92 2.2 into a 98 forester

[mdjdc]

Hey guys what issues are we looking at in putting a 02 2.2 into a 98 forester. It presently has the 2.5 DOHC I have been told that the swap is easy if you use a newer intake and harness. Is that the only thing we will need to change?

 

Thanks

 

Mike

[mdjdc]

Correst that it is a 92 not an 02 that is going into the 98 forester.

[WoodsWagon]

No EGR port on the 92 head, plus the intake wiring harness will be different, plugs out the side rather than plugs out the back. It's much easier to use a 95-99 2.2 out of an automatic transmission car. That will plug in, bolt in, and if you use a 95, the 2.5l exhaust will bolt right up. 96-99, you need the exhaust manifold to go with the 2.2l, as it's a single port exhaust rather than dual port.

 

So, you can use a 95-99 2.2l intake and harness on a 92 block, but you will still have the EGR problem. Someone was working on the EGR problem, you can weld a bung in the exhaust and run a pipe up to the EGR valve if you have one on the intake you get.

 

Is the forester a manual or automatic? Use the flexplate or flywheel that goes with your transmission, not whatever comes on the engine.

[idosubaru]

yeah EGR will be the main hang up. you'll still want a 95+ intake manifold too for the wiring harness, the 92 harness won't plug in like the later ones. you can install one without EGR like I did, it runs you just have to live in a state that doesn't care about CEL's :-\