Hey guys, was walking past the local stealership yesterday and saw a white '97 Legacy GTT sat in the yard. Well long story short im going to have a good look at it today and take it out for a boost.

 

Its a Manual tranny so no torque bind issues expected, and the bodywork is in awesome condition. What else should i be looking out for?

 

If it checks out clean, all i have to do is flog my Honda off to someone and i can FINALLY have a reason to wear my Subaru WRC jacket.

Be on the lookout for HG issues if the car hasn't had them replaced already. You have about a 10-15% chance of having issue - according to nipper's statistic.

 

Otherwise, it's a strong car.

if they came with the EJ25 like in the states, then watch for HG stuff. i like those 97 legacy GT's, solid car and not much to look out for.

This ones a JDM spec car and has an EJ20. And lots of japanese writing over everything :-\ ....

This ones a JDM spec car and has an EJ20. And lots of japanese writing over everything :-\ ....

Oh man. Is it a EJ20 TT? If it is, be prepared for one heck of a ride. They don't tend to have engine issues and they're hella fast. If it checks out, I'd snap it up.

Yes it is an EJ20TT.....and ive only heard good things about them. And the best part is my insurance company will trust me with 260hp! Hehe 18 years old with 3 years no claims and 3 vehicles insured, gotta love it

WOW that thing really goes when you lay on the right pedal!

It was a VERY clean car, no rattles squeeks or clunks. 60,000miles on the clock and a comfy interior.

AND - its a 5 speed...very rare here. Well i managed to get the price down a bit and now im its first New Zealand owner!:-p

 

I Finally have a right to post in ths forum now.

Pics will follow as soon as ive picked her up.

Sounds like you got a pretty sweet new car, im really jealous. I cant wait to see the pics.

I am happy.....theres no real word for the degree of happiness im feeling but it involves jumping up and down screaming YAY lots.

 

ej20tt, nice hit that's a smoking motor to have in that car. fantastic, congrats.

That thing must be sweet!! Lucky, how fast is it exactly is it like, you floor it, and your face is outside of the vehicle, or so fast that you can't hold the pedal down?

Well i dont have any scientific figures but when you floor it - it goes.

But as soon as those twin snails are fired up it gets hard to breathe and everything turns blurry.

 

I dont know its top speed, partly because im too scared to find out and mostly because the speedo only reads to 180 and it gets there without even stretching 4th gear.

 

As for the interior - im impressed! Its really comfortable and well laid out. The stereo doesnt seem to want to read CD's however, so thats first on the list of things to sort out.

SHAZOOOM!

Yeh tis purdy cooool.

2 Boost things, that needle moves hellva fast... Needle range not big enough though.

Overall--I give it two grins:grin:, a banana:banana: and a rock on:headbang:

Wheras RX = A few ordinary smiles:)

Nice car:D

Well i dont have any scientific figures but when you floor it - it goes.

But as soon as those twin snails are fired up it gets hard to breathe and everything turns blurry.

 

I dont know its top speed, partly because im too scared to find out and mostly because the speedo only reads to 180 and it gets there without even stretching 4th gear.

 

As for the interior - im impressed! Its really comfortable and well laid out. The stereo doesnt seem to want to read CD's however, so thats first on the list of things to sort out.

 

I wonder where i can find a EJ20 TT it sounds like a fun engine !

 

About ur CD problem, did you burn the CD's?? if so it can't read a mp3 cd, needs to be in a regular cd format, also try a regular CD if u have not already,sometimes the CD optical gets dirty, so a CD optical cleaner disc might fix that.

Even if it is an audio CD format, I'm not sure a 97 vintage CD player could read a CD-R.

Yeah it just totally doesnt like CD's. I get "err 6" if i try and feed it any musi whatsoever then it shoots my cd back at me. It wont read CDR's or store bought ones...

I neeeeed to fix this - the local radio stations are worthless.

Yeah it just totally doesnt like CD's. I get "err 6" if i try and feed it any musi whatsoever then it shoots my cd back at me. It wont read CDR's or store bought ones...

I neeeeed to fix this - the local radio stations are worthless.

 

If you wanted to take the radio apart you could try blowing off the lens with some canned air, maybe it's just dusty.

 

It sure is a sweet ride, good luck,

 

matt

ya, or you can buy the cd optical cleaning discs with brushes on the disc, but i dont know, just get some nitrogen and stick it in the slot, and that odd to clean her out.

I wonder where i can find a EJ20 TT it sounds like a fun engine !

You can't. EJ20TT engines only fit RHD cars.

This car just keeps putting a smile on my face. I went out with my mate who has an identical car except for his auto gearbox. Great times!

 

But i now have my first question.

Theres a little button next to the park brake with a picture of a windscren wiper and some wavy lines on it. I dont know what it does. I assumed it was the rear window heat strip thing but theres a button for that on the dash - so what does this one do?

Very nice, it reminds me of my 98 Legacy wagon it is white also with right hand drive like yours, but yours is much cleaner.

Your new car makes me wee-wee stand up!

 

Those are EXTREMELY rare to find in 5-spds! Most of them were autos!

 

Enjoy it!!!

This car just keeps putting a smile on my face. I went out with my mate who has an identical car except for his auto gearbox. Great times!

 

But i now have my first question.

Theres a little button next to the park brake with a picture of a windscren wiper and some wavy lines on it. I dont know what it does. I assumed it was the rear window heat strip thing but theres a button for that on the dash - so what does this one do?

 

in 95 -99 that location is for heated seats. is it possible that some one used a rear window defroster button to operate a heated driver seat??

 

also in 95-99 the switches were different for left and right, just a thought.

You can't. EJ20TT engines only fit RHD cars.

Wonder where I can find a right-hand drive car?

 

Hmm...time to start looking for a mail Subaru...

 

"...Yes, hello? U.S. Postal Service? Uh huh...I'd like to..."

Heres some pictures to help ya help me figure it out. As far as i can tell....the only thing that happens when you hit this mystery switch, is the switch lights up.

 

 

At first i thought it was the rear window defroster, but theres a switch for that on the dash just below the speedo. The heated mirror switch is on the mirror control panel and the rear wiper control is on one of the stalks. So that kinda rules them out.

 

P.S Thank you for all the kind comments.