Scott in Bellingham Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) looking at converting a 93 Front Wheel Drive 1.8 Impreza 5 speed to 4 wheel drive, got a few questions, will same year lagecy parts bolt right up. like all the rear suspension, also the 5 speed transmission? Edited May 18, 2011 by Scott in Bellingham detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbchux Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 yea, I believe the subframe and such will all bolt up. Also, in an EJ AWD conversion you have to swap the gas tank. This may be Impreza-specific. And, the driveshaft is longer 5MT v 4EAT. But the Impreza is shorter than the legacy, so you'll need a 5MT impreza shaft (or shorten the rear half of the legacy one). Oh yea, that '93 will have 23 spline front axles. so you'll need to swap axles to use the 25 spline AWD trans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott in Bellingham Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 yea, I believe the subframe and such will all bolt up. Also, in an EJ AWD conversion you have to swap the gas tank. This may be Impreza-specific. And, the driveshaft is longer 5MT v 4EAT. But the Impreza is shorter than the legacy, so you'll need a 5MT impreza shaft (or shorten the rear half of the legacy one). Oh yea, that '93 will have 23 spline front axles. so you'll need to swap axles to use the 25 spline AWD trans. great thats good news the Imp presently has a bad tranny, now in the future if I want to ungrade to a EJ22 will it work with all the 1.8 parts ?? thanks Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_freddo Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 in the future if I want to ungrade to a EJ22 will it work with all the 1.8 parts ?? thanks Scott It will bolt straight in, but you will have to work on the wiring to make it run correctly. You might be able to limp it around with the EJ18 wiring and ECU but I don't think you'd be getting the most of of the EJ22. Cheers Bennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qman Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 It will bolt straight in, but you will have to work on the wiring to make it run correctly. You might be able to limp it around with the EJ18 wiring and ECU but I don't think you'd be getting the most of of the EJ22. Cheers Bennie By swapping the intake from the 1.8 to the 2.2 you will have zero wiring issues. Bolts right up. And you will run great with the ecu. You can not swap Legacy and Impreza ECU's so this would be a mute point any way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott in Bellingham Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 By swapping the intake from the 1.8 to the 2.2 you will have zero wiring issues. Bolts right up. And you will run great with the ecu. You can not swap Legacy and Impreza ECU's so this would be a mute point any way! cool I have that EJ22 with the delta cams that could go right in there thanks Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffast Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 i have used a legacy awd rear sub frame to convert a fwd impreza. it bolts right in but you will need an awd gas tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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