What should i do while i have my EJ22 out

[mellow65]

So I am going to be swapping my EJ22 from my legacy to my impreza and i was wondering what should i do to it while i have it out.

 

I plan on doing so far:

timing belt

water pump

valve cover gaskets

rear main

front main

clutch/resurface flywheel

 

any other stuff i should do while i have it out and it's easy to get to.

 

The motor only has 118k miles on it so i don't think doing head gaskets would be necessary. it's never had any over heating issues or every ran bad.

[86BRATMAN]

ej22t pistons, crossmember, manifole, uppipe, turbo, downpipe...

 

But if you are looking for small stuff. Clean it up real nice and maybe paint it for a custom look

[porcupine73]

ej22t pistons, crossmember, manifole, uppipe, turbo, downpipe...

Good point, don't want to forget those! Replace at least the geared timing belt idler 13085AA080 near the water pump, and maybe a new tensioner. Replace rear main seal retainer with a metal one if you have plastic. Reseal oil pump (remove, check rear case screws for back out, maybe put a little green loctite on, replace pump to block o-ring, reseal with permatex ultragrey or anaerobic), check whatever those clutch related bearings are such as pilot, throwout, etc., replace thermostat&gasket since water pump will be off anyway.

[Suzam]

Cam seals?

 

I replaced the tensioner and timing belt idler and pulleys at 150K and the engine ran a lot quieter, never realized how much over time that the front of the engine was getting so noisy.