Perth WRX is helping u allready :P. good bunch of ppl on here. I am sure equally on liberty forums.

sad story, sorry to hear.
whats the body like?

either way if i was in your situation, i rekon i would sell it- certainly wouldnt be putting 18" rims on it.
good luck

i like this post well done... this is exactly what i was looking for

okay i can't find liberty steering racks, and most of them i look around for in the wrecker are 300 bucks. SOme in the quokka ask me to go and pull it out myself.. no dice, no fkn idea what i'm doing there especially under a car.

drive-shaft seal i was quoted 30 bucks for a genuine item as that's what's recommended, aftermarket would just leak anyway, and is 1/2 hour of labour. this is affordable but 1+1 = 2 and being a small problem i'll leave this to last.

Strut top bearings from a WRX fit? less than $100 bucks? from where? note that i have HSD coilovers in there..


suspension bushes = sway bars and control arm, most are wear and tear but some are split or perished..

i've got MY99 16" 5 spoke rims, on a 215/40 tyre i think.. i might be wrong when i say weight overload, the profile is definitely too thin, but the tyres are wearing unevenly. that plus i've pretty much shredded the tyres on a very conservative squirt around the block.

issue with the turbo.. it's a VF34, off a spec C i was told. water to air seems to restrict it, and the intake hose has a few too many bends for my liking. It hits full spool at 3500 rpms and on full throttle, turbo will hit full boost very suddenly (0.9 bar in 2nd gear, equates to around 14 psi?) . it's supposedly have a group N ecu chip that's tuned by some famous mob in wangara but i've been given like 5 different names. While trying to sort this turbo issue out, i've driven a stock standard liberty rs turbo sedan, with 300,000 kms on the clock, and it accelerated twice as hard on stock boost levels. i was told my setup should return 160 hp at the wheels but i doubt it's anywhere close to that. a few people have suggested the w2a intercooler and intake pipe is causing the turbo to spool late, hence i have on standby an air to air intercooler.. no idea what's going on there as i don't know what size the w2a intercooler is or what it's capable of.. different people got different opinions, and what you say is the first i've heard of it.

I don't think it has to be a liberty steering rack. Any Gc8 impreza one will fit also.

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What he said^^ (I thought they were the same but wasn't sure)

Can you please post some pics of the Turbo and Intake setup?

I'd consider a vf34 a BIG turbo for such a mild setup....Especially running sub 1 bar.
It's bound to be laggy....what is doing the boost control?


Speak to John at wheels world for your suspension issues, I reckon it's under $600 worth of repairs including a 4 wheel alignment.

What ecu is in it? a Possum link with the group N chip?

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wow i'm getting so much help already .. can't say how much i appreciate this. it's not that i think i got ripped off, but the car needed so much work i nearly took an offer for half the money i paid for it, that's how desperate i was.

didn't know there's a rsliberty club :P i'll have to check it out. i'm here coz a few mates have wrxs and are members, plus it's based in perth. I was at caltex fuel station at canning bridge once upon a time and like 20 subies rocked up in full thump noise. i said hello to one guy and everyone seemed friendly. back then i had a little hyundai which i had to sell to cough up uni fees

ok i'm keen on those strut tops. are the struts and tops interchangeable with early liberty and late model wrxes?? i'm not sure about this bit but yea if they are i'll definitely get it.

also who how can i get in touch with dtrally?

hm.. very sold on this idea but.. selling it would cost me more as i mentioned, i won't get anywhere near 60% of what i paid for it..

from the response going in this thread i migth get it up and running properly for a lot less than an arm and leg.. if so i'm going for the FIX option :P

you can PM dtrally. He's on these forums.

Whats happening with the HSD strut tops? Ive got HSD and they seem to be very durable. Checked the top nut is tight?

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RS liberty 1992-2000 WRX are basically the same car underneath.

Suspension, Steering etc being the same or interchangeable.

Back to the fun factor (or lack of!) what is controlling the boost?

Is the ECU a Possum link?

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i don't have pics, as the car is now in the shop in the air dripping fluids :P

okay imagine the stock liberty rs turbo engine bay, with w2a intercooler, stock airbox.. stock everything. that's what it's exactly like, except with a VF34 turbo under all that.

boost control does sweet F.A. i figured out how it does, but minimal setting is 0.2 kg/cm3 and even at that it hits "boost cut" and the engine basically cuts out and chugs. when i bought the car i was told "it's set, don't touch it" but it's an apexi AVC-r and i know my apexi, so when i actually went to check, it was turned off and just in monitor mode. I believe the boost control is set by the ECU, but apart from the wastegate connected to AVC-R, i'm not sure but the boost level might be mechanically set? that or the ECU's chip has higher boost levels.