Forgot to update this.
6 months ago I picked up a NZ New 1992 Legacy 2.2L AWD, and about 4 months ago I sold the starlet for $800.
Found this on Facebook for $1600 in Timaru, which is 2.5 hours or so away from me, went on an impulse drive on a Thursday night to go take a look.
Took it for a drive and all was good so purchased it. On the way home we found an 'issue' very quickly, lots and lots of oil leaks :p
That following Thursday we replaced the rocker cover gaskets, which was cheap, about $30 from the dealer. Then the next day found that it was still leaking, and thought it was most likely the rear main, so went to Ripco and grabbed one for $70, and pulled the engine that weekend to replace it.
On the saturday I went to someone's place to grab a WRX shifter and saw he had a gearbox and rear differential with LSD from a WRX, so decided to grab that too for $300.
Wend to put that in and realised I'd need to change to a hydraulic clutch, so grabbed one of those off of Facebook for $40.
Nearly done with the install and we realised we'd need the flywheel and clutch to match, as well as the fork, so found all that on facebook and grabbed them for $50.
Got it all installed that weekend though, which is something that wouldn't happen with an FTO, was great having so many people locally with parts, and you've got to love Subaru's and their Lego system.
At an AutoX with the new Gearbox and LSD:
Pulled up to the Fire Brigade a week or so later, and noticed a lot of smoke from under the bonnet when I shut of the engine, popped the bonnet to find oil all over the road under the car, then looked behind it to find a stream of oil from the intersection to where I parked the car. My first thought was that the rear main had popped out, as after installation we realised we had tapped it too far back, and potentially blocked the drain holes behind it. Got a friend to tow me home after cleaning up the oil mess, and decided to pull the engine the next day (Friday).
Once we got the engine out, we immediately found the issue, the sump plug fell out....
Since we had it out we decided to replace the rear main again, so we grabbed a genuine Rear Main this time for $40 from Subaru, should have done that the first time. The last time we also noticed that the crank was quite badly scored from the previous owner's replacement (could tell it had been replaced as it was also a Repco one) so we had already ordered a sleeve for it from America. We threw the sleeve on, and put the new Rear Main in, and bolted it all back together
Oil slick...
After a few club events I found the factory seats didn't hold very well, and you'd have to prop yourself against the center console and door to keep in your seat, so I found some V3 WRX seats for $140 and threw them in, thankfully they bolt right up to the factory mounts, so that was an easy install.
Also sourced some BF Legacy RS wheels ($150 inc tyre) to replace the steelies that the car came on, which improved the look of the car a lot.
The ever practical BC (with new wheels)
Had taken it to a few Club events after this, and we found that it was still leaking (and smoking) from somewhere, and while at an AutoX we rolled it onto someone's trailer while it was still hot and found that it was leaking gearbox oil from the output shaft of the Gearbox, so the next weekend that was sorted with another genuine seal ($30) and back together and all seemed well!
It can even do jumps! (pretty sure this killed the strut...)
Finally nearly up to date...
Took it for a Warrant of Fitness test a couple of weeks back, and I failed on a leaking rear shock.. .So what do you do in this situation? Replace just the ones? Nah, I sourced some Genuine Version 8 WRX STI shocks, that came with some 'Super Low' springs, and threw them on. Thankfully it isn't actually that low, so it still sits nicely, but it's a much nicer ride now, much less body roll, and handles corners like a dream compared to the original suspension.
Doesn't sit too low!
TLDR: New car, leaked a lot, but does jumps
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