pearlm30 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Find a 97 Impreza outback sport in the junk yard My questions are 1) Are the two engine the same? Both 2.2 2) What about the trany? Are the the same as well, both automatic AWD 3) Can the impreza outback struts fit legacy wagon? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOthis Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 1) to find out if the engines are the same open the hood and look at the metal plate on the drivers side strut tower there should be an engine code there....chances are they are the same...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine73 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Find a 97 Impreza outback sport in the junk yardMy questions are 1) Are the two engine the same? Both 2.2 2) What about the trany? Are the the same as well, both automatic AWD 3) Can the impreza outback struts fit legacy wagon? Thanks Hi. 1. The engines are similar but they are not identical. In '97 the 2.2L stopped using hydraulic lash adjusters and had some other changes to increase power and efficiency. 2. Trans are similar as well; not sure if they're swappable. If you swap trans you have to check the final drive ratio to match your rear diff. 3. The struts might fit, but the springs are different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinthe202 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Hi.1. The engines are similar but they are not identical. In '97 the 2.2L stopped using hydraulic lash adjusters and had some other changes to increase power and efficiency... ... don't forget to mention that these "improvements" also include making it an interference engine:confused: Will- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 they are not the same, but easily interchangeable. the 1995 will have dual exhaust ports and the 1997 will have single. so the exhaust manifolds will be different. snag the exhaust headers and that solves that minor issue. the 1997 is an interference engine and the 1995 is not. i have seen (and i have the motor) one 1997 Impreza Outback without an EGR set up on it, but this is very rare indeed so that shouldn't be an issue..but like i said, i ran into it once. the transmissions will interchange just fine, the final drives may differ. if they do, then you'll just have to swap the rear diff as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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