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ut before that could happen, we needed to ad-
dress the suspension, which was a bit sloppy. Years of
heat and torment had basically rendered the struts,
bushings and just about everything else toast. to
remedy this, we called the good folks at Global Performance
Parts, the U.s. master distributor for Whiteline
suspension components. to help out the tired
chassis, Whiteline donated front and rear sway bars
with their rear heavy-duty mounts and bushings,
endlinks, rear subframe lockdown kit, anti-lift kit,
front and rear strut tower bars and rear-diff bushing
kit. to this we initially added a set of h&R coilovers
that were at one time on our project 2.5Rs. The cool
thing about the bD Legacy is that it shares its chassis
with the Impreza, so many of the parts that work
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on a WRX or GC chassis Impreza, will work on this
generation of Legacy. This is not the case for later
Legacy chassis, as subaru made significant changes
after 1999.
With the new suspension installed, the car was
transformed. If you don’t have the money for big
power mods, invest in suspension pieces; they will
transform your car, and the Whiteline components
are top-notch.
having a sorted driveline and suspension are a
great place to start, but driving human ambition is
power, and the more the better. to that end, Perrin
Performance was approached. Perrin produces all
manner of go-fast kit, from suspension components
to exhausts and turbo kits. We were most interested
in their rotated-mount turbo kits, which are made
specifically for the GD WRX and stI. since our
Legacy has much in common with the newer model
Impreza, we reasoned that the turbo kit would fit reasonably
well and would be a great way to make more
power. We were right. The Perrin turbo kit consists of
an uppipe, turbo, downpipe and external wastegate
and intake. all of this will bolt into your stock WRX
pretty as you please. While Perrin is known for their
use of Gt30R and Gt35R turbos, they had been experimenting
with the smaller Garrett Gt2860Rs
“Disco Potato” turbo. since we were not aiming to do
the same old thing, we decided to give this smaller
but very efficient turbo a try.
because we did not have a turbo manifold stock,