JDM Subaru Legacy Twin Turbo Review | Subtle and Strong

Today Marcus goes for a drive in a 1997 Subaru Legacy Twin Turbo from Japan. Using a unique sequential twin turbo setup on a 2.0L boxer engine, this Legacy delivers power in a unique way and is a ton of fun to drive on your favourite road. Enjoy!
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[@MrAussie44]

I have a 1995 gt legacy, twin turbo, brought it in New Zealand when i was living there,, loved it so brought it back to Australia with me,, i just done the cam belt 200,000 km,, it is a auto with power button,, it still kicks ass,, and is clean and straight,, and like you said they ride so well,,

[@busterchops888]

Sean smith mind if I see some picks somehow? I'm trying to determine a car on cars sales but I'm not sure what it is.

[@MrAussie44]

hello buster,, mine looks the same as the one in the video,, but mine is green,, are you asking for photo's of the engine ? if so just type in Twin turbo legacy engine ,, here on youtube and there are a few to look at,, hope that helps,,

[@travis737]

Honestly man out of all the car review channels I've seen, yours are overall the best.. and glad to see you're from BC, keep getting subarus and jdm cars !!

[@masterofroaches6354]

You are so talented most car channels are going the vlog route but your videos are such well polished products. Also super jelly of that legacy.

[@PacificCoastAuto]

I wonder if this is the first one of our cars reviewed on this channel. We exported a pale yellow "Limited" Legacy with a 5-speed a couple years ago. It is such a rare combination, I wold not be surprised if this was one of ours. The Limited was made for the last year of the BG5 and can be differentiated by the two round fog lights on the bumper.

[@dustinclowers4446]

+PacificCoastAuto Maybe we can compare vins. I just saw another yellow clone of my car the other day too tho.

[@omygodish3]

miss the old videos :( such d bags they shut u down for the most part :(

[@johnhiggins8221]

+PacificCoastAuto Any news on when the new channel will be up and running?

[@Driiven]

Yellow Legacy Limited buyer here - yes this is the same specification, but no it is not the same one.

[@rfcdgaf]

I wonder if this is cleverly disguised spam.

[@anthonyravenga6604]

Owned a 98 Gt with a few mods. Love the review could listen to that rumble all day. Thanks for the post

[@craigelder3991]

I'm loving style of these videos and great variety of cars, keep up the good work. def ticking liked on this

[@coopsnz1]

My favourite shape legacy ,

[@RoadsUntraveled]

Thanks for watching! Be sure to go check us out on Facebook and Instagram, we'll be back next Tuesday with a VERY fast car :D You guys are the best!

[@threadscrossedmechanic1622]

+Roads Untraveled 600 hp supra

[@Manhole87]

I would kill for a look at a 3000gt or gto as we call it in Australia

[@evodingo3375]

Haven't seen you do an Evo. Can you do an older Evo like an Evo 8 or 9? Shit you can come drive mine lol

[@MistrMcGill]

good job man

[@TearothDK]

+Carlos Dingo Older Evo, like an 8 or 9? Those aren't old... I'd say do a Evolution V or VI.

[@lobsterbox20]

You guys make fantastic videos. This is honestly identical quality if not better than The Smoking Tire. Subbed for sure. :)

[@MrTrollin86]

Great video. We're certainly very jealous of the 15 year old import laws in Canada down here in the US. We still have some waiting to do before we can get the BG5 in the US. I love cashmere yellow and especially on a last year GT-B limited. However, that specific one looks like it'd really benefit from a cut & polish on the paint, repainting the front bumper and polishing those hazzy headlights out.

[@rcggm]

I love this thing! It's just so 90's!!

[@sodiepops9626]

That 2.0L boxer sounds nice :D

[@daniellinaresmarzullo7096]

excellent videos as always 👌👌

[@jdm2626]

Really good review! And great video!

[@whelmers1]

I have one of these and i love it!! great review

[@fredvh1]

I had a manual '97 Legacy L 2.2, great car. Not much power but lots of fun.

[@jayk7557]

Engine in my 1997 GT started knocking in the summer, dropping this engine in.

[@beyondthelol]

Had a gtb like this one, and honestly was one of the best cars ive ever had. Heaps of power, awesome handling, gear shifts and pedal layout are awesome. The only downside is that it uses so much gas, probably more than my rx7.

[@Slick_stylah]

My grandad had one but the clutch exploded.

[@Slick_stylah]

It was a $5,000 repair so he just bought a Volkswagon for $12,000

[@junit7590]

Bad choice

[@grizz3332]

Another great video thank you:) it's funny was only looking at one of these today to buy same colour and everything but automatic :) i'm tempted :) now i've watched this it's like the little devil on my shoulder saying "buy it , buy it"

[@johntaeb99]

Probably new zealands most common car... Lol

[@stanzy410]

+Tae Brett haha so funny watching this from our perspective aye but i do love my legacy

[@aicapitan3279]

got one two days ago. among seven others on trademe xD

[@mysoap23]

yea well too bad most are raped

[@ropataparaone5571]

Tae Brett: Heaps of coconuts buy theses lol

[@jagdeep2022]

lol true .... m from nz n hv legacy twin turbo wagon

[@rfcdgaf]

can't get over the fact that you really need to polish those headlamps

[@jacobhayden6887]

Finally a GTB review! Yay twin turbo subaru

[@mschiavoni]

this is car goals 100% for me. i have a USDM 1997 GT Wagon, but i'd love to be able to import one of these

[@motsoenengentertainment4406]

yep m taking up delivery of my 2001 legacy b4 gt AT soon...its one vehicle that's a keeper, wont sell it no matter how old it gets.

[@Relyt345]

Great car, super practical for Canada. I've seen tons of these, the forester S turbo's and the b4 RSK's. I'm planning on getting a nice, clean RSK and you can get one for 9000 fairly easily

[@vopall]

Didn't know these came in TT. Sick car

[@cjones7424]

The true Spec B had a speedo that went up to 220 Kmh. Had a mate with a sedan, went off the clock a couple of times (on private roads of course).

[@zacpetersen893]

An electronic boost controller goes a long way in these, closing the gap between the switch of primary to secondary turbo (knows as the valley of death).

[@railfanatic1416]

My grandparents have had 3 of these, one was a postal service red 1995 model which was rhd. Their others are a 2000 legacy l and one was a 2001 legacy l, all wagons

[@ThaneDukeHeineken]

Thanks for reviewing this. I've been trying to decide between getting a 2002 legacy B4 and a 2000 Galant VR4.

[@nirom1ronoc]

go for the Legacy!

[@mikhailpetronov2800]

almost to 50k woo hoo good job

[@wt8213]

lol I swear I saw this forsale on kijiji for the longest time before this guy picked it up. great cars and dirt cheap (5k-9k for one). but have fun with the twin turbo set up when things go wrong. that's why I opted for a gf8 wrx sti.

[@EpikacUnltd]

If only I knew you were going to review this car, I have a friend with a 2000 GTB E-Tune that was willing to lend for a review.

[@P38Aaron]

great video!

[@smokyrs9838]

This gtb is a unicorn, absolutely amazing!

[@saltymahero9898]

Everywhere in Nz ...junked everywhere. Sad .

[@goalski7]

I contemplated buying one of these, but the sedan instead, the my01 b4 legacy. What turned me away and onto the single turbo ej was the known "valley of death" in the mid rev range where the second turbo kicks in, the cars power stalls for a good 500rpm between turbos, so the power and torque curve looks a bit nasty. They're not that easy to tune this issue out either without swapping the small turbo for a slightly bigger one (giving up the low end power, people who did this without tuning the car experienced a good case of the knocks lol).

[@rubehaereiti3750]

When i was about 6 i remember we had a 2002 legacy, all i can remember is the amount of new ls1's we smoked XD

[@tadficuscactus]

always had a soft spot for subarus, especially legacy wagons.

[@L3g4cyTT]

Great cars! I love my Gtb

[@evoke1158]

Ok guy's soooo my legacy gt engine kinda got messed up, hopefully it's a piston or bad bearing but would it be a great purchase if bought the ej20 twin turbo for a replacement for my gt? And one more question, can I replace the small turbo in the ej20 with the bigger stock turbo in my Subaru gt. I feel like it can be done, and would be hella cool and much better!

[@dreamworks69]

wow!. this Channel is awesome. enough said.

[@theBosstone]

Havin a good laugh over finding this vid. There's two yellow legacys in BC (that I know of), and I own one of them

[@Rhythmeister]

I had a white automagic GT (260bhp) a couple of years ago, the auto box and thirst weren't endearing! That's a 280bhp, from the factory, GTB anyway. Oh for a manual BG5 :)

[@Mikula420]

Hey man, where did you get them Headlights at? I've been spending the better part of 4 hours straight looking for some

[@HomebrewSubaru]

I do like the B4 sedans more but the GTB is still a cool car.

[@organicafarm]

Hey I'm in Vancouver and I own a 98 GTB wagon... Any recommendations on where to source parts for this vehicle?

[@tadficuscactus]

I agree with him about cars from before 2000.

[@empireglobaldevelopers3225]

I own this kind of car in Kenya, i have tuned it a little lots of fan

[@spikestips6034]

I love my 2001 Outback. But im looking to get a 2004 3.0 outback i'll be using my car as a parts car since the exhaust will fit on a 04 and the 3.0 has 3 o2 sensors instead of 2.

[@Lolvi6]

I live in new zealand and these are honestly so common over here that they're a very popular car with poorer people, haha. They're ridiculously cheap, it's quite easy to find one for around $1000 NZD and I even saw one today for $600 in working order, which is around $417 USD. I'm looking at getting a B4 RSK myself, which are around $4000-$6000. I do like these cars, but I absolutely HATE that cream yellow color.

[@ivanvalverde1155]

I ive in Costa Rica, cant get one of those, It would mean $8000 USD, I got mine for $3000 Legacy Limited Edition 1998 Automatic t. no turbo.

[@jagdeep2022]

I'm Not Onii-chan the cheaper one r very old ones. and turbo models r not for poor people its for fun loving people. m from Chch.

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

they just keep going up in price especially well cared for one`s !

[@takechanm]

何をしゃべってるのかさっぱり分からんけど、画像を見ると1997年後期GT-BーLTDの運転席のみエアバッグ仕様ってのはわかる。

[@Legotruck82]

why are the front park lights flicking pn and off all the time when you were driving, it almost looked like a wiring fault with them coming on with the brake lights....or were you just fiddling with the switch hah

[@DF-et4gs]

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. It looked like when the brakes were applied they came on.

[@splibkidfawstermayn3526]

This is soo late but i may be acquiring a legacy gt and what kind of foglamps are those mounted inside the fromt bumper??D:

[@sleeksm4]

Stock

[@dskyze]

Will you ever do a galant vr4 TT?

[@mynuts99]

i want one so bad, wagons are the best thats why i drive an 03 wrx wagon

[@LucidSnapshots]

That's a manual conversation. Original auto legacy. You can tell from the dash. That dash only came in the auto and you can see where the auto lights were.

[@ianmcass]

But these cars are tuned for 100RON. Can you get that fuel in Canada?

[@aaronavery2931]

Where can I get this bumper and fog lamps??

[@FlowtnWitWalden]

Hey I have been jonesing for a 2002 B-4 for about a year now...but living in the States I won't see it for 9 more years. If I buy it and store it in Japan I can add another $5,400. just for storage. How about I import it to you guys, throw you a grand for your troubles and you drive it down to my place in the states where I can keep it safe and look after it in my garage for the next 9 years, LOL !!! Or, after watching your videos, maybe I'll just move up to BC... It looks so damn beautiful up there. Too bad I hear real estate prices have gone through the roof, especially in Vancouver, with Asians buying up everything in sight.

[@13mctavish]

Just putting it out there, but the sequential twin turbo system doesn't little turbo then switch to big turbo at x amount of revs. It's little turbo then lag then both at once...just FYI

[@samorywilson3140]

the first car i fell in love with & in love

[@Jhunt29]

Where would I find parts for my engine can’t find them anywhere

[@moabgladiator6225]

Where can i find that a pillar gauge cluster??

[@inventor719]

and awesome su.....pras haha that's what I thought was coming

[@Merytz]

+inventor719 Suprarus

[@mr.lostmyaccount4721]

Brother owned one of these for about 6 months but unfortunately had to sell it cause parents wouldn’t let him have two cars. If only I could have bought it but this was before I had my license and a job

[@TraplineEzi]

In Australia you see all the cars mentioned everyday 😂

[@Leswissguy]

I need this

[@203joeroganMCL]

front brake lights?

[@jonathanlarsson2101]

You guys really need your hands on a NSX!

[@thatsmybit]

Loveeeeeee it

[@horseome1]

Is it just me or do the front park lights come on when he brakes?

[@TheMichaelclark]

You know that it's not the boxer engine that makes the rumble right? It's the unequal length headers that are equipped on the engine. They make the exhaust pulses unequal and create that burbly sound.

[@markbeardon1975]

Twin turbos have equal length headers though so there is a boxer rumble. Unequal length headers exaggerate the rumble.

[@POPQC]

are u using your grand-marquis (with the rear seat) to film those road footage?

[@RoadsUntraveled]

+Dj SoundMan In the last Grand Marquis video I mention I was getting rid of the car! It's gone. Follow @roadsuntraveled on instagram to keep up on the day-to-day stuff. You can see my new car in a recent video on the channel. Good guess though haha. We used it for the Pirate Rally Supercar video back in September

[@POPQC]

+Roads Untraveled Yeah I was the new one but didnt noticed that u sold the marquis! so u use gopros on the front end or rear end of the other car?

[@RoadsUntraveled]

+Dj SoundMan We use DSLR's mounted to the front/back bumper if we don't have a camera car. If we have a camera car like in Tuesday's RX7 video, we can do some cool camera moves which you can see there.

[@jordansims477]

The turbos are actually the same size lol. the second boost surge is both of them working at the same time.

[@HaydenMurphy92]

I love my jdm 97 GT-B!

[@Zero_Ninety]

+MiscellaneousArts I miss my 97 GT-B

[@austinsmiht]

This car is next to impossible to tune with the sequential turbo setup. Most people single turbo it over here in Calgary!

[@heyvoon5776]

awesome

[@chillrasta12]

Good videos! I'm surprised this channel doesn't have more subscribers. Maybe because you're Canadian?

[@AhsanAli-ys7dm]

I like the V6 in a vectra 2.5 V6

[@daison96]

Any new Chargers?

[@JoseAugusto-fs8fi]

Muito bonito esse carro. Cadê os brasileiros ?

[@tadficuscactus]

boxer rumble... bask in the sound of inefficiency.

[@marcelrobson6915]

Love the twin turbo legacy’s, but gotta be top 10 most rancid car colours

[@EVZebra]

I live in a country with right hand drive cars and I owned a left hand drive 71 Mustang. One day I took a right hander and there was a furniture truck in the left lane so I accelerated and went to over take it luckily my girlfriend was in the car with me so when I went into the right lane to over take she was the one who could see around the truck first and she screamed so I went back into the left lane and almost ran into the back of the truck and there parked on a double white line waiting to turn into her house was this little old lady in a tiny little mazda 323. If I had been alone that day I would have had a massive accident and maybe killed some one, I sold the Mustang the next week, so have fun with the cars with the steering wheel on the wrong side but never overtake a truck or any thing where you cant see around it. These days you can get cameras and small screens so perhaps that would be a good solution so you can have a look before you overtake, even a mirror would do it.

[@MsGundbear]

Just curious, where you are located in Canada and any specialist shops to maintain the Twin Turbo engine?

[@skippylegrandgourou2069]

Drive hard in Vancouver tune and repair JDM twin turbo Legacies

[@youngpunkondope]

​@@skippylegrandgourou2069what do they usually do to these engines? Maintenance and mods wise? I'm over here in the us came upon a very clean gtb but scared to buy it because I know nothing about the engine and nobody seems to give me any good info

[@VanCityViru]

What's the maintenance like for this sort of car? Cost of parts ext,

[@dustinclowers4446]

+VanCityViru Clutch replacement goes around 1500 to start. Its a lot more expensive being the twin turbo ej20R model things get pretty pricy. But if you get quality parts they'll last forever.

[@stevedwong1346]

This looks like coquitlam, the valley are; tri cities of B.C., Canada.

[@mkvietelaitis]

Why is there a rule about what you can import? Thats fucking stupid. In Australia you can import what ever you want at any time lol.

[@andrewgoth581]

There are reasons for it, but anything more than 5 years is just stupid. I think 1-2 year is a good realistic limit just to keep things real.

[@TassieLorenzo]

No you can't. In fact you can import hardly anything in Australia, most Japanese cars are prohibited from import. No FD2 Civic Type R sedans for us. No JDM Subaru STis (e.g., RA or Spec C models) either.

[@smokyrs9838]

Maxk99 wrong, not all cars, some JDM cars you can't get them cuz of their specs

[@masterofroaches6354]

Also don't forget that engine is a closed deck block easily subaru's strongest and most bullet proof engine out of the box they ever made. I wish they still made this engine instead of the unreliable weaker ej25.

[@youngpunkondope]

It's actually a good engine? Even with the twin turbo it's reliable? I'm looking at buying a clean one here but have no info on it :(

[@rhyssheridan115]

What's the song at 4:33?

[@trashedsti7869]

And it’s a trans swap. I’m desperately looking for one of these anywhere

[@omygodish3]

should have talked about the valley of death with these and the best way of going to avoid that and pointers on getting one

[@carcrazyafrica]

+brandon anderson i'm almost thiking to a lay person either can't feel it....or the reason he kept yellow second turbo was cause he was sitting in it

[@dustinclowers4446]

+brandon anderson I mentioned it to Marcus on the day but we couldn't find a way to work it in smoothly.

[@omygodish3]

+Dustin Clowers thats cool ive been looking into getting one and its hard info to come by great video and this was on cl for a whille right ?

[@dustinclowers4446]

+brandon anderson I'm not sure if it was a while. Was only showing less than a week when I first saw it. Then bought it about a week later. Honestly it's kinda nice to have the valley of death because that way you're not constantly in boost and it makes that second turbo feel just that much more powerful.

[@omygodish3]

+Dustin Clowers this is true would u recommend importing one 2 save the money

[@Rottedfrombush]

What road is this? looks like a great cruise

[@dustinclowers4446]

+Sean Pattison Out near belcara on como lake.

[@soundsfromsaturdayevening7283]

a suggestion: write down what you're going to say. or just have more conversations with people. that will make the show a lot more enjoyable.

[@takahitoohara7693]

This is familiar car as Japanese, but thinking again I felt it's quick car

[@itsmechris14]

south florida has plenty right hand drive imports

[@roddydykes7053]

That are +25 years old

[@Buzkill2597]

will y'all be doing a NA miata anytime soon?

[@RoadsUntraveled]

+Buzkill2597 I hope so! I drove a fully stripped out and caged NA Miata once for about 10 minutes and it was pretty fun. Hopefully again soon!

[@Buzkill2597]

sounds nice if your where more close to Fl i would let you do my all stock NA.

[@ThePjpulvermacher]

i bought a drive terrain from one of these, it was awesome just dont go through jdm engine corp they are awful and gave me a cut wiring harness and advertised it was not a cut harness . and it was a additional $1200 cost

[@imSchwaggy]

make the wheels white, trust me, that color will look SO sick with white wheels.