JoeSloppyJoe

thank you numb, a lot of the stuff you mentioned are valid points, but ive taken a lot of it into consideration already. exhaust, my friend has the factory manifold's off an old job he did. tach, i have an aftermarket one collecting dust. fans, low profile ones also collecting dust. the harness im working on, i have family in New Zealand who i could possibly ask to find me one that's RHD (i haven't asked yet) . and as for the $150 ez30, there's an 02 legacy outback LLBean H6 at a junkyard near me and i was told it ran, it showed up a couple of days ago. all i had to do is go pull it but my plans fell through to grab it last weekend and its probably all parted out by now. so ill probably end up waiting for another one to pop up. i did look at the link but when i had started making plans, i had only found a $350 kit so i decided that would be my budget. and yes, since then i have found cheaper kits and i probably will just fix my motor. but now i want to do the swap because its good practice for when i swap my rx7 motor. since ill be fixing my ej22 i wont exactly need a budget anymore, and i can take my time finding a transmission and differential and other parts like a radiator and gaskets, once i feel i have all the puzzle pieces i can take a week or two plugging everything in. i started this idea with the belief that a lot of the parts were interchangeable and would be a quick swap, being told by multiple people that the transmissions are the same and everything bolts right up.. sure it may bolt up but they aren't going to talk to each other, i had no idea the radiator had 3 hookups or that there were different types of 4eat's, so im glad that im not in a rush to swap it anymore.. as far as this broken engine, my friend is taking it as a project, he wants to try and fix it and put it in one of his project cars, he's unemployed and has nothing but free time and makes a living running a small engine shop.. he's taking that as an addition to the payment of helping with swapping everything on mine when the time comes

its not so much as just having an H6, i just want to do something to my car where it wont cost an arm and a leg i didnt shy away from the water pump because of the amount of work involved, it was mainly to do with the cost i got the ez30 for $100, an ecu for $50, a TCU for $20, and an 01 transmission harness for $30. yeah i could spend $350 on a water pump/pulleys/timing belt and fix it myself the right way in a days work, but so far ive spent $200 my friend is a good mechanic and he lives with somebody else who knows his way around a subaru, and to top it off they have a mobile machine shop. they want to do the work for the experience because most of the work they've done involves GL's and loyals, they asked for the ej22 as payment and i dont see why not.. saves me from having to spend more money unfortunately i cant do it with this motor without spending far beyond my budget. the exhaust jumped time and the valves completely chewed up the pistons.. but the cylinder walls look fixable. im still going with the ez30 but ive got a lead on a good one for $150 with harness, which total cost matches my budget of $350 for the same cost of the water pump/timingbelt kit. i could also make it pay for itself if i sell the good parts off the bad motor like the 3 good pistons/rods, cams, crankshaft, left head, fuel rails, oil pan, oil pump, water pump, chain tensionrs, chain runners, im sure i can sell all that plus whatever i cant think of for more than what ive spent so far. so essentially im getting a free motor, free labor, more towing power and in a RHD car. apart from time spent troubleshooting and splicing, i dont see a down side, ive got other vehicles i can drive so it doesnt really matter how long it takes. the worst i can think of is i will need a matching transmission/differential if i cant make my 98 4eat think its for an 01 h6 yes i am inexperienced and over my head.. but how else do you gain experience if you never try?

update while waiting for my friend to come over and look at the engine.. it doesn't look good.. i figured i might as well take a look at this $100 engine and see if there's cause for any concern... these are the spark plugs out of 2 and 3.. the exhaust valves were bent or gone on 2 and 3. 1 looked fine as well as 4 5 and 6 i know im a fool but i want to fix it..

well that makes me feel a lot better, i know its not a guarantee that its fine, but knowing there's a common noise relieves some worries as for the automatic TCU, the manual swap sounds the most appealing but i think i would need to import RHD pedals, previous googling said the LHD and RHD don't match, plus i would probably need a matching rear diff.. currently im having a difficult time trying to find an engine harness, the closest H6 at pick-n-pull i can find is 600 miles away... ebay only has ECU's i think my best bet is to wait it out till an ez30 pops up nearby and i get lucky with prices.. probabbly my best bet is to go with a megasquirt.. im slowly coming to terms with how much work is going to need to go into this.. im grateful you guys didnt just ignore me because its a brand new account

thanks for all the reply's guys, you're all the best <3 i do have an automtic, but i was told they both use the same trans, i also came across a TCU, (but i think it was for a newer car) could i get the ez30 TCU and pop it in? from what the guy said on his ad, the timing chain was making noise, he didnt pull the motor apart so it could be some bent valves.. wont know till i get it over to my friends house and start tearing it down i guess i have a long block, i dont know my terminology that well.. i thought a long block was everything like harness hoses and ecu, so i guess im nt starting from complete scratch yeah, im dumb.. the guy i got the wagon from swapped the motor already so i dont know for sure if its a 98 motor, but either way im giving my motor to my friend as payment for doing the swap, he has plans for it aswell. from what the seller said the timing chain was making noise, when i went to pick it up he was wearing Subaru mechanic clothing, so that tells me it might be worse than i though, however at only $100 and i could part it out for more if need be

ive got a 98 legacy postal wagon and the water pump on my EJ22 started leaking, my friend said the pump is broken and its leaking out of the weep hole, a replacement kit costs ~$300 with pullys and timing belt. as i was looking around for a cheap motor and parts i came across a short long block EZ30 for $100, i bought it, a quick ebay search showed me possibly different ecu's. so as for a few questions that i have; 1: does the numbers on the ECU matter? eg: 2Z, 4E, 4F, 6P 2: am i going to need an H6 cross member? (im assuming yes because MCM told me so) Ive never pulled a motor or dash before so my knowledge on modification is very basic (unbolt things, bolt new things on) 3: is there 2 different harnesses on a car? one for the engine, one for the interior? will the EZ30 engine harness/ecu work with my interior? eg: dash lights/gauges im trying to go for a very basic motor swap, im not going to hoon around in it, so the trans strength isn't an issue, its a daily.. i have an Rx7 and a motorcycle for hooning.. what im hoping for is to pull my motor/harness/ecu out, install EZ30/harness/ecu (and other accessory's) in and drive off, but i know im delusional.. any help would be greatly appreciated..