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The pistons crest out of the block the same on all ej25d's . But the piston is different, you will have much higher compression with that bottom end than 97-99 blocks. With stock thickness gasket you will have 11.4:1 compression, you'll be safe as far as piston to valve contact. But you will have a high risk of detonation.
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They did make manual obs's, some of my nephew's impreza manual swap parts came out of one.
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I've done the auto to manual swap. For my market area the $400 bucks and 3 days I spent doing it was well worth it. I would do it again in a heartbeat. But that's mainly because manual 2nd gen legacys don't exist here without rust. My car has no rust at all, so it would have been plain stupid to sell it and buy a rusty quartered car for more money than I could get selling mine plus the cost of the swap. Since swapping my car I have gone from the average mpg of 25 town 27 highway to 30 town 33 highway. I am very meticulous about my oil changes and tune ups. I know what my car has been through, so why sell it and take a chance on someone else's second hand problems.
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98 legacy outback wagon... sits too tall, need some ideas
86BRATMAN replied to mightGETaSUBARU's topic in Suspension
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Delta Cams does regrinds for that engine. Their website www.deltacam.com appears to be down this morning. But if you are on Facebook they have a page there as well. Nobody else to my knowledge does cams for the ej22e. You can also use a thinner head gasket, such as a cometic .041" thickness to raise your compression ratio to make better use of the cams and headwork. This would put you at approximately 10.3:1cr.
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The engine is different, the pistons and heads are different. And they used a smaller turbo, different ecu tune, different intake manifold and intercooler. The STi engine code is ej257 and the legacy gt is ej255,ypu can google search to find more details on the differences. But both are realistically just as capable of making good power.
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Another Subaru Accessory Blowout Special List
86BRATMAN replied to Dr.Outback's topic in Products for your Subaru
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98 legacy gt
86BRATMAN replied to dp213's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVX
1999 ej22 should be avoided, it's a phase 2 and will not be a direct replacement for your engine. Also the majority of 96 ej22s are single port, only the very early production models still had dual port. -
No problem fitting them at all, I'm running them on my lowered 97 L. Came from 185/70r14 and my speedo is as accurate as stock according to gps. Most of your winter variety tires are made narrower than the advertised size anyway, even though they keep the height the same as standard seasonal tires. You'll definitely have better traction with dedicated winter tires on the car.
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Scored an 82 brat with turbo!
86BRATMAN replied to coronan's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Yes, quads were standard in 83 on gl models. My brother had a 2wd 82 gl sedan back in the 90s that had quads as well. -
Scored an 82 brat with turbo!
86BRATMAN replied to coronan's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
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Greetings from The Boonies, WV
86BRATMAN replied to samsonlonghair's topic in Meet n' Greet. Your USMB Welcome Center
I'm actually in Tazewell County lol, North Tazewell specifically is my home. There aren't any specialists for these cars around here, but honestly most of your problems don't seem to be anything out of the range of normal for a 12 year old car. Auto Zone has always been good about scanning for me in the past. But I've since purchased my own scanner and do my own diagnostic/repair work. To my knowledge none of the local junkyards have any of your era Subarus in them. I try to keep tabs on what they have as I myself have quite a few subarus I keep maintained for family and friends. Including my 97 Legacy, 98 Forester, nephew's 97 impreza, mom's 04 outback, and some others for friends. The compass reset doesn't sound too far out of the norm for in my experience with other manufacturers honestly. Mercer Mall parking lot would probably be sufficient for that exercise. To replace the mirror requires removing the triangular trim piece (probably a tweeter on your car) and the door panel to access 3 screws that hold it on. The visor will also interchange from a gt model. And the emergency brake probably just needs adjusted, which is done by disassembling the center console and tightening the equalizer assembly. John makes a good recommendation for the outback forum, another you may like is www.sl-i.net, I'm a member there under this same username. -
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86BRATMAN replied to samsonlonghair's topic in Meet n' Greet. Your USMB Welcome Center
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My buddy has been using one of the gmb kits for about 25k miles with no issues. My nephew has about 10k on one as well, the other 2 I have installed over the summer so they're still pretty low mileage but I don't forsee any issues. I'd pop for oem cam and crank seals, along with the oil pump o-ring. They really aren't that expensive considering how long they last compared to the cheap ones.
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That hasn't stopped anybody from turboing them before. The pistons are the same material as any of the factory turbo engines. The difference between an na engine and a turbo engine is compression and management. You'll have the management already in the car, and the 255 heads will take care of dropping the compression to a very turbo friendly 8.5:1 with a set of .040" cometic gaskets. Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't you planning on turboing the 22e/25d hybrid in the outback?