ea81 turbo to ej25 ?

[curtisbad]

does anyone know how difficult it would be , or is it even possible to put a turbo from an ea81 (1983 gl) on to an ej25 (1997 legacy obw) . i just recently got my hands on a free 83 gl (its pretty ragged out) and it has a turbo . my obw doesn't . hmmmm , sounds like a good project . i just got finished doing a head gasket job and i'm feeling rather full of myself:banana: , i need another headache . lol . anyone know if its even possible to retrofit the turbo before i create a mess . btw , anyone need any parts from an old gl ?

[carfreak85]

If you have access to a welder its not too bad, but that little turbo is wayyyyyy small for your 2.5, fyi.

[GeneralDisorder]

That's not the turbo you want to use - it's way to small, and none of the EJ exhaust parts will fit it's flanges. Your life will be much easier if you get an EJ turbo and exhaust bits - the stuff can be had reasonable of even cheap from people upgrading the turbo/exhaust on their WRX's.

 

GD

[Twitch de la Brat]

does anyone know how difficult it would be , or is it even possible to put a turbo from an ea81 (1983 gl) on to an ej25 (1997 legacy obw) . i just recently got my hands on a free 83 gl (its pretty ragged out) and it has a turbo . my obw doesn't . hmmmm , sounds like a good project . i just got finished doing a head gasket job and i'm feeling rather full of myself:banana: , i need another headache . lol . anyone know if its even possible to retrofit the turbo before i create a mess . btw , anyone need any parts from an old gl ?

 

I would be trying to rebuild that wagon, its a rather rare car.

Like, I've only seen 0 in person, and a few on the internet.

Or part it out, as there are a fair number of people looking for parts for that

engine.

 

Twitch