well, I looked and looked and found a place that gets jdm lancer evo's and wrx's. It is not a pretty one, but it has been hit in the tail, and the front bumper cover's messed up. its a 96 model, 280 hp spec v? the pictures show it with an aftermarket grille and the badges on the tail used to just say legacy gt. About a month or 2 and it will be here... should be a fun project...

 

whos importing the wagon for you and how much is it costing?

 

A guy in connecticut, your state, and my old state too
a little under $5000, shipped
more than half of that is transportation costs

 

oh, and it just occurred to me, why do you ask?

 

holy cow , seems cheap to me, good luck man, you oughta tell the other board, they would love to hear that somones fixing a jdm wagon TT.

 

Got some pics after a bit of cleaning and painting

 

Yep - I ve already started in a small way.

I've fitted a boost gauge.
Put in a simple anti wastegate creep mod (I now get full boost at half throttle while accelerating) makes the car feel very torquey.

Imeditate future I'm going to replace the snorkel with a Cold Air Intake.

Next on my list would be a straight through exhaust then i can look at increasing boost.

 

A bit of a more detailed update.

I've been as time permits been doing maintence and mods.

Replaced/fixed

Air filter
Oil filter and oil
Rear diff oil
Rear bumper reattached to all supports

Auto and front diff still to do.

Mods

Number plate raised by about an inch to allow more flow to radiator.

Front grill painted black

Fitted a cheap Taisco 2 & 5/8 Vacuum/boost gauge.
Wanting to keep a clean look placed gauge on the side of the central console. Opened up panel behind gearshift and conected to spare connector that works off dashlights. PAinted lightbulb orange to get a subdued orange light. (Previously a white face and clear bulb was too bright for my tastes)

Effect

Found that at full throttle boosting 10 psi ~ both primary and secondary turbos in operation. But only when engine under load.

To increase turbo spool up time I lengthened the wastegate hoses by about 9 feet. The idea was to stop the waste gate from creeping open as boost started to come online.

Effect: Under constant acceleration I hit full boost at about half throttle. Car has noticably faster acceleration.

Removed snorkel/resonator.

Opened up the fender/inner guard to remove snorkel. Intake in engine still feeding hot air to inner guard.

Effect : To be honest very little - perhaps a little better response off the line. No probs with ECU.

Closed off inner guard from hot engine bay, Opened up inner guard to cold ram air.

Removed intake into the inner guard and blocked hole up with an alloy cutout i made. To ensure the inner guard had plenty of cold air, with a holesaw drilled 5 holes the size of a qtr in the bottom rear of the guard facing forwards.

When moving cold air is forced into the inner guard which feeds the airbox.

Result: More power/acceleration etc - On a normal day boost has inceased 1 psi ~ on a cold nite 2 psi over standard. Well worth doing for zero cost.

 

did you pay $5000 us dollars, approx, for this car? did that include shipping and everything? I have been quoted about 6,400 us dollars for one that has been totalled in japan, 1700 for the car and 4700 for everything else...am I getting hosed? do these figures sound right? does anybody wish to comment? please

 

My ship has come in. Started looking last summer, found someone ( Meade-sports.com ) who would do it, it is finally here. It is damaged but runs, and runs and runs and runs!!!!!!!!
it does still have the speed limiter, and it will until after the repairs are done. I have never gotten to 112 mph faster than I did today...

 

I will, but i warn you, it is not beautiful at this point.
wrinkled bumper covers, no rear window, 15" wheels with snow tires...but I will snap an underhood one too, to offset the rest.