sparkyboy

I'm in CO, so the one you can get for $100 sounds like a good deal. I'm honestly still on the fence, I do like the slightly lifted look, even with the 13s and I would really like to try the 15s before removing the lift. Maybe keep records of the mpg and then do it again after lifting and you can tell us sube kids a real answer to your original question, lol I'll get some pics tomorrow if I can, she's a 30 min drive away

I also have to take a close look at my steering shaft, we might have to trade if mine has been extended.

Let me send you some pics if you are interested. It's not like the one on sjr lift, this lift is rather chintzy in comparison to his. I don't know what your budget is, but the lift that he sells look like it's worth every penny of a little more than $300 he does good work. I bought his ej swap kit and was very happy. That being said, this lift has never given me problems... How about $200 and you pay shipping with the wheels or $75 for just the lift stuff sound to you?

Welcome! And in answer to your question, probably not by much. maybe a couple to a few mpg less if you install larger tires. I have a lifted 86 GL that gets around 36 mpg on the highway (ej22 swap) with the factory 13s I am considering removing the 2" lift from my car. Previous owner installed a homemade lift with brackets on the strut and metal blocks between the body and frame. If I do, I'll sell you the parts for cheap. It's great when off roading, but I don't do it nearly often or crazily enough. It's too hard on the passenger side axle for my liking. If I decide to take the lift off and you want to buy it I have some really nice chevy six lug 15" wheels that have been drilled for 4 x 140 that I will sell you for cheap too if you like that look, they are very similar to the white star wheels from the factory I guess it all depends on if my ex gf can find my factory skidplate and return it to me, the lift is cool and I like the way it makes her look so it's a tough decision for me but she is on the street a lot more than off road, and these cars have good enough ground clearance already for me. But the 2'' lift is subtle and I haven't had a chance to try those 15s yet. I dunno what to do... Cheers man! You have a good subaru for your first one, way cooler than the awd ones, and some of those like early leggos and rx's are pretty cool. Beast in the snow ha.

hello, what are you wanting to put an ej22 in?

Not to hijack this thread but, I'm hijacking! I have a few questions for the experts, the last one is related to this guys issue. Who here can tell me what that self shutoff is even about? I can't seem to find it on the wiring diagram...also I found a 95 impreza at the junkyard and looked at the ecu and it has a neon yellow 3 piece plug? Did the impreza and leggo have a different ecu for some reason? And finally will plugging in the test mode connectors do anything in this guys situation besides hearing the relays click on and off? Dosen't the car also test the iacv, purge solenoid, O2 sensors, etc? And would the 95 flash the cel code like the obd1 cars? Someone told me the obd2 subes don't do the code flashing thing. I would think that it would test all the systems, can you guys shed some light? I dunno i guess this engine has never given me any real issues is why I don't know anything about these items. Im too lazy to do my own damn research ha Koolminx that ecu works for sure, I'll get it in the mail today.

Have you checked the self shutoff circuit? Pin 86 Not getting 12 volts to that pin can cause some craziness if i understand correctly, in fact the car won't start at all and is tied into the main relay. If i recall it's a red wire with yellow stripe, and maybe one of the thicker ones

In fact i have a really funny story about some dumb s**t i did once... I was redoing the cylinder heads on my swap engine and i somehow (drunkenly maybe) got the valves mixed up on the driver side. I had exhaust valves where intake goes and vice versa haha what a jackass, the fact that zero compression on either cylinder made me feel like a total douche for sure. Thank the good dude for non interference engines but once i removed the t belt and held the cam in place and turned the crank there sure was some interference jesus what an idiot

Once she is running again ask him did you put the jump cables on backwards? Nothing to be ashamed of, I've done more than my share of dumb s**t but that might be an explanation if it's an ecu failure, However you did have signs of failure beforehand so i believe the story. It is loads of fun to rev the piss out of these engines

I know, i always have used the right to left. The purpose for the left to right is if you are looking at the front of the harness with the wires facing away from you. But they are both correct. It took me several hours to even know where to begin on the harness i did. I can tell you that the haynes manual actually has a good diagram section. They separated them into engine control, ac and lights and $hit, and the rest...but the diagram at the bottom of the pinout has that info, just sucks trying to read But its freeeee!

That scope sounds sweet! That top row is stupid, but no counting the wires is not all what i am saying, Ok...you know pins 1 and 2 contain the first two wires. The third wire on that row is in pin 5, there are two solid blanks and the next two empty spots (notice that pins 3 and 4 have no wires) I know it's silly but you got this

Listen man if its the ecu you can have mine, they are at junkyards here for like 15 bucks. You can pay the like $5 for shipping instead of paying several hundred

yeah you got it look close at the pinout and you will see that the solid parts in the harness are not numbered. So the red is pin 5, green next is 6 and so on. The next wire is 7, which is four spaces down (the row). I know wtf haha? It wouldn't hurt to take a little piece of masking tape and write what the wire is for the ones you would like to test as you find them. It helps me greatly. Ignore the silver dots, the only reason I can think of why they even exist is for after they tested them at the factory. When I did the harness on my ej, I was so lost at one point, I almost gave up and was ready to buy a pre cut one for $200 persistance pays off here. Make sure that 12v are going to the proper places during cranking too, you might be losing it to the ecu at that point but still getting 12v in run

Those two yellow wires with blue stripes are the switched power source for the ecu. Injectors are cylinder #1 = pin 2 #2 = pin1 #3 = pin 18 #4 = pin 17 The wires are brown, light green, blue with white stripe, and blue respectively. You should be seeing 10-13 volts to these with the key on and engine off. The injector grounds are pins 71 and 72 black with yellow on the bottom right of the harness, so check those if you aren't getting voltage to the positive side pins. You stated that you are getting 12v to the ecu now after switching relays, you checked the ground at the ecu as well correct? pins 95 and 96 and sensor ground is pin 25. After reading the pinout for a bit what is this self shut off control at pin 86? says 10-13 volts with key on engine off I can't find it on the wiring diagram but this pdf is a little hard to read. Considering that you still have wacky spark action, trying another ecu seems like the next step...she is still acting like a bad ground but i imagine that this behavior would be somewhat typical for a goofy ecu. maybe plug in the test mode connectors under the dash and see if anything weird is going on, I dunno I have a spare that I know works, I can send it in the mail if you need but certainly in WA everyone has spare subaru parts laying around? Especially for a 95. I will try the light on my sube as soon as I can, I need to get back to her to change the t belt and axle haha

Alrighty...lets see if this works haha!

Neither of those have gone bad from what I have seen which admittedly isn't a whole lot. The one from the 98 should be the same. Are you using the same pinout as i am? 71 and 72 lower right the two black with yellow 15 and 16 upper left both yellow with a blue stripe.

That's the igniter, it supplies the coil with 12v. Find it on the pinout yourself lol! Just joshin ya man keep it up she'll be purrin like a kitten soon!

Looking at your other picture, your harness looks the same: Pins 71 and 72 black with yellow stripe Pin 1 upper right. light green, fuel injector 2 and those colors match the wiring diagram.

Pins 15 and 16 on my harness.

I know, this stuff can be such a pita. My suggestion is to look at the wiring diagram and find a wire color for something that you will need to test, say the cam sensor input. Pin 6, and it's ground pin, 5 The wiring diagram shows the pos side as a white with red stripe wire, and the ground is green. Or just look at the cam sensor itself. Then find the wires on the harness. With the harness plugged in or facing away from you, pin 1 is on my upper right. Remember the pin 15 and 16 trick i suggested? Those are in the upper left and both have yellow with BLUE stripes (Sorry i said red i was going from memory) Also the bottom right are two black wires with yellow stripes, Pins 71 and 72 Those happen to be your injector grounds. That is how mine is at least

Yup that has to be the reason right there. Hopefully this undoubtedly frustrated dude can find the issue now, this one is intriguing

Those transmissions weigh 300 freakin pounds? good god

Wow! I can't believe those scans are both from fsms! If you look closely you can see in the second pinout the way that the harness is supposed to face, toward the ecu. The numbers in the first one would be right if you took the harness off and flipped it around That could be downright confusing haha! Take a notepad and write down the color wires and pin# and function. It's easier to go by color sometimes at least for me. Oddity indeed you called it for sure

That is the first time i have seen that ecu in a 95. Here is a pic of mine, mine is 95 for certain. Also, that pinout seems to have the pins numbered opposite from the one i am using:

That's a good way to go about finding your problem, koolminx Keep us posted on what you find!