Kevint143

Thanks! Just signed the paper work for a new house with a two car garage so as soon as we are in the work will start!

Where ya located?

I have a set in Bakersfield. I know the front is spoken for but can see if he needs the rear or not

Lookin good!

So what a trip that was to pick up the Legacy. Everything started out great drove 250 miles to pick up the Legacy in our 2008 Forester. Test drove it checked it out everything looked good for a 1 owner car. The guy has records of all the work done since he has owned the car and has put about $3000 into it in the last 4/5 years. things like new Clutch, axles, hubs, brakes, struts just about everything imaginable. He even had receipts for gas that he put into it in 1997 she gas was $1.49/gal! That blew my mind. After looking it over and it had no leaks the oil looked good all other fluids looked awesome let it run for about 20 mins after the test drive and no signs of anything going wrong I felt pretty confident in the drive home. I took the car with 200,000 miles exactly on it. The family and I decided to head over to the coast and hang out before we made the 4hour trip home. This is where the fun begins we get about 2 hours into the drive and she jolts off the freeway in the forester then texts me swing something popped under the hood and the Forester started to Overheat. I get to her and coolant is all over the engine bay so we call for a tow but being over 250 miles from home we were looking at a bill of about $900/1000 which i just frankly couldn't pay. She has an uncle that lives 15 miles from where we broke down so we try and limp it over there but it starts over heating after 2 miles again…so we park it and call for a tow to his house and then all load up in the Legacy to make the drive home. So for the first drive I took this $700 dollar legacy 302 miles and couldn't be more impressed with how it drove. I am going to get the Forester taken care of and then start the swap but we might end up having to use the legacy as a Daily for a few weeks while we figure out whats gonna happen with the Forester. But enough of that here are some pics! Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr besides a nice dent in the hood I almost feel bad about sacrificing this car for the BRAT =/

Driving down to San Diego to pick this up tomorrow. if anyone needs gen 1 legacy parts let me know! Ill be parting it out once I am done! Will ship at your expense. Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr

How's it running?

I live in Bakersfield. Thanks when I do the ej swap it's going back up a little bit. I'm done with the low life ha

EJ donor car will be here on the 2nd!

My oriellys ones have held up fine so far. Been daily driving 40 miles round trip to work and back on lowered STIFF AND I MEAN STIFF suspension with no issues for about 3 or 4 months now

best sticker ever

oh yea def keeping that in mind but am going to keep looking for something more local before I commit to that

Alright so new direction! I am abondoning the turbo install..well not completly it is going on my buddys BRAT. I was talking with my fiance and we reached an agreement that I can do an EJ swap into mine. So now the search starts for a donor car for under $1000! Any leads are greatly appriciated .

my bad meant PVC

possible bad EGR?

cut the springs they can't ride any worse than stock ones do ha!

have you tried getting shorter springs? My brat is pretty low but the rears torsion bar I clocked it as low as I could and then put a shock out of a chevy luv in the rear. the front I fitted 2wd front suspension out of a gl-10 with some slight modifications. 1979 Subaru BRAT by Kevin Talley, on Flickr If I can get my first gen this low I am sure you can get yours lower.

I bought front axles from oriellys for my 79 brat

Today I finished up the head gasket swap. I've never been more nervous to turn the key. But it started right up and seems to be doing awesome after about a 45 min drive.

Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr

20s throw some Spinners on that beezy

Got th new head gaskets in today just have to finish putting the Intake manifold and other goodies back on. Pretty pumped on that. So glad I caught this quick. When I drained the oil it actually wasn't bad.

this side was worse

Well went and started the brat and saw an unusual amount of smoke coming from the tail pipe so went and investigated under the hood. Checked my oil and I found a milkshake! Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr Now I know what I'm doing this weekend!

a hammer has been my best tool login it man! you on Facebook? if so look me up https://www.facebook.com/kevint143