I'm new to the forums and thought I'd post up some pics of my build. I decided to start looking for a daily driver to save some wear on my project F100. I started looking online at lifted Subarus, and decided to go after one considering the availability and low price in my area.

I found this '87 GL-10 turbo on Craigslist, with no asking price. The guy claimed that a piece of the waterpump rattled around in the engine and destroyed it. I was pretty skeptical of this. Called him up and offered $300, and had it on the trailer within the week.

 

 

Got it to my buddy's shop and started tearing it down. As I had suspected, the engine was just fine. The waterpump seal had given out, leading to the pump bearings giving out and causing huge play in the shaft. A little nick in the block resulted. I threw a water pump on it, and a timing belt kit while I was down there, and it runs great. A little seafoam and a fresh oil change cured the tick of death, it's a smooth and quiet runner for 207k miles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After some reading on here, I built a 2" lift kit and got it bolted together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next I picked up a set of 235/75/15 Wranglers on some chrome wagon wheels off a Nissan at the junkyard. Drilled the wheels for 4-lug pattern, and threw them on.

 

 

 

Did go back and clearance the wheel wells and fenders quite a bit after it settled some.

 

 

 

 

Added some mechanical gauges to keep an eye on things, and built a front bumper out of old oilfield pipe. My initial measurements were a tad off and it came out pretty wide, but I think it works OK, don't really want to cut it up again at this point.

 

 

 

And that's about up to date as far as the pics I have, just driving the wheels off it now. I did replace the rusting out muffler with a piece of 2.25" straight pipe (it's still super quiet due to two cats) and the passenger front CV with a locally rebuilt unit.

 

Any questions or comments?

nice work, perfect turbo beater car

Wow! ... That was a Long Story Short!

 

Welcome! ... I Like your Subie!

 

How much tall is the Lift kit... 3"?

 

Kind Regards.

Will you send somebody the rear door trim pieces before they fall off/explode/get lost?!

If someone really wants some part of this car they deem irreplaceable, they can come to my house with cash.

Will you send somebody the rear door trim pieces before they fall off/explode/get lost?!

 

I didn't know those things were desirable or hard to come by or I wouldn't have throne the ones off my car away

Well they were only on the turbo cars, and they look pretty cool on the five lugged, lowered cars.

Do you have an idea of the offset on ur wheels? im looking into a set of 6 lugs for my 92 loyale and am quite curious

I couldn't tell you, I just pulled them from the junkyard and threw them on. I think they are a little over stock offset for Nissan/Toyota pickups, they sat a bit wide on the truck I pulled them from.

Those wheels have nearly the same offset as my 15x8 Chevy rally wheels i picked up. Do those 235s rub at all?