Description
2004 twinscroll spec B with 6MT, STI Brembo brakes, 295 bhp. Lower tax rate than post-2006 cars.
I really love this car, it looks fantastic and goes like hot snot, but I can't keep it now I've got another Legacy wagon to use as a tow car. For the asking price I will include the rear leather seats, replacement dashboard and glove box which I haven't got around to fitting.
MOT pass on 7 Feb 2024, advisory for slightly cloudy headlights, and for slight play in offside rear wheel bearing. I've used a kit to sort the lights, and the wheel bearing has been replaced.
Odometer reads 166, 480, which is a mix of km in Japan and miles in the UK. The engine was replaced in 2019 with a lower mileage import unit, and as of now the chassis has done ~125, 000 miles and the engine has done ~75, 000 miles.
- Remapped in 2019 by Duncan Graham (Racedynamix), 295bhp/ 355Nm engine (237 whp)
- 6 speed manual gearbox (from a UK wagon), fitted by Slowboy Racing
- Uprated clutch and single-mass flywheel conversion
- Brembo brakes front and rear
- Michelin PS4 tyres, good tread
- New cam belt fitted September 2024, good for 5 years
Stand out from the SUV crowd with this!I previously had an Impreza WRX wagon which I used as our family car and also for motorsport. However due to a mishap at Silverstone that car got written off and I needed a replacement. Originally I wanted another WRX, but as a wildcard went to look at this Legacy as it was fairly nearby. Long story short I really liked it, it was bigger and more comfortable for family holiday trips and still really fast and fun to drive, so I became the 2nd UK owner.
The car was imported in 2015 by Prodrift in Kent. The JEVIC certificate on export shows the odometer at 101, 165 km, and when I bought it in 2019 the odometer read 144, 416. Looking at the MOT records this was recorded as a mixture of miles and kilometres, depending on the tester.
I was informed that the engine had been remapped for UK fuel, and it had been in the country for 4 years, but after a month or so the engine developed a problem and needed replacement. Slowboy Racing near Brands Hatch fitted a replacement unit sourced from JDMdistro. com which had done 84, 678 km (so around 55, 000 miles), and it was then mapped by Duncan Graham on a rolling road, where he said that the map on the previous engine was running dangerously lean at full throttle and that is likely to have been the cause of the previous engine failure. I have since done around 20, 000 miles on it since 2019 with no problems. On average the car returns around 29 mpg using 99 octane petrol (which all imports like this should use), which isn't bad for a nearly 300 bhp car.
The biggest upgrades I've made to the car apart from the remap are fitting a six speed manual gearbox (from a UK Legacy 3. 0 wagon) and gold Brembo brakes all round (from an Impreza STI). I have changed the oil every year with Millers CFS 5w40 NT+ and OEM filter, and made some interior upgrades like fitting the electric leather front seats from a UK wagon, fitting a reversing camera and new screen, and the previous owner fitted a later steering wheel with controls for audio and cruise control. Probably many more little things I've forgotten!
This is a comfortable, fast and spacious "gentleman's express" that is equally at home blasting up a twisty B-road as it is lugging a wardrobe to the tip or cruising up the motorway.
