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1. Remove your filter. Ours had quite a bit of dirt, sand and
leaves in it. If for nothing else, check your filter every time you
do an oil change. A Perrin (or like performance filter) is a great
upgrade, as it is reusable.
4. Remove the clips holding the fender liner to the bumper.
7. Bumper beam and bumper skin removed.
2. Remove the filter box. You will not need this with the front
mount.
5. With all the clips in the fenders and under the grille removed,
remove the bumper skin.
8. Unbolt these brackets from underneath the headlights. Then,
drill out the spot weld. The smaller piece you can discard, then
reinstall the upper bracket.
2007 LEGACY GT PROJECT
Project GT gets a Front-Mount
tO FInIsh OFF our Legacy Gt power build, we
needed to address the intercooler. With our big
turbo installed we decided that a front mount intercooler
was the way to go. There is just one problem,
not too many companies make front-mount kits for
the Legacy by the simple virtue that the turbo bolts
to the stock top mount. This means that if you want
to run a front mount on a Legacy, you have to adapt
a turbo and intercooler setup from a WRX or stI.
happily, Perrin Performance has solved this
problem by developing a front mount kit made for
the Legacy Gt. They also have a kit for the 2008 WRX
and stI available as well.
since we now have a larger turbo and a built engine,
which will allow us to run more boost, a front
mount is a must. We had previously installed a big
Perrin top mount on our car, but even this was too
small for the aVO turbocharger we installed. More
boost and a bigger turbo means more heat and so
you need a larger core to cool that increased mass
of air. since there isn’t a whole lot of room under
the hood to fit a huge intercooler, the front of the
car right in the flow of air, is a great place for a big
intercooler.
Installing the intercooler is pretty straightforward
and the Perrin kit comes with everything
you need to install it. What you will need to do on
your own is trim your bumper skin back a bit so that
the core will fit behind it. This takes patience and a
steady hand. If you are all thumbs with a rotary tool
or a razor blade, you might take your car to an experienced
shop to do the cutting. If you are a brave
soul or a virtuoso with a cutting wheel, read on.
3. Remove the under tray and the clips holding the bumper skin
in place.
6. Unbolt the stock bumper beam. The Perrin kit includes a new
beam.
9. Fit the new bumper beam and intercooler into place. It bolts
directly to the stock beam location.
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