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Old 05-23-2005, 03:01 PM   #1
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i bought a 93 subaru impreza intercooler for my 93 subaru legacy how would I install it?
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Old 05-24-2005, 01:33 PM   #2
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Carefully !! LMAO- depends on what parts you have. You might skip over to: bbs.legacycentral.org to see what a few others have done.

IF you have all of the pipes from turbo to intake, it should pretty much bolt up with a few tweaks. The diverter tube will also need some tweaking.

Take pics of what you have and it should be easier to see.

For my SAAB intercooler setup on my turbo I had to fab the connecting pipe from turbo to intercooler and also fab a new diverter outlet and setup.

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Old 05-24-2005, 05:18 PM   #3
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I assume you are talking about an AWIC intercooler? You need to run a pair of hoses to the front of the car and get a water pump for it. A fairly common solution is to remove the AC and use that bracket. You can get a belt driven one or an electric. It just has to be in-line, and not block mounted. Johnson Marine makes a few for RV's that can be used.

Then you need a heat exchanger to mount into the front grill. Jegs or JC whitney sell units as oil or tranny coolers that work just fine. Just don't go too small. 8x 15 is about the minimum you want.

Then you have to fabricate some inlet plumbing, unless yours came with it. But even if it did, you need a JDM VF10/11 that is clocked about 10 degrees different on the outlet side to run the air over to the TB.
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Old 05-24-2005, 06:27 PM   #4
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Maybe he has a Early WRX Air to Air. I hope not.
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Old 05-24-2005, 06:54 PM   #5
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93 impreza would be air to air
i have the part number for the charge pipe if you need a new one
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Old 05-24-2005, 08:17 PM   #6
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If he does have an air to air hows it going to work with that little tiny hood scoop?
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Old 05-24-2005, 09:54 PM   #7
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as jaxx said it's an AAIC. No impreza got an AWIC.
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Old 05-25-2005, 10:42 AM   #8
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Yeah it is an air to air intercooler.
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Old 05-25-2005, 01:43 PM   #9
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blah blah blah... I just didn't read slowly. I love how 10 people will correct you around here and add their own little personal spin. Only 1 guy needs to say it to make the point.
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Old 05-25-2005, 04:12 PM   #10
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Napphappy, he could put a wrx scoop on it like Jake15 (over @ Legacy Central) did, he basically riveted the scoop onto his hood using exsisting mounting points, it looks pretty good.
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Old 05-25-2005, 04:29 PM   #11
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Cool. I would love to see that.
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Old 05-25-2005, 08:40 PM   #12
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I think the GC/GM RS hood scoop would look a bit better than a WRX scoop.

I was thinking of trying to find one for my LT once I get my Saab i/c installed.....
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Old 05-25-2005, 10:32 PM   #13
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blah blah blah... I just didn't read slowly. I love how 10 people will correct you around here and add their own little personal spin. Only 1 guy needs to say it to make the point.
Nonsense, the more people that say something, the more belittled you feel!
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Old 05-26-2005, 02:17 AM   #14
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I think the GC/GM RS hood scoop would look a bit better than a WRX scoop.
i was looking for one of these for a while but the only one i found was green and $60, and my WRX was black and free Eric at FranticFour here in tacoma has a RS scoop riveted to his hood to feed his i/c, its pretty nice looking too.


i really need to get some updated pics......
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Old 05-26-2005, 07:54 AM   #15
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as jaxx said it's an AAIC. No impreza got an AWIC.
in 92 there were pre production models released that had AWIC. Air to Air was used from 93 on.
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Old 05-26-2005, 12:10 PM   #16
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Nonsense, the more people that say something, the more belittled you feel!
I hope you are joking with me. Your lack of gremilns seems to suggest you aren't. But if you read my post again, maybe you will see that I was just giving you guys some cr@p. Me feel belittled? I think you know me better than that, and know that I am pretty confident in my knowledge of these cars and their history...
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in 92 there were pre production models released that had AWIC. Air to Air was used from 93 on.
learn something everyday.
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I hope you are joking with me. Your lack of gremilns seems to suggest you aren't. But if you read my post again, maybe you will see that I was just giving you guys some cr@p. Me feel belittled? I think you know me better than that, and know that I am pretty confident in my knowledge of these cars and their history...
You're right, I was joking.
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Old 05-27-2005, 11:31 PM   #19
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learn something everyday.
yeah i used to think that they were air/air only until i saw a schematic engine drawing which showed the then new head design and it had an AWIC on it, and it thought it was RS but is said at the bottom FHI Subaru WRX 1992.
The only ones i have seen with awic are retro fitted.
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Old 05-31-2005, 12:16 PM   #20
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its not like its a major re-engineeering deal they have identical demensions ..but still a good trivia fact
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Old 06-01-2005, 11:51 AM   #21
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We still love ya Matt
If you look at the earlier Legacy turbo's, it seems they use roughly the same intercoolers as the Imprezas, so the scoop should not be a major issue. As long as all the parts are there, it should bolt up pretty well.
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