Are most of your transplant engines EJ22’s? One of the students at school wrote off his 1999 Forrester. It ran and drove fine apparently with 140k on the odometer. I don’t have access to the car but from doing a bit of research it looks to be either a EJ25D (DOHC) or a EJ251 (SOHC). I can get the whole car for a song. $375. Any advantage or disadvantage to either of these engines? I would hate to buy it and not be able to use the engine. (Sorry John. I couldn’t find the private message button to keep this off the forum)
Any advantage or disadvantage to either of these engines? I would hate to buy it and not be able to use the engine. (Sorry John. I couldn’t find the private message button to keep this off the forum)
Other the admiting you go both ways it will do fine.
Jeremy is most likely a 2.5 single over head. That’s what’s in my square. It’s a great motor, if your going in a type 1 based engine bay, it will require cutting.
A 2.2 will fit in the type 1 style engine bay without cutting shit up.
HELL FUCKING YEAH!! I cant wait to daily this beast again. looking forward to spending more time driving and less time wrenching.
I was telling Andy that now hes getting a pretty big customer base, we should do a Subi vs. aircooled rally and see who can get to the goal destination with the least amount of “maintenance” stops 🙂
You’re going to love a 2.5 in the bus. I’ve been daily driving mine now for over a year and a half. Been to Havasu twice, and Moab once. Never a squawk from the engine. I had a transmission bearing go out. But that was due to my keeping the clutch in at stops. Then I had to replace axle boots. Again, more to do with type of axle boots I used.
I'm at the age where "fuck off", "fuck you", and "fuck it" answer most questions.
Any advantage or disadvantage to either of these engines? I would hate to buy it and not be able to use the engine. (Sorry John. I couldn’t find the private message button to keep this off the forum)
Other the admiting you go both ways it will do fine.
Jeremy is most likely a 2.5 single over head. That’s what’s in my square. It’s a great motor, if your going in a type 1 based engine bay, it will require cutting. A 2.2 will fit in the type 1 style engine bay without cutting shit up. Thats a good price too!
Thanks guys. Thinking of putting it in a single cab.
Less weight, less moving parts, easier to tune, I can get parts at any napa or junkyard, and they are all over the world.
Why do you want to put junkyard Japanese engines into vintage German cars? Its like installing a Yamaha Vstar engine into a panhead Harley. That shit would be lame.
