
  4. I never asked for help. And if I did it would be nice to get some information not some guy telling me that my lifters are going out or that my aos is clogged. You offer up generic information that doesn’t bring a conversation anywhere. And all buckets are shimmed fyi. All I was doing was updating my thread for those who do still use the fourms. It’s not like it’s a huge threat losing your “valuable” insight into my build...
  5. Yeah I’m gonna keep mine high reving since my turbo will not be getting any smaller. Current setup was revving to 8k new set up will hopefully be 9 to 9500. But yeah my heads don’t have stock valve train and internals
  6. My plans are more or less to overbuild the car, I’m leaning towards the iag stage 4 extreme block with the cooper fire rings and 14mm head studs, with there stage 5 heads. I would like to think that it’s most likely one of my valves that’s acting up. So like I said it would be kinda pointless to keep a stock block in the car, it is ready to go past that power wise. I would like to make at least one 10sec pass, the car never has been a drag car and most likely never will be. I’d like to actually track the car, while still being able to drive it on the street occasionally. I have considered a cage and should probably get one at some point. But for now I want an over built legacy gt that has the capability to make 700+whp and not just go to pieces. I also would not be running around at 700 or whatever it makes horsepower, it would probably run most often on a safe 93 oct tune. All this being said I am also considering the outfront closed deck block and still thinking about a sleeved engine.
  7. There is no such thing as performance buckets... it seems like you have never taken apart one of these engines and are only familiar with old v8 style performance. The other engines blew up from poor build quality. This engine is the first one that I had built. It has lasted over 40k and made over 400whp it’s entire life. I have never had to split the case back open for anything. Yes I do know how to gap pistons rings, yes I did properly gap my rings. Year I did blueprint my block, yes I made clearances for the oil I was planning on running. No the check engine light does not come on it has a miss and begins to break up at about 18lbs of boost. Yes the aos functions properly. There is really no point to keep using this engine, I am at the limits of the stock sleeves ( that’s where the piston goes inside the block to help form compression and guide the piston toward the cylinder head.) the stock sleeves are of open deck design and if I push any more boost through them (aka compression) they are highly likely to fail. It would make more sense to upgrade the block to either a darton sleeved block or a block with a closed deck design. I’m likely to go with the closed deck as those are sold pre machined for 14mm head studs. Now please go and troll on someone else’s thread.
  8. What are you even talking about? These engines don’t use lifters... the cam rides on top of the buck d which is on top of the valve spring. The aso doesn’t hold any volume, it drains back into the crankcase, that’s how the grimspeed is designed. It runs 15w40 oil and has run that ever since I built the engine how ever many years ago. And there are 4 cams in the engine and no point to pulling them out and swapping for stock. No the engine has no ticking at stock or after getting up to temp.
  9. I haven’t made an update in a long time because honestly nothing has happened. I put the car in the shop last April to get some new goodies like id2000 injectors, iag fuel rails and tgv deletes. The car was supposed to get retuned by jr. They have been fighting with the car since then it has has a misfire on cyl 4 that just will not go away. It’s has new plugs, coils, engine wiring harness, and everything has been more than double checked. Compression is good but is slightly low. So it might be time to retire the engine I built in my living room all those years ago. This thing has been great, over 40,000 miles making over 400whp the whole time. I got off the phone with the shop and the idea of putting in an IAG stage 4 extreme block with their stage 5 heads is being tossed around. It would be nice to not have to worry about cracking the factory sleeves and lifting heads anymore, but it does come with a hefty price tag. And I know if I go this route I will need to finish off the fuel system and add at minimum another pump and larger fuel feed and return lines, as well as add in a new bigger intercooler. Not to mention all the small nickel and dime items that always add up on a big project like this. All this being said my wife and I just had our first child a month ago today! And this poor child can not grow up with out knowing that daddy has a race car... stay tuned for more details as I figure out what to do
  10. Well I bought a daily a few years ago... and I have a service truck from the company that I work for. Also recently bought a tow vehicle. And I upgraded the suspension awhile back as well. And yes blown struts with tein spring were causing the bouncing. But the car is still 100% street legal and able to drive pretty much where ever I want it.
  11. Late update but I'm back in NC, living in south Charlotte
  12. Finally bought some new rotors and installed the wilwood bbk. It looks badass. I also bought some IAG billet fuel rails and tgv deletes in a extremely limited edition purple color along with some ID2000 injectors. So the car is technically ready for e85 I'm still just kinda waiting around to see if cobb will ever support it. I'm also toying with the idea of just going full stand alone, real antilag would be awesome, as well as all the other benefits of a stand alone. But I would have to switch back to my stock ecu for the annual state inspection... does anyone even read these fourms anymore? Have they officially died? http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr353/jmorris6689/08B03517-6B67-4679-A5C9-0C314C6EC077.jpg http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr353/jmorris6689/6335A143-F7BC-49F1-A41B-B8603C926A90.jpg
  13. Well the plans for now is a nice big kitsch, open floor plan. Mortgage less than rent which shouldn't be hard to do. Minimum of a 2 car garage. May try and find one that I can put a lift in but we just want to live in this future house for a few years and then rent it out and try and buy the garage with a house attached.
  14. update: car is still running strong, a few months back I quit my job in Tennessee, and moved back to charlotte nc and got a new job doing the same thing I used to do but for a different company. I enjoy my new company much more and the pay increase is nice as well. That being said my wife and I are trying to buy a house this year and that means no big spending sprees until the house is purchased, so no new block until the house is purchased. A few months ago the tomei uel header let go and I replaced it with a tomei el header, not sure if I made any real power gains since it has not been put on a dyno but the car pulls nice and smooth all the way to 8k. I still have not installed the wildwood bbk that I bought last year so when I get some down time Ill have to install them. Im still in search of a shop here in charlotte that can help me reach my goals of 1000whp legacy. But hopefully later this year I can re focus on the car and start making some waves once again. Until then Im re doing the fueling system to be ready for e85 and some minor exterior mods.
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