Subiesport Magazine - June/July 2008 - (Page 37)

HELL’S LEGACY REBORN we added Perrin’s header as well. In addition, we would need an intercooler and a blow-off valve. So we installed a Perrin front mount intercooler and Perrin atmospheric BOV. To get exhaust gasses out to the tail, we sourced a Vibrant exhaust system with a canister muffler. With the turbo system sitting in our garage, it was time to address the engine. The stock NA DOHC EJ25 is not known for its ability to handle boost. In fact, quite the opposite, we knew that a tougher engine would be needed. To address this, we contacted Crawford Performance, builders of some of the best Subaru engines in the world. Crawford has shown time and again what their engines are capable of with countless time attack and rally wins. To keep things a little less complicated, they decided to mate our stock heads to one of their S2 STI blocks, which feature forged pistons atop balanced and blueprinted stock rods and crank. This would be more than enough engine for our setup. Things were looking good, but there was still a mountain of work to be done. Initially, all the paint removal, sanding, dent repair and molding-shaving was done by yours truly. However, there is a point where one must realize that one has no idea what one is doing; I was not there yet. So while the motor was being built, I set about sanding, filling, sanding some more and priming the entire car. It was also at this point that I fit and primed the new body kit provided by Primitive Racing (these kits are once again available, and they are very cool-looking indeed.) At this point it was late September, just two months until SEMA 2006, and while we had many of the parts we would need to complete the build, along with a primer-covered car, we had no engine. It seems that because of our choice of heads, custom pistons would have to be made for our engine. Happily, you can now order this combo from Crawford for your early-model DOHC car. With time running out, we decided that it was time to start performing the surgery of getting everything installed. We would have to pull the old engine anyway, so the fact that the new lump had not arrived was not yet a problem. RalliTek in Portland, Ore., performed the initial install of the suspension and fitting of the turbo parts, which all went together rather easily. The only big change to the car was the notching of the stock subframe; you can also install a turbo subframe from a WRX. The intercooler pipes also went in rather easily, although we had to do some cutting to both the pipes and the chassis to get everything to fit. With only a scant two weeks before the show, the engine showed up and was installed. With everything hooked up and ready to go, we fired the engine, which it did on the first go. This was a great relief, but was only half the battle. We now had a running car with all the cool kit installed, but there were a few SUBIESPORT MAGAZINE 37

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Subiesport Magazine - June/July 2008 Contents Editor Letters Readers’ Rides Subaru News Fresh Squeezed Hell's Legacy Under the Radar Project GT Rebuild New Engine AVO 420 Turbo Perrin Intercooler Rally Like a Rockstar Rally Jordan Adventure WRC Rally Argentina WRC Rally Jordan WRC Rally d’Italia Sardegna Where to buy Subiesport WRC2008 Debut Rally America: Olympus Ad Directory Rally America: Oregon Trail Spotted!

Subiesport Magazine - June/July 2008

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