86BRATMAN

My buddy has a 97 Legacy gt ej25, it has the old style diamond coil on it while my 97 L ej22 has the new style. I've seen quite a few 97s with either type as it was a transition year.

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Yes, because nobody needs ground clearance in a sedan.

I have a crank that was from an 04 that has both thrust positions on it.

I've read it all, and the pistons I showed are ej222, it doesn't have 12:1 if you could read you'd understand what I was saying. There is no way possible with a 10cc dish piston, and a .8mm head gasket and a 41cc chamber that you can get the 10:1 compression ratio they came with stock. It is physically impossible.

Side by side comparison is my source. That and simple math that this ej222 piston Which has a 10cc dish at -.4mm piston to deck height, with a. 8mm gasket and a 41cc combustion chamber would have over 12:1 compression. I don't have any pictures, but I bought a 99 L wagon a few years back that had bent valves because the timing belt went. Used ej251 heads on it and compared the two while it was apart. Btw Brian, the twe compression calculator has absolutely no information on the ej222 or the ej22e for that matter.

The thing is, p2 ej222 heads and p2 ej251 heads have the same combustion chamber volume, so you really aren't making a frankenmotor with them.

Back in the 90s the Gt wasn't a turbo car. Just a sporty look and an ej25d under the hood.

It will work just fine, oem ej25 flywheels are also heavier than the oem ej22 flywheels by a couple pounds and the pressure plate has more clamping force so it should be a nice upgrade for you.

Yes they will fit.

Take the time to replace the timing belt and idlers, and being an ej25d I'd do the head gaskets while I could do them easily. After all you're putting another head gasket monster back where one came from.

I made my return after a nearly 5 year hiatus in Dec '12. How long have you been away?

Yeah, I guess you just need to know how to search. Because that is gasket is completely wrong. I'll just leave that there for future reference, it's also helpful to call a company at times when you can't find something. They also list the wrong gasket for the standard ej22e, but they do make the proper one if you know what you're looking for. I know it's not an easy listing to find, but don't tell a guy that helped get them made they don't exist.

What part number did you order. Myself and Jay Storm worked with them personally almost a decade ago to get the right coolant ports, I sent them an ej22e gasket for the pattern personally.

Doesn't matter a bit.

That junk yard doesn't know what they're talking about, 95+ there is no cat in the y-pipe. It bolts to the cat section, but doesn't contain it. If you can convince them to look at the piece they can see that first hand.

Your 96 doesn't have shims, it has hydraulic lash adjusters in the under side of the buckets. You don't even need to keep them in order, bleed them and toss them back in.

You'd be better off using cometic hybrid head gaskets for the build, not much more expensive and they're already cut in the exact coolant port pattern. And never use anything to "help" a head gasket seal, you will insure a quick death.

Ej22e heads will bump your compression significantly, near 11:1. Research high compression frankenmotor for more information as to what you'll need to set one up. You'd need a complete donor ej22e to source everything you'd need for the conversion, there is the possibility of swapping on 96 ej25d heads as these are hla heads but that will drop your compression ratio to about 8.5:1 great if you want to turbo it but probably not the most economical option.

yeah I couldn't believe the price of that and the oil pump o-ring when I was putting my engine together last year.

No, the heads are completely different. Nothing from them interchanges.

Are you sure it's just simply out of time, you have a non interference engine so there is zero chance of valve damage with a broken belt.

Can't say specifically for the ea82 cars, I was speaking more for the ea81 body cars.

It's pretty much like that, the gl's that I've seen have a pretty standard body front body harness and dash harness, the dl's are the same way, from dash back it varies depending on body type.

There would be a relay on a vehicle equipped with the defroster, it's probably not there on yours bit could be installed.