05 Legacy GT Teardown and Rebuild

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

Should be running in a week or two.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Nice ride, ***** for the luck you had after purchasing it. I would have ran it off a cliff.....with the person that sold it to me like that handcuffed to the steering wheel, lol!

 

[subymike77 10+ year member]

I've got the exact same car. 2005 Legacy gt in GRP 5 speed. I'm so sorry this happened to you. Someone must've dogged the hell out of it. I'm at 103k on origional clutch, turbo and all. Good luck on your build, engine and audio. I did a full system in mine. The toughest thing you'll run into audio wise is running cables. Save yourself the headache and take the seats out. There is not enough room in the frame rails to run much more than 4 gauge and that was a pain. Good luck on your build and if you haven't been there yet, get on legacygt.com. It's a great group of enthusiasts.

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

Here are some pictures of final assembly/ installation progress. About 90% done need a tuner and some small odds and ends to wrap up before i turn the key. Cant say thanks to brum enough for all the help. Sounds like i might get to return the favor in the next few weeks tho.

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

My buddy brought over his sony bloggy hd cam for me to use tomorrow on first start up. Played with it a little tonite to see how good it was, video quality isnt that good but sound quality is a lot better then i thought itd be. Heres a short vid of the current status of the car. Got a few things to wrap up and organize and waiting on my accessory belts, AEM Boost and Oil pressure gauges then she should be ready to fire up.

 

[Ellsworthz 10+ year member]

awesome car and motor build! whats the plan audio wise?

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

thinking a couple 8s molded into the trunk, comps in front, some decent coaxils in the rear. Going for more of an SQ set up then SPL which i know isnt as big on this forum haha.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

Awesome project. Much respect for the rebuild. Well done.

SQ is a wonderful goal, but just run mids for rear fill, no need for rear tweets.

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

seeing how low the interest was here ill cease posting until the audio begins. For those interested a build log will be continued here. JB's 05 LGT Rebuild Hope to get to audio once it warms up, too cold right now.

JB's 05 LGT Rebuild