My daily driver LGT thread. 2008 OBP

Thought I'd make a thread mainly for me to document what I do to it. No crazy plans yet as this is my new daily and I have a 400+hp s2000 for my need for speed.

Anyways I picked up a 2008 Legacy GT Limited 5MT 2 weeks ago now.

Had a little more miles than I wanted but seemed like a pretty good deal.
It had 67k miles when I got it. 2 owner with great service records at Subaru every 3750 miles up until about 50k miles.

I got it for 15k from a chevy dealership.

Here are a couple of pictures of the car stock when I picked it up (Not much has changed).. yet..








First mod I did was add one of my shift knobs (Moddiction textured black Anvil) as well as a Kartboy Short shifter. Made a huge difference!!
The combo makes it sit a couple of inches lower than stock and have some really nice precise short shifts.










I also got the Diode Dynamics full interior white led kit to brighten things up a bit.





I just bought a Cobb AP yesterday which should be here early next week the latest I would think. I will be buying a CNT catted downpipe shortly as well as a tmic but not sure which one I will go with for that yet.

Once I get those in I will be getting a stage 2 tune which should be a decent amount of power for my daily!

Most likely will be picking up some koni yellows and a rear and possibly a front sway bar as the handling is not to my liking currently.

Here is a couple pictures of my S2000 as well which will now be my nice weather/weekend toy car.

Reserved.

Love love love the S2k. I really want to replace my 99 hardtopped NB with one, but I can't justify the price difference/insurance.

Grats on the Legacy, you're gonna love it.

awesome legacy! Stage 2 plans sound good though you dont really need a TMIC with just a downpipe +stage 2 map. Would help a little but that money could go elsewhere!

Thanks guys! Don't think the gains are significant enough to go tmic route?

I don't want any exhaust mods besides the catted downpipe as I want this car to remain quite!

Are any if the silicone inlets etc needed at stage 2 levels to prevent them from blowing off frequently or anything?

As per Brentuning I think I will pick up a Grimspeed EBCS and possibly a Forge BPV to get in there for my tune as well.

i think just marginal gains if youre really gonnna push it to the limits. I suppose if you got the money to burn!

I just figured it would gain some power with the lower IAT's as well as not have to worry about the endtanks popping off.

i am noob but i havent had any problems, there is a kit on here to "bulletproof" your stock tmic with metal zipties i cant find the thread

Yeah I saw that. I might just go with an upgraded tmic anyways. I'm sure it will gain some since it does have a much larger core.

Did you change the front and rear shifter bushings when you installed the Kartboy short shifter, thats a nice little upgrade.

Congrats on the new Leggy, it's a great addition to your s2k. Which is very nice & I'd like to track it for many days.

Nice s2k!

Thanks guys. I only did the short shifter and shift knob not the bushings yet. I might get around to those later but at the moment I am happy with this combo. The shift knob lowers the height a lot as well so sits plenty low for me and the weight feels nice too.

Just ordered a Grimmspeed EBCS last night. Found a used Perrin tmic I might jump on as well.
After that all I'll need is a catted downpipe and I'll be ready for my stage 2 tune.

I'm hoping to up the power a bit on my S2000 now that it is weekend car. Going to shoot for 450whp this spring I think with a couple tweaks. Currently making 406whp at 12 psi.

what kind of rims are on the s2000? are they xxr's? they are nice!

Congrats on the LGT. Hope you have fun with it as a DD.

The S2K looks sweet!