Numbchux

bingo! And the only way to truly take advantage of a closed deck motor (i.e. the only reason to cough up the cash) is with a full build, hundreds of dollars just in machine-shop costs, pistons, rods, WRX heads, standalone EM, etc. etc. etc. AND, the power to weight ratio of an EJ22e-swapped EA car is probably pretty comparable to a Tleg. if you're going to start with a better power plant, you might as well start with an EJ20G or the like (which a few people have done)

yep, and it's just the SHAPE of the pistons that's different (for lower compression ratio). not the composition. AND, there are so many people doing crazy huge builds on the 22t that it's pretty easy to get your hands on some used pistons from one to drop into your 22e to drop the compression. I bet your EA82 trans would hold up to 200hp pretty easily as long as you don't abuse the crap out of it. in fact, as far as I've been able to tell, they didn't change the internals of the trannies from EA82s to your basic EJ 5MT. just the center diff, front pinion gear, and assorted gear ratios. be a little gentle, and run scotty's cocktail in it, and you'll be fine. as for the adapter plates, check out http://www.mroseusa.com

I may have found just such an application......hopefully my junkyard run this afternoon will be successful. more details to come :-p

btw, 22t and WRX trannies use a hydraulic clutch. which means in order to use one, you'll need some UBER fabrication to make it work. pedal box, cutting a hole in the firewall, mounting a clutch master cylinder. YIKES!!!! YES, the N/A tranny will hold up to the extra power. just keep the rotating mass stock (no lightweight/underdrive pullies, no lightweight flywheel). I've got a buddy with a EJ20g putting down 320awhp through a '96 impreza L 5-speed. it all depends on how you drive it. if you shock it alot, you'll rip teeth off. I wasn't suggesting using a 4EAT, only that that setup put down that much power through one (ATs rob quite a bit of power). 22ts are overrated and over priced. if you're willing to put some time, effort and research into your build, you can get just as much power out of an N/A motor, for a fraction of the cost. I say get an adapter plate and an XT6 pressure plate, and use your tranny (it's FT4WD right?)

obviously....but if there wasn't mud involved, the extraction wouldn't have been such an ordeal. I love water crossings. as long as there's pretty solid ground underneath it, and the water is rather clean. I'm not pointing the finger of blame. I've had my fair share of damage extracting buddies rigs who did something stupid. I've also told a few people that there's no way I'm destroying my rig because they got in over their head.

couple things to keep in mind. the use of a lightweight flywheel will put more shock on your tranny. keep stock weight rotating mass, and it'll be gentler on the tranny gears. I've worked on a couple Turbo'd EJ22e's. one was a '96 impreza L with a PP6 piggyback ECU, with a TD04 pushing 5 psi, and 22t injecters. it put down about 135 awhp through a 4EAT and a 12:1 AFR at the top end (with a better tune should have hit 150). the other being a '97 L with a TD04, WRX TMIC, 22t injectors, and a manual boost controller. ZERO management mods. he daily drives it at 8-9 psi, and has turned it up as high as 14. and he beats the crap out of it. he's put easily 20k miles on it that way. both with 100% stock EJ22e bottom ends. within the next 6-8 months I intend to push about 5 psi of boost through mine. and to hook up a wideband O2 sensor and an AFR gauge to see how well the stock ECU compensates. I'll probably upgrade to a PP6 soon after. the hard part is management. the biggest investment will be the ECU and harness. or you'll need some sort of tuneable Management, which will involve a sacrifice in driveability. in the long run, this is a question probably better fitted for a newer gen forum (NASIOC, RS25, legacy central, SL-i etc.).

only EA82 rev limiter is the weak valve springs.....valve float comes at about 7k (depending on the condition of yours, my '85 would hit about 6800, both '88s could break 7k, and my '92 loyale could hit 7200).

I haven't heard of anything like that...but when we did my buddies car, we put a T fitting on the oil pressure sender, and then he welded a port right onto the oil pan for the return. and then he used the heater core lines for coolant.

yea, I've heard from numerous sources (as well as figured it out in about 8 seconds of looking under the hood of my yota) that stock intake = keep the lights above the surface. oh yea, and solid tow points are a must. just imagine if that tow hook had been on a path about a foot higher....it would've gone through the back window of the cab, and possibly hit the driver (happened to my uncle, same thing, hook ripped off the bumper, 2 guys in the truck were looking backwards, and the hook and strap flew through both the back window and the windshield of the truck right between them. at the very least, toss a floor mat over the rope to help pull it earthward as it flies. oh yea.....did I mention? I hate mud. for that very reason. it takes just a moment for a tough run to turn into an all night extraction, that destroys/damages numerous vehicles in the effort.

in my experience, that's the case. with 5" lift on the struts at all 4 corners, 1" on the rear diff, and 3" at the engine/tranny, I burned through 4 front axles in a month, and 2 rears (rear inner joints hyperextended and snapped offroad, fronts slowly failed on the highway, all but one was an outer joint). reduced it to 4" at the struts, and added an extra inch or so to the rear diff, and went for about 8 months before another one failed.

yep, that's a pretty good synapsis. FWIW, the stock EJ22e makes an EA car scoot in a serious way. it's amazing how the torque curve really makes it scoot. I've been driving my stock EJ22e-swapped loyale for almost a year now. and 2nd gear puts an ear-to-ear grin on my face EVERY time. now I'm delivering pizzas in it....and still love it to death. that being said, I intend to throw about 5 psi of belt-driven boost at it late this summer/fall, and see if the ECU can compensate. if not, I'll wire in a PP6 piggyback ECU, and tune it myself there's a guy here in MN that's been driving his '97 impreza L EJ22e with 230k miles on it for 10 months with a WRX TD04 turbo, WRX TMIC, and EJ22t injectors (no engine management mods, or engine work). daily driving it, with zero issues. He's a little crazy, so I wouldn't recommend going THAT far....but it does show you just how tough these motors are!

very cool. wow, that thing looks amazing! is that a recent pic?

I assume you're referring to the '83 wagon in your profile... I think 215/75r15 works well on a subaru. yields lots of ground clearance, without sacrificing too much gearing. what kind of tread to get is entirely up to you. and depends on your budget, preferences, and uses. you said it'll be just trails, nothing too extreme, but how much of it's life will it spend on these trails vs the road. if it's going to serve Daily Driver status, and you don't want to spend much at all, you can't beat the Uniroyal Liberator A/Ts from Wal-Mart. got some tread (for an A/T), real quiet on the highway, and far cheaper than anything else. you could take a step up to BFG A/Ts. better tread, better treadlife.....higher cost. there isn't much available for a mud tire at that size. The Super Swamper, of course. But those make crappy road tires. you could get some SUV All-seasons (Mud and Snow tires). I've had some all seasons with better tread than any A/T I've seen, and for a decent price. and will usually yield good treadlife too.

uhhh....if it doesn't have a tcase...how ya drivin it? just RWD?

Looks hot! I like the Subaru too seriously though, looks awesome. divorced tcase? what size tires?

3" lift and 29s: there's an easy solution to rubbing.....called a hammer. or if it's really bad, a sawzall or similar heavy duty cutting tool (I used a die grinder with a cutoff wheel on mine)

you can only use the outback struts in the front....you'll still need to do something else in the rear. MorganM's old PoopenVagon (I owned it for a few months, now a buddy has had it for most of a year) has a 3" kit, with stock struts, and 29" tires...

you had the image tags right, but you entered the wrong URL for the pic. right click on the picture in the gallery, and select copy image location. then paste that into your post.

looks hott.....you've got your work cut out for ya, but it would be awesome once completed. planning on doing it to that wagon?

not even close....I check 10 every day. I don't think all XT turbo's got air suspension (either that or the few that I've seen have been converted). if I had the space, and that opportunity, I'd be all over it. but there's only one XT here in town, and it's so rotted out, it's just not worth it.

Man....I don't miss that :-\ My blue wagon was permanently caked with crap. on the video, you might try putfile.com. they just jacked their video limit up to 200Mb for a single file.

or, make 2 cuts and you don't have to bend anything. I like to use a dremel with a reinforced cutoff wheel.

I've got that stuff....haven't tried it yet though.

pedal box shift linkage drive shaft gauge cluster (optional)

yea, looks pretty straightforward.....just have to do it :-\