The legacy was introduced in 1989 to provide subaru a vehicle to compete in the lucrative north american mid size market against the honda accord toyota camry mazda 626 and nissan stanza. Just fitted a full 2016 sti catback to my 2005 legacy gt and it looks and sounds beautiful.
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Legacy gt vs sti. Citation needed it was an all new model and positioned above the leone xt justy and kei cars rex and sambar in subarus model range at the timethe legacy also introduced an entirely new flat 4. For very very good performance with a healthy does of luxury get the gt. Up next the budget wrx. He had 14 slips to prove it. The hottest legacy to reach the us was the 250 hp legacy gt but that shouldnt stop you from creating your own sti esque version just like this owner. 2010 sti 6 speed manual 1st 3636 2nd 2235 3rd 1521 4th 1137 5th 0971 6th 0756 front final gear ratio.
There was also an officer back at ft. The gt should be cheaper when all is said and done. For all out performance get an sti. There was a guy at my dealership that had a legacy gt it was faster than the sti. It has zero drone with excellent looks and a nice aggressive tone plus oem quality fitment. He said he liked it more cause it was as fast as an sti faster than a wrx but more comfortable and less likely to get noticed than the other 2 cars.
As far as swapping engines into a 02 07 wrx the engine i have in my 2005 wrx now is actually an ej255 from an 05 legacy gt but with forged sti spec compression lower compression pistons so you can call it an ej25x because the only component that was different from an sti engine the pistons were replaced. Lewis i ran into. 4th 694 final reduction 4111 legacy gt. The sti is rockin a vf39. Although the legacy gt drivetrain is stronger than your standard wrx drivetrain more like a v7 jdm sti it isnt quite as strong as the sti drivetrain. 3545 2005 2009 legacy legacy25i 5spd manual 1st 3454 2nd 2062 3rd 1448 4th 1088 5th 780 fianl 390 legacy25i automatic 4spd automatic 1st 2785 2nd 1545 3rd 1.
But probably would still go with an sti. 39 rear final gear ratio. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled a suggested video will automatically play next. If i had to do it all over again id take a hard look at the 25gt. Show more show less. Related story 2017 type r vs 2018 370z vs.
Category people blogs. Legacy gt vs sti. Ej257 quasi rant also consider the drivetrain.