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hello I am new to the world of subaru's and also this forum. I am looking for help with my latest project. It is (was) an awd 87 turbo wagon. It will be a really nice sandrail when done. the chassis is built and used both front and rear subframes with all stock drivetrain. As I am new to subaru's I am looking for your help on performance mods. My budget is pretty tight, so Im wondering what I might find at the local pullapart for performance goodies. If anyone can help suggest some cheap upgrades or some links to "subaru 101" I would greatly appreciate it. Are there other stock subaru components that will help? thanks again:headbang:

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hello I am new to the world of subaru's and also this forum. I am looking for help with my latest project. It is (was) an awd 87 turbo wagon. It will be a really nice sandrail when done. the chassis is built and used both front and rear subframes with all stock drivetrain. As I am new to subaru's I am looking for your help on performance mods. My budget is pretty tight, so Im wondering what I might find at the local pullapart for performance goodies. If anyone can help suggest some cheap upgrades or some links to "subaru 101" I would greatly appreciate it. Are there other stock subaru components that will help? thanks again:headbang:

 

Wecome!

 

Search first, ask later. There is a bit of stuf in this subforum alone.. from intercoolers to bigger turbos and better fuel management.

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thanks for the reply suberdave. it is a bone stock setup with maf. I am an ase mechanic and have had a tubocharged grand national and many other hotrods. the problem is I have no experience on roos other than head gaskets, timing belts,..etc. I am looking for interchange info (use heads from a yugo because they flow better:confused: ) I dont know where the casting #s are or the diff between ea18, ej22, or upyours1st. If I had this info I could perform a better search. thats why I am looking for the basics. If someone could break down roos for me breifly I would have a better understanding of what to search for. I have found all kinds of info on lift, suspension, tranny, but no interchange. If this were a sbc I could write an interchange manual but that comes with 20 years exp.I have about 1 week of subaru experience. so if anyone can link or break it down that would be awesome:headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

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where about in wasington are you? i live just south of Seattle. maybe we could talk subaru some time.

 

lets see. for an intake you can find a "spider intake" from an XT.

witch makes it easer to plumb up an intercooler.

many people are puttint TD04 Turbos from a WRX on the EA-82.

you can up the boost on the stock turbo with a manual boost controler (dont go over about 9-10 PSI).

a Turbo from a Turbo Legacy will bolt right to the up pipe but you will need a WRX down pipe.

you can use a APC from a turbo Saab (boost controler & other fun stuff).

for a sand rail you should look into finding a 3.9:1 Duel range trany and diff

 

-=Suberdave=-

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