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  1. 86BRATMAN
    To use the outback as a donor you would have to swap the entire bulkhead harness from the dash forward.
  2. 86BRATMAN
    Which Subaru are you trying to get the gaskets stuff for?
  3. 86BRATMAN
    That would be good advice, if the car wasn't getting fuel or spark. The random backfires show it is getting both. There simply isn't enough compression for the engine to run.
  4. 86BRATMAN
    If you let the turbo go on those cars you will be replacing the engine shortly thereafter. Replace the turbo, and replace the banjo bolt in the back of the passenger side head that feeds the turbo and avcs system. Those models have filter screens in them that get clogged over time and starve the turbo of oil causing shaft bearing damage which leads to the turbo seizing and snapping the shaft. Tons of shrapnel gets circulated through the engine and within 3-500 miles you have a knocking rod.
  5. 86BRATMAN
    Sounds like the trans in my 99 GT when I bought it. I ended up replacing it with one from an 01 2.5rs impreza.
  6. 86BRATMAN
    Did anything come of this?
  7. 86BRATMAN
    Same seller, it took them quite a while to respond to me on eBay. If you go to the website and use their direct email you should get a much faster reply. I would go days at a time without a response, but after I was given the email address for future discussion it went a lot better.
  8. 86BRATMAN
    No, the ej22 in question is not a turbo engine. And you should do some more homework, the twin turbo engines are a vacuum line nightmare (there is a reason most owners of them overseas swap to a single turbo) and they also do not fit in a left hand drive chassis. The steering shaft and brake booster are right in the way of the left turbo's downpipe.
  9. 86BRATMAN
    Unfortunately that is the most likely outcome of a timing belt breaking on a 97+ Subaru engine. Verify the timing one more time and then run a compression test to narrow down which cylinders are effected, it's possible that only a few valves were damaged after the break. But I've also seen a broken belt bent ever single valve in a dohc ej25d.
  10. 86BRATMAN
    According to opposedforces.com, which is an online version of the Subaru electronic parts catalog, the production date change for the pistons which made the engines interference is 06/96.
  11. 86BRATMAN
    It is not, there is very little difference visually in the ej22e from 90-98. Give me a couple minutes and I'll see if I can dig up the production date change for the pistons.
  12. 86BRATMAN
    This is a screenshot from an old Subaru Endwrench publication. Which is official information send to dealer's service department and anyone who subscribed to the publications.
  13. 86BRATMAN
    You are describing the 99-01 phase 2 ej221/ej222 with the smooth valve covers. They are a completely different animal. The 97 and 98 ej22e had redesigned pistons that made them interference engines. They still have the grooved valve covers like every other phase 1 ej22e made from 90-98.
  14. 86BRATMAN
    1997 ej22's are interference engines.
  15. 86BRATMAN
    For a direct replacement trans you have to have one from a 99-03 legacy gt or outback, 99-03 forester, or 99-03 impreza 2.5rs. 99 was the first year of the phase 2 4eat making earlier versions not compatible. There were also some changes in 04 that make them not a good candidate for a swap without opening up the transfer housing and swapping things around. Your final drive ratio is 4.44:1, the models I listed above will be the only ones with compatible transmissions.
  16. 86BRATMAN
    Look in you front wheel wells, there will be a couple rubber plugs you can pop out. Through the exposed holes you can get to the rocker bolts.
  17. 86BRATMAN
    Felpro ej22e head gaskets are identical to oem. Never see the a B/A gasket, but the felpro has the Fuji logo and ej22 stamped right into the gasket.
  18. 86BRATMAN
    The ej22 fits just fine in the frame rails of an ea81 body. It's the dohc motors that have clearance problems.
  19. 86BRATMAN
    Right,order pistons, take pistons and case halves to machine shop along with the spec sheet that will come with the pistons. The shop will measure the pistons, add the recommended PWC clearance and bore accordingly.
  20. 86BRATMAN
    Because that is how it is done if you want an engine to last. You do realize that Subaru engines have slightly different votes from the factory even on the stock sleeves right. Without having the pistons you're going to use in hand there is a very low chance of getting the proper PWC by just punching the bores out 0.020".
  21. 86BRATMAN
    If you're doing forged pistons you need to order the pistons, or have the shop doing the work order them before having the engine bored over. Actually I would do the same for any oversized piston, not just forged, so the piston to wall clearance can be set properly to the piston manufacturer's specifications. Too much PWC will result in a loud running engine that burns oil, too little PWC and you could destroy the engine completely with a piston getting stuck in the bore.
  22. 86BRATMAN
    http://www.ramengines.com/page5.php
  23. 86BRATMAN
    In my head, the easiest way to determine where you need to drill is going to be to get both distributors in hand. Line both up with the posts for #1 and look at the location of the gears. I haven't done one of these in about 15 years, but it seems like that's what I did.
  24. 86BRATMAN
    Yeah, good luck getting him to answer any questions about where he sourced parts for his coupe restoration. I emailed him when I bought mine to ask about a few things and haven't heard back. I bet if I wanted to buy parts he'd be all for it.
  25. 86BRATMAN
    Your car has the fb25. It is not the same animal as the old ej series engines.
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