USLiberty Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 (edited) Yeah that's my dad's 86 SVO, its a fine example of a rare mustang 2.3turbo, he chased them around the country to find a decent one... north carolina,L.A, San Diego. Its faster than my legacy... only because it has a large T3 turbo from the factory. . I installed a hks ssqv bov, spal fan pulling air through the top mount, he had the heads rebuilt, installed a custom ground engle camshaft, tubular exhaust manifold, mbc, 3" exhaust and runs 18psi. That 2.3 ford is a bulletproof block, capable of a reliable 25psi on stock internals/stock turbo with some race gas and a fmic. He's thinking its value will increase dramatically when the new SVO mustang gets unveiled.http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u386/onefastlt/IMG_20130516_093030_zps71a402ec.jpg Edited May 16, 2013 by USLiberty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleaidestar Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 That's sick, my father has an 86 t-bird with that motor in it, its got an LSD and a pacesetter, mostly stock but he need a brake proportioning valve that seems elusive to him..that thing can slide around and drift pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USLiberty Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 LOL, those are great cars too, almost want another 88 tbird turbo. my first car was a 700$ 85 tbird turbocoupe/ automatic and my first task was to replace the bad turbo. I also did bodywork on it but had it painted white at maaco for 300$. It would do massive brakes stands, as long as I wanted. Of course he probably knows the easy mod of bypassing the boost controller to get 16psi, just gotta watch out for detonation cuz those early tbirds had no intercoolers and suffered heat sink, but they can take some abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleaidestar Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 He is not driving it much anymore, he likes driving his Chevy s-10, been doing lots at work on the motor he is putting in it, gone motor crazy it had a sohc 2.2 ecotec crappy ass motor then he put a 3. 8 V6 supercharged and now he wants to go back to the prehistoric era carbureted with a small block v8 283. He loves that trucks styling. I told him to put a Sti 257 in it..lol that would have been a great mash up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnstrmech Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 just updating on the MSD neon coil swap..... NO difference whatsoever with sound, power, or mpg. Cant tell at all. HOWEVER, the brakes are amazing!! (akebono pads, centric rotors, goodridge SS hoses) that and repainted the hubcaps. http://imageshack.us/a/img28/871/img0354se.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevorno Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Got the dash all put in today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleaidestar Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Got all the center console, radio bezel, ashtray, and change compartment parts out of a 94 sedan at the junkyard this morning. Just finished installing everything except a radio, now the interior of my wagon is 80% complete. Whats cool is that everything is now black except the dash and seats which are grey. The interior was an ugly ass color blue. Body and trim now match the inside. Wrx seats coming up in next couple weeks. I'm debating keeping the rear seats grey because the wrx seats don't flip down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USLiberty Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Nice, I love my black lxi leather interior. Yesterday I got one of those big gulp cups with the smaller bases, it seemed to fit in the cupholder..... until I carefully took off. it jumped out of that useless cupholder, onto my passenger seat and exploded all over the place. 64oz of rootbeer soaked my fairly new carpeting. I know Bloomberg was laughing in his castle, The one day I had my rubber floor mats outs for cleaning. I spent the rest of the day pulling the carpet up and cleaning it with simple green and a shop vac. Smells green now :-) Anyone have any decent solutions for our lame cupholders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnstrmech Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Anyone have any decent solutions for our lame cupholders? 0I have one of those "wedgie" cup holders. Fits between the passenger seat up and over the parking brake lever. LOVE IT... cheap too... too lazy to go down and get a pic, so i "borrowed" one from the net... http://imageshack.us/a/img10/3762/wedgieblack2.th.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleaidestar Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 To be honest I like the cupholder in the first gen legacy better than 2nd gen, true they could be bigger but in Japan and Europe the biggest drink cup you get is a 16 oz apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USLiberty Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 I use my ebrake everytime I park so that one would be in my way, I do like the idea of putting cupholders in the center. my cd player, my electronic boost controller, ems controller, ems ecu, oil, boost and egt gauges are all directly below my cupholders. My ems controller is not made anymore so losing it would be devastating to my tuning, I would have to hook up a laptop everytime. Ill figure something out after I get it painted. http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u386/onefastlt/IMG_20130519_102841_zps37c045c4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleaidestar Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 F-it take the radio out, that motor turning would be a symphony! Lol, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ihada147 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Went to a local junkyard expecting to find nothing and I found a green 93 wagon with tan interior exactly like mine except with no rust.. took the purge valve which got rid of my CEL http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc403/Mk2thg92/FB_IMG_13689963035227400_zps98d0b0da.jpg Also got the pass side tail light http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc403/Mk2thg92/20130519_164749_zps418271ab.jpg And now the inside looks right thanks to the ac vent you see to your right! http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc403/Mk2thg92/20130519_164738_zps8aa85f0d.jpg Today was somewhat of a good day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USLiberty Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 I have a 12" solobaric l5 and a 900w class d amp ready to in but haven't missed it yet. Car sounds amazing, especially with the launch control/flat shifting turned on. Rev matching downshifts produce a shotgun sounding backfire even at low rpms. When I'm racing through the corners it sounds like mcrae's antilag system. the flatshifting is a crude form of antilag but it works. Shift are so much faster and boost never blows off. Ill probably destroy another 5 speed and clutch disc by the end of the summer but will have fun doing it :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyposeur Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Ihada you are lucky. All the purge control solenoid valves I pulled off salvage vehicles were crap so I bit it and bout a new one. Usliberty your leggy is sweet! If you ever go through SLC hit me up. The SS was about 3/4 of a quart low. I have a cam seal leak n the drivers side. New seal but there was a tiny score on the camshaft when I replaced it. Also the VF11 might be burning a bit of oil, at least when I get to drive it, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnstrmech Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 just a reminder, i posted a geo tracker purge valve works on our cars. Has the same resistance and connector. Im using one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USLiberty Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 I burn about a quart of oil/month also and my motor has only 60k on it an no leaks whatsoever, just the nature of the turbo beast. I have a rockstar can I modified for my oil breather and theres only a thin film of oil in it. I'm heading up to Oregon in a couple weeks and taking PCH to get there but may take another route home, if its through slc ill definitely hit u up. I found some good prices on jdm motors, if i blow a tranny before i can afford a 6 spd this is where ill go. http://www.jdmtigerjapanese.com/subaru.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleaidestar Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Wow man, those are some great prices for those motors...I just spent 900 in december to get my ej22 for my bd, Damn. What is the Japanese motor code for the turbocharhed ej20 Dohc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94legacy22 Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 just a reminder, i posted a geo tracker purge valve works on our cars. Has the same resistance and connector. Im using one... what year and model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnstrmech Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 it was a 2nd gen, 99-04, from a 2.0l model. I figured it out cause i swapped the engine for my boss's brothers geo "crapper", measured the resistance and founf the connectors are the same. The unit is a bit bigger but fits nicely in the stock location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiNiaRiS Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Found an intermittent wiper stalk off a 91 LSi. Cant believe Legacy Turbos didn't come with them. Living in Portland its gonna see a ton of use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyposeur Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 My tleggy has an intermittent wiper setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiNiaRiS Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 My tleggy has an intermittent wiper setting. According to the legacycentral guys they never came from the factory with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo73 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Started work on the cruck today, timing had jumped at some point marks were off, took out the rad and timing covers, had ball bearings rolling out from inside the timing cover and then found this idler pulley, pretty sure i found the problem. http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm311/scoobydoo731/2013-05-24110309_zps52ec975d.jpg' alt='2013-05-24110309_zps52ec975d.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo73 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Can someone give me a feelgood that i am lining this up right. I read the fsm but the pictures are not clear. It's the crank sprocket mark and the oil pump. Want to make sure i understand it. http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm311/scoobydoo731/2013-05-24114218_zps1a86b9e3.jpg' alt='2013-05-24114218_zps1a86b9e3.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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