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do you have an angle grinder? if not go to harbor freight and get one for $20, plus a couple more grinding wheels, a pack of cutoff wheels and a 60 grit flap wheel. you will use it ALL the time. I used to do all my metal cutting with one but just got a sawzall and a metal blade for my skilsaw. and strangely enough the HF angle grinders actually last a while if you do not abuse them. that will take maybe 30 seconds a side to grind the motor mount nubs off. then you can drill another hole in the crossmember to where the mount bolts are supposed to go, and use a cutoff wheel in your new grinder to connect the hole to the rest of the notch. that flywheel is going to be some very hard, high grade steel. I'd imagine that it will take a bunch of abrasive bits rather than a carbide but I dont know for sure never done one. carbide bits take FOREVER on any kind of hardend steel, I only use them on aluminum. abrasives will actually do some cutting but you do go throgh a few.

pretty much better than the stock bands that come on there, in that they are easily removed/installed.

semi highjack, anyone here upped the boost on an ea81t? how much power yall think they could handle if you put on a VF11, some kind of efi like megasquirt, plus an intercooler? 200hp maybe? and would it work to do that to a regular ea81 too? they are pretty low compression and have a closed deck so it should work ok huh?

nope there are top feeds and side feeds, I forget wether or not the ej25s are the same.

if you are lifting and putting bigger tires just roll the fenders with a sawzall.

with a 2400lb car and an ej trans I wouldnt worry about it. there are plenty of people running lots of power through regular cable clutch NA legacy transmissions in 3000lb cars. you just can't shift them like a 18 year old wrx owner.

LOL I just took a bunch of those off a friend who was moving and getting rid of a bunch of crap. I was like hell yeah, free angle iron. cool stuff youve done there phizinza.

no point in drilling the head gaskets IMHO. and no point in swapping ej22 heads, it would be a downgrade. have the ej25 heads millled if you want to bump the compression, or run thin headgaskets. the 2.2/2.5 combo is mainly good for cars that came as 2.2's or 1.8's. or did you already put a ej22 in the car and thats why you are keeping the 2.2 heads? in that case carry on but you might as well just run the stock ej22 injectors.

seconded ej22's are so common, easy to find parts for, less weight in front of the front axle, etc

methanol injection is getting pretty big these days, and it can do some impressive things to otherwise stock cars with turbos on them.

what a lot of head gasket manufacturers have done for subaru to counteract the ej25 head gasket problem is to develop "MLS" gaskets for them which means multi layer steel. its just a bunch of really thin(like maybe .020) layers of sheetmetal that are sandwiched together and supposedly a lot stronger than the standard kind. all metal. AFAIK the head gasket issue in ej25's has to do with the huge bore, and really short rod length combining with the open deck block construction to shake the cylinders within the block enough to wear out the head gasket.(may or may not be true) the ones I am using I bought from napa, made for a ej25D. they are the victor reinz brand and looked to be very good quality and the price was much less than subaru.

yeah and then there is what doug V has done to some poor ej22e's:headbang: additionally, if you put some different heads on it like ej20g or ej25 to lower the compression and improve flow, the ej22e stock shortblock can do a good 300whp all day. a few people running that with big garretts. they are forged rods and crank, the pistons are meh but ok unless you start detonating. open deck is a non issue for what the stock pistons can handle.

yes they bolt up. it would be an amazing swap, I would love to see it done. the ez30 is one of the coolest 6 bangers out there. but it will take LOTS of money, time, and skill.

swap in the awd rear diff and put a 4g63 in it

cutting/clearancing isnt a problem as long as all the correct tabs are there.

looks and HID options.

I'd guess that they are ej25D. good choice really, with a porter who knows his ************ and some totally custom built to spec cams 300hp is quite believable.

these guys have some good prices http://www.onecryo.com/ It may be wise to buy a set of brand new stub shafts and have those treated if possible. fatiguing could potentially be much less with a brand new part, which would help to take full advantage of the treatment. however I really have no idea if brand new stubs are available. used diffs are really a crapshoot when it comes to how hard theyve been beaten. also, perhaps one could use a legacy diff and axles with the outer end machined to length and spline count to take whatever setup you were running? or would necking down to a 23 spline make it a waste of time as the weak point would still be in the outer? just thinking out loud is all.

hi, is it possible to put either a single square or single round front end on an ea81 with quad squares? anyone here done it? a few details/comments on it would be great. is the core support the same? are the fenders the same? what all else is needed?

sweet! I'm going ice racing at georgetown CO sunday. they run these crazy jeeps with fiberglass bodies, 10" wide studded tires and built big blocks. but Im just doing the bare tire street car class.www.ourgangiceracing.com

with metal

it runs the same as an ej22e, rock solid idle, great throttle response etc. it would run pretty rich with bigger injectors unless you do some stuff and yes, it is much higher compression. stock ej22 is mid 9's. when you add displacement to a given combustion chamber, the compression ratio will go up. main strong points of the motor are great torque, cheap to build, use all ej22 wiring/sensors, great on gas(3300lb awd wagon gets 27mpg combined, heavy foot), dead nuts reliable. one of these motors with delta cams dynoed 135whp in an impreza which is probably over 200 at the crank. it would be super fun in a light car. but mine is a heavy car and Im looking for more ooomph so Im doing the reverse now and building an ej22 with ej25 heads. with HY35W for motivation.

stock ej22e everything, basically just bolted the shortblock in

PII(SOHC) are great as well. they also can rev to the moon in stock form due to the really light valvetrain with roller rockers(single cam is a lot less mass in parts to spin than DOHC)

yeah sounds like poor tires and/or poor ice driving skills to me. on solid ice you pretty much need a high end snow tire like blizzaks or studdeds to drive with any confidence.