Legacy GT back to life with a built transmission. (Almost missed our tune!)

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Күн бұрын

Playing a bit of catch up. Last week, we swapped our Outback XT's built 5eat transmission into our Legacy GT project. This came down to the wire, getting things wrapped up just hours before we had to leave to Spokane for our tune. We still have so much to do to our little BP wagon, but now it has a reliable powertrain that will hold up to whatever we do with it in the future.
Our video of the tune will be out next so be sure to subscribe to be notified as soon as it comes out.
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@foxunfocused Жыл бұрын

Ah, to be graced by another Matt video! I was absolutely starving for Mittens content!

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've been away too long, lol. Miss you, dude!

@FADWC Жыл бұрын

Man I'm struggling with cigarettes and energy drinks. Glad to hear you guys have stopped. Keep it up! I'm the same age and been smoking since the same age so I know how hard it is to just brake the habit. Hats off to you man. Takes real determination.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

I have attempted to quit so many times in the past, but random things brought me back to them. I've just used a little vape pod and slowly cut down nicotine amounts and how frequently I use them. I have cut a lot of stress out of my life since leaving my old job, so I think that's helped it stick more than previous attempts as well. Appreciate it, man 🙏

@Thorden19 Жыл бұрын

love the puppy content hope everything else is smooth from here

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

All about the doggos👌👌 And yes, all smooth sailing from here 🤙

@michaelblades917 Жыл бұрын

Glad you guys quit smoking. It’s the slow killer. Smoking tires is funner. More videos please.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's a terrible habit, have already been feeling a lot healthier since dropping it. Appreciate it man, more videos coming as soon as I can get them edited 👌👌

@joshanderson1122 Жыл бұрын

😊 yeah trans is in and you guys didn't hurt yourselves too badly. Congrats on quitting. I quit alcohol cold turkey when covid hit, hfs you save money. One addiction to another spent all the savings on car parts. Ready to see those dyno results!

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Good on you, man. I quit drinking as well a couple of years back. It was too expensive, and at some point I got tired of not being able to be engaged when I wanted to be. Appreciate you dude, working on the dyno vid now 👌

@awaysooner Жыл бұрын

Quit smoking in my late 20s as well, being smoking since high school, one of the hardest thing I've done. In my late 40s now and glad I quit. Keep it up!

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

For sure, happy I finally did. Thanks man 👌

@omialmanza1900 Жыл бұрын

Looking forward for the tune Matt👍🏼!

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Yessirr, will be up as soon as I get it edited 👌

@marka1837 Жыл бұрын

Great job on trading up the smoking and other addictive things!!! You will be very greatful for doing it down the road! Now you can focus on more super cool car content!😁

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, have needed to cut it out for a while and already feeling a lot better since getting rid of it. Freeing up more money for things is a bonus as well, for sure. 👌

@superbike155 Жыл бұрын

I remember you working on this and I feel for you. Glad it worked.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Super glad it's over with 😂😂

@superbike155 Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI I bet you are. Have you decided on what motor Chewie is getting?

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Still on the fence, but I'm leaning towards keeping it EJ. Already have a lot of parts laying around for that platform, and I don't plan to push the legacy enough to need any of them. Still a toss up, but the EZ30's cams are a little weird to work around. I think regardless, I'll do EJ first to get it back up and running, and then go from there. 👌

@Urmom-gd3sn Жыл бұрын

Really appreciate the legacy gt content man there’s not really any big KZfaqrs out there who post legacy content so I hope ya get bigger

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, sorry for the late reply. We've been knocking out some other stuff lately and moving things around so it can be easier to make more consistent content in the future. Appreciate you 🙏

@jacobmcfarland3117 Жыл бұрын

Loved the vibe in this one! Proud of you guys for giving up smoking, been there myself. Keep it up!

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude 👌 🙏 was tough, but feel a lot better since dropping them.

@dalereed2626 Жыл бұрын

Good job Matt that Trans looks like a Beast .

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Thanks bro 🙏 yeah she's quite beefy 😆

@brandonlee3624 Жыл бұрын

So happy to see the Legacy back on the streets! Mittens is finally purring again! This project is finally reaching the payoff stage and so glad you stuck with it! Can't wait to see what else goes in/on this turbo wagon! Also, thanks for the candor on your physical/mental health. As much as I love this content, you gotta take care of yourself first! Always helpful knowing others struggle with similar stuff and we're all just trying to make it through. Keep up the great work!

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! Of course, prefer to be open about anything I'm going through, no one is super human, so I think it's good to be able to relate on things and share what's going on 👌 Appreciate you man 🙏

@tommanning7337 Жыл бұрын

What you guy’s need is a vacation, you’re all just beat up. 😁👍🏻👍🏻

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

For real lol, we're constantly falling apart 🤣🤣

@tommanning7337 Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI hahaha I hear ya!!

@aplong1911 Жыл бұрын

Looking good!! Thanks for sharing.😊👍🏼

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Thanks man 🙏

@DarkWolfWRX Жыл бұрын

I see you say you are quitting financially bad habits, but also see you are still building cars. My guy....😂 But props to you man! But damn, seeing that transmission trouble makes me so so glad my grandpa built a pit on his property to work on cars. Makes things so so much tolerable.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

I had to keep at least a couple bad habits 😆 🤣 i wish we had more space to be able to set things up easier. thanks bro 🙏

@mattswank Жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t have thought you all struggled with smoking, only because you never show it and I’m sure (hoping) never in the cars as you always take such good care of them. But that’s a great step to you both, best of luck and don’t give up when it gets hard. Everyone has bad habits and things they struggle with but appreciate you sharing.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Yeah I feel like it's good to share and connect on things like that. It is a lot nicer not having it on my mind and kicking the habit finally. It's not as socially welcomed either so over the years it's become more and more of an annoying habit to have as well. Feels good having been off them a couple months now. Appreciate you dude. 🙏

@mattswank Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI Keep making the subaru community awesome! Thanks for all you do, been enjoying the content for sure! Wish you all weren't on the opposite coast from me haha.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude 🙏🙏 hope we can make it out to more areas in the future to meet up with everyone 👌

@6ixxboss987 Жыл бұрын

Miss you man glad you are back ❤

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Glad to be back at it 👌👌

@halroofner4069 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Thanks man 🙏

@pinktacotuesday4573 Жыл бұрын

You guys killed it! You should look into those Thick Rubber lift blocks that are used for going between the quick jacks and the pinch welds. You can get the car lifted up a few more inches and have plenty of room to slide the trans in and out.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Have had my eye on those, need to pick a set up, would help with the outback as well since the side skirts come down so much further, might not have to take them off to lift it with those. Thanks man 🙏

@superbike155 Жыл бұрын

Looking forward the tune video, I know that you wanted higher but still super excited.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Yessir, either way very happy with how it drives. Should be out very soon 🤙🤙

@ryanjohnson8581 Жыл бұрын

🎉🎉🎉 yay make some sauce now

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

👌 yeaa, let's go 🤙🤙

@kevind_53 Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

🤙🤙

@jogo4122 Жыл бұрын

new sub here. you and smedia make good content. funny as hell too! oh and i drive subaru sti. lmao

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Noiceeee 🙏🙏 welcome to the channel and thank you 👌

@Anudist Жыл бұрын

Melanee FTW, haha. Anything trans related just sucks on a Subaru, unfortunately. They're the one thing I want nothing to do with, but sometimes it just can't be avoided. That trans is a frigging beast, excited to see the results of the tune, brother!

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Appreciate you dude, yeah it is my least favorite thing to do, for sure. I can say currently that the transmission is working fantastically, and I'm excited to make more videos with this car at this point. 👌

@tiredandbrokee Жыл бұрын

Newly subscribed, loving the builds! Just curious which headlight and taillight combo you have on the OBXT?

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Thanks man 🙏 Outback has jdm Valenti taillights and depo clear corner fronts.

@MonygyB Жыл бұрын

I almost bought a built 4eat for my bugeye but it ended up costing the exact same as the v7 sti swap I bought and it would have 2 less gears. I’m interested to see how that legacy handles!

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they can get expensive to build. Legacy/outback chassis are a much more complex auto to manual swap than imprezas and foresters, so it does make more sense in that situation. Thanks man, going to shoot some stuff on how it's doing. 👌

@deybi1 Жыл бұрын

Lol I remember doing auto trans when I worked at Subaru they so heavy

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

They're terrible. I've done them like this and at a shop, and even with a 2 post lift and proper transmission jack, they're still one of my absolute least favorite things to do.

@stringgreens6387 Жыл бұрын

AUTOTRAGIC...But great success

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Does well now, but it would be a lot more fun if it was a manual. Maybe I'll get lucky and find another 6 speed for cheap in the future. Need to teach the lady to drive a stick first, though 🥲

@bubbabrannan5915 Жыл бұрын

😅😅😅😅😅👍👍👍👍👍✅️💯

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

👌👌

@topherblais13gaming Жыл бұрын

what did you do to the trans

@Mike_44 Жыл бұрын

Car’s come a long way Matt! Congrats brother! Matt, I’m currently swapping an ej20x on my ‘05 Outback XT. These jdm motors come with dual AVCS and obviously the ej255 is single AVCS. The setup would be jdm ej20x long block, everything else ej255 (intake manifold/turbo, hoses, etc) In order to keep using the usdm ECU, I was hear of capping the exhaust AVCS camshafts to disabled them. Have you ever heard of this before? Would I have to cap the ej20x exhaust AVCS gears solenoids or the camshafts themselves? If you guy can help me out, I’d really appreciate it. I’m not looking for power, just trying to get my car running again.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, haven't personally installed a 20x, but from what I've understood and seeing it having been done at my old shop, I'm pretty sure we just left the solenoids unplugged with everything still intact. Would want to swap intake manifold as well during the process. There may be more to it, but I am fairly certain we just left the avcs solenoids unplugged on the one we had done, and everything worked fine. There are also write ups from iwire on if you want to run exhaust avcs, which would require the jdm ecu.

@Mike_44 Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI Got it. Thank you

@JohnMann858 Жыл бұрын

What intake manifold did you use?

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

This car has the factory plastic manifold similar to the 08-14 wrx with factory tgv housings as well.

@op170 16 күн бұрын

This is freakin badass, what header is that?

@MatlasDI 16 күн бұрын

@@op170 car uses a tomei unequal length header.

@SUAVE541 Жыл бұрын

26th is my bday 🎉

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Let's gooo! Happy early birthday my dude 👌

@RichardLangis Жыл бұрын

I'm probably going to have to go through this with my SVX, it still has the original transmission. NOT looking forward to it.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Isn't fun, but nice when it's all taken car of. Still surprised they never offered the SVX in a manual.

@Libroerina Ай бұрын

What did you do for the relearning procedure?

@MatlasDI Ай бұрын

Had access to ssm3, so went in and reset memory 2, then just standard driving, mild throttle allowing it to shift on its own for a couple drives.

@Libroerina Ай бұрын

@@MatlasDI thanks for the reply dude!! So I gotta take it to a shop I guess for that. I have an Obd II scanner that can clear trouble codes but I’m pretty sure this is beyond its capabilities. My dumbass just installed a new valve body without realizing I’d have to deal with the computer.

@MatlasDI Ай бұрын

@Libroerina a lot of people don't reset learning, but I would recommend to after replacement. Probably won't hurt anything, but won't relearn to the best of its capabilities.

@Libroerina Ай бұрын

@@MatlasDI thank you so much for the advice 🙏

@charlied9997 Жыл бұрын

Who built the transmission for you? I have an 05 outback xt with the 5eat that I want more power out of but am trying to retain the auto so the wife can still drive it as well.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Upgrades were done by level 10 in New Jersey about 4 years back. Removed and shipped it to them, received it back about a week or so later.

@charlied9997 Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI okay awesome. Yeah, I ended up finding your other video about the build since I just subscribed to your KZfaq today. It's crazy how little support there is for these 5eats compared to the old 4eat trans. I was thinking about a upgraded rebuild kit for mine since I'm at 250whp and 300tq and the stock trans doesn't really like the higher gears now

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

@Charlie D thanks dude. I like the feel of what they've done to mine, personally I think I'd skip on the high stall converter if I did it again. It makes it a little funny at times between accel and decel.

@charlied9997 Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI yeah, that was my thought too. I'd get a low mile stock converter and then just do the clutch upgrade kit and valve body. Even at $3-4k it's way cheaper than I originally thought. The only other transmission I had built in the past was for a diesel truck and that thing was 10k so this seems way less daunting to save up for.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

@@charlied9997 That sounds like a good plan, I think you'd be very happy with how it works with those modifications. 👌