Turbone

Sorry for the late approval for this thread. If its Subaru related, it "usually" doesnt need to be in OT

I'll need to check on clearances These arent cheap tires, they are Yokohama's (which I've got on my RX with zero issues) and her travels are mostly freeway She was able to get just one tire on Sat and Les Schwab's installed it. I'm going to be on the look out for some16in or 17in wheels for it I think if I go down in wheels size, finding a tire with more sidewall will be easier to fit

Just checked Discount Tire for sizes etc and the standard Impreza 2.0 uses 16in or 17in wheels with a 205 sidewall. I think this might be a better idea for her. Now I need to find some wheels she'll like

Another update, its been a while. Its running pretty good. Well it was until I messed with the charge pipe clamps. Have a boost leak now and I've already checked the clamps I messed with. But its not smoking like it was, so the rings have sealed. Also adjusted the valves again. From the way it was running before the boost leak, this engine is going to rock! Cant wait to finish breaking it in, then I can do the fuel mods and slap the VF39 turbo on

My wifes Impreza Sport has had 2 Yokohama tires with sidewall punctures. I presume its due to the 225 sidewalls. What I'm wondering and looking for, has anyone installed a tire on this model that has a taller sidewall? She also doenst like the ride or the extra road noise from the tires. With the Sport suspension, I'm not positive a taller tire wouldnt rub somewhere

More work done in the engine bay. Making sheet metal shrouds on the inner fenders to hide wiring and aux parts. The blue stuff is a plastic film that peels off, its brown underneath. The panels will be painted black

Yes, they are

2 things to check - the coilpack and the catalytic converter

Blue tape was to help protect the valve seats, which had been ground along with the new valves. Took many hours to polish those heads, I didn't bother to count them. I did it over the last winter. I can't post pics over my phone, will do so when I get back on the computer

Dang, the pics are huge

Its been a long time since I posted anything here on my RX. Its been sitting for almost 5yrs after blowing a HG and during that process, it overheated and blew coolant all over my chest and face. So I parked it 5yrs ago, that'll teach it I had another EJ22T sitting on a stand that I was going to build for another project, but I figured I could work on that one while the old engine stayed in the RX. I did pull it earlier this year and pulled the RX out of my storage area so I could have better access for working on stuff that I want to do. The engine is basically done and ready to go in, not sure if I want to drop it in now and drive it (I'm jonesing for boost) but if its sat for this long, I can wait a while longer while I do more upgrades. I used ACL race main bearings, King race rod bearings. Hastings rings, kept the old pistons. PnP the heads. New valves. Killer B oil pan/pickup tube/diffuser. New timing covers with Mitsuboshi timing belt and NSK idlers. OEM waterpump and a aluminum radiator off ebay. Picked up a set of no name headers and wrapped them. 800cc injectors and a ECU from a 95 JDM WRX with ESL Live software to tune the engine. Also have a VF39 turbo, a upgrade from the TD04. Cometic MLS headgaskets. Perrin lightweight crank pulley. And lots of cleaning and polishing. Was watching one of the cars shows one morning and as they were doing their usual sales pitch for sponsors, they had some new paint from duplicolor called Metalcast. Made to go over polished metal. O'Reillys carries and I got a few cans. The intake manifold turned out awesome, but the paint comes off real easy, so be aware (I will install intake after engine is in). Prob missing some stuff, a lot of parts were on the car before this upgrade session. Lets see how many pics I can post

Kind of late to the party here, but thanks for documenting all this for others to pick thru when they attempt a EJ swap. If I had seen this when you were working on it, I would have helped out. Kudos to Bennie for being here and helping you thru some rough spots. Real happy that you are willing to go hard on this and do as much possible to get it back on the road, not many of these left. Pretty sure my build is in here, but it was quite a while ago. I might do a update in the Members Ride section. Have a drool rag ready

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Go to the Gallery here and create a album. There you can upload pics from your computer, but they cant be any larger than 245.76kb. You an also upload from your computer using the link at the bottom in your reply. Pic for example, which is higher res

I would look around the homeless camps, maybe someone was looking for a new pad

Good info, but you might want to look at post dates in the future This thread is from 04

As someone who has had intimate knowledge with this engine, I would say its a poor choice. Questionable reliability even in stock form. As mentioned above, if it overheats the least it will do is blow the headgaskets. Worse case - crack the head(s). I ran a turbo from a WRX (TD04) for a while, until I blew the ring lands off a piston. If there was a decent engine management system for these engines (not cheap for any of them), it might make a difference. You will have better results with the next gen of engines - the EJ22 from early Legacys and Imprezas. Even the NA version can be turboed with low boost and there are cheaper engine management systems available. The EJ22 is non interference and basically bullet proof and you can find lots of them in wrecking yards

That looks correct

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Here are some pretty recent sales on Bring a Trailer (BaT) I watched the last auction, bidding was hot and heavy in the last minute between 2 guys We can only hope we can get this much when it comes time to sell https://bringatrailer.com/subaru/brat/?q=subaru brat

Fixed!

Do some reading in this sub forum - https://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/forum/18-subaru-retrofitting/ Theres also a couple of people that do lifts - SJR and ADR Or you could just drop it on a different frame all together

Way back in 99-00 I traded in a 2nd gen wagon with less than 200k on it at a local dealer. I had already bought a few cars from them and they gave me $2500 for the trade in! I bought a 92 Mazda 2600i 4x4 used with just over 100k on it

It seems like lately, the dealerships dont want your trade-ins. If you do want to trade it in, they give you well below Blue Book value. When my wife bought a new Subaru the end of last year we chose to do a private sale rather than trade in. We got about $3k for a 05 OB with around 250k on it, never would have gotten that much from the dealership