Liberty conversion > Legacy turbo now into off road beast

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:20 pm

Guys is the any links with regards to fitting a legacy turbo motor from a front cut into a 1991 liberty 4x4 wagon .( sorted )

I am looking at doing this now but would like some how to do it points please ( now going at it hard )

I made my mind up to do the following changes to my wifes car > just dont tell her its all for me & the boy ( ! )

I doing the ej20T conversion now , dash out ect low K import going in .
at the same time I making my 75mm body lift kit and fitting adjustable coil overs all round I am making from bits and bobs I have laying about .
I have under way a skid plate for the front as to keep the sump and front diff away front rocks , this will have a bar that attaches to the tow points on the front so it can take a direct hit and not come up into the engine bay .
I am making a rear dif skid plate as well , fom a old gas bottle .

I tossed the stock exsorst system due it was rusted out & and making a 316 ss system from the turbo to the rear
I can only find at this time some 15 " wheels , so will look at what you guys may be running and go that way , need to be good for mud & sand ?

I have seen a few of the stock auto mounts snap , so have made a replacement unit from toyota shackel bushes & a section of hollow 4140 bar stock .

The rear arms I have welded a section of flat bar to fill in the C section , this looks like a weak point to me .

looking at some ally A arms for the front as to get some weight off the front of the car .

My rear bumber is going to get the chop and have a swing out jerry can holder comming out of it > dont like fuel in the car & seem to do this to most of my rides .

fitting a rear cargo barrier , cut down ford unit I found some place , that looked like it could live again one day .

I have not seen a snorkel fitted to a subaru to date , so have that under way as well from PVC class 18 pressure pipe , will look like a factory fitment .

any help would be great , cheers seagull

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 12:43 am

I'd be starting with a front cut, from a gen1 Legacy (same as your Liberty) and basically swapping everything over, turbo crossmember, wiring harness etc.

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:04 am

look in the FAQ section of http://www.rslibertyclub.org

vladrulli · Post by **vladrulli** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:09 am

should be relatively easy... dropping in the crossmember and the engine should only take a couple of hours... electrical stuff could be troublesome but nothing to worry too much about... just start working and handle the problems when they come up... planing ahead might scare you away from the project!!!

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:07 am

I am thinking a 75mm lift may be too big a lift for the car , looking throught the posts most guys are doing 50mm lifts

any one have a 75mm lift & there thoughts please , seagull

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 2:18 am

well I well into the 75mm lift now , have the rear just about done .I have filled in the rear arm with 25x3 flat bar for the time being & will fab my own arms up at a later date .These will have rose joints to allow more wheel travel & adjustment .

I am still looking for some forster steel rims with 45mm off set , but this is getting very hard to find a set .

I may have to just go with 15x6 RS liberty rims ?? guys what do you think
with these rims off set going to be ok ?

I will have the motor & gear box in over the next few days , wiring fitted and awating my tail shaft to arrive .

Fabing the skid plate up out of 4mm ally plate , to stop the motor sump & auto pan getting hit .Then fab the snorkel up out of 50mm class 18 pvc pipe .

seagull

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 11:19 am

ifyou have those lib RS rims jsut use them. they will rub on the chassis rails at the front but its no big deal.

this car is running 28" kuhmo muders on RS lib rims. shows it can be done

Thats bretts original monster lib. One of the first

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 1:50 am

cheers for that , looks cool to me

how are the strut tops made with a 75mm lift , its a spacer ?

seagull

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:56 am

theres a bit of an art to making the strut tops. my last set only cost me $50 a pair - you probably should consider just buying them if you cant get info on building them.

This is what a 3" rear strut top spacer looks like

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 10:47 pm

Cheers for that , I can do that no problems

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:50 am

the fronts have a bit of a trick to the offset to get your wheel align right.

talk to someone who has done it before.

these arent jsut a spacer they have to be offset a certain way or your alignment is way out

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:34 am

up date 11/1
things I have made & done

new stainless exhaust system all done 2 1/2"

new x member for the auto to sit on as to aid the exhaust to sit up out of the way .

bracket for the auto shifter cable

inverter bracket for the throttel body to kick the cooler up away from the fire wall bracket .

new fire wall rubber mount extension

extensions for the rear sway bar .
made the 75mm body lift kit

new air cooler pipe for the power steering as the rs unit was giving me the shits !

making the new air intake & turbo up pipe work from stainless .

making the bash plate

extensions for the coil overs this weekend & these will be about 115mm I am putting a 40mm lift to the coil overs front & rear .

and a few items I am not telling any one about

Then start rubbing it down to go for paint .

I am still looking for some 15 " rims or 16" rims

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:59 pm

up date 26/1

have my tyres mud & snow ( jap imports ) 215 70 with new r16 rims steel oem ones

Have found my imput shafts for the rear diff
just about all the ss pipe work done for the motor
wiring all done ( found some one had stolen the black electrical box that sits on the air con unit > held on with one screw , need to get one of these )

Fitting rear struts when I do some more home work on the correct units .

still need a few odd bits to finish it , then to the painters

seagull

smoov · Post by **smoov** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 5:20 pm

pics would be sweet

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 10:21 pm

I have many its loading them on this site that shits me ! its to long winded there needs to be a easyer way .

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:16 pm

ImageShack!

Doesn't get much easier than that.

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:04 am

well I have my adjustable rear end in place rose joints fitted on the ends of the three control arms , works a treat .

I made a new control arm that goes from the body to the hub out of 32mm pipe its longer and now adjustable .

Have my all roo bar fitted .

still may jobs on the list

seagull

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:22 am

well my lift its now all done , need to tighten some bolts

got some 215 x 70 r16 mud & snow tyres on 06 forester rims

made a cargo barier from a ford eb unit I found on the side of the road , need to cut it & weld some tabs on but it looks factory .

made the full ally bash plate for the motor & auto

fitting my turbo timer , two coolers to the auto trans

Internal roll bar going in when I go and collect it

WRX front seats should be here soon with 5 point belts

I am getting a second fuel cell made for the rear it will take place of the wheel well as I going to cut that out & make it flat .

I am making a swing out wheel carier for the back as well

my main concern is the strut tops , so Iam getting poly units made now all round .

a few gauges , low water allarm , oil busser , some driving lights , recovery points and blow some paint over it .

then test drive it

built to go further than any LIBERTY has done before ( ! )