subyrally Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 has any one tried or completed an ej series engine swap into an old subaru? (pre legacy/impreza) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XSNRG Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 I've considered the same swap...gen II 2.5. There are two soobs that come to mind that have the ej swap, both 3 dr coupes, one had the 2.0 turbo (UltimateRX) and the other a 2.2 N/A. To the best of my knowledge the 2.2 was a daily driver until it was wrecked earlier this winter and the turbo project is not complete. There are numerous swaps of this nature taking place in Australia, also a few EA81 and EA71 Brats with these swaps to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xforxlifex Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Unless its already been done, since theres been so many questions about these swaps lately, someone who has sucessfully done this needs to do a write up on it. It would be very interesting for all. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 The only thing keeping UltimateRX from being complete is figuring out why the clutch isn't working. The car starts (with a fully charged battery). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subyrally Posted March 20, 2004 Author Share Posted March 20, 2004 Originally posted by xforxlifex Unless its already been done, since theres been so many questions about these swaps lately, someone who has sucessfully done this needs to do a write up on it. It would be very interesting for all. Mike i agree fully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subafreak Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Originally posted by XSNRG I've considered the same swap...gen II 2.5. There are two soobs that come to mind that have the ej swap, both 3 dr coupes, one had the 2.0 turbo (UltimateRX) and the other a 2.2 N/A. To the best of my knowledge the 2.2 was a daily driver until it was wrecked earlier this winter and the turbo project is not complete. There are numerous swaps of this nature taking place in Australia, also a few EA81 and EA71 Brats with these swaps to. Um...hello!....see the sig? BTW:It's a daily driver, about 65miles a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xforxlifex Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 Corky, does your rx use the stock tranny with an adapter plate or something? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorManzImpreza Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 Corky. Did you use an EJ transmission with a hydraulic clutch or cable driven? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 Yes, I used the stock EJ tranny that came with the EJ20G Legacy engine. Yes it has the hydraulic clutch. There is an adapter plate or two out there for Ej to EA trannys, but since the EJ tranny came with the engine, why not use it, it's AWD (but the decals on the RX state 'Full Time 4WD'). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorManzImpreza Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 Is the clutch fork moving when you push the clutch, Corky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 Yes, give us some credit, that was the first thing we checked. I think that they gave us the wrong clutch. A normal Legacy clutch is like most others, you pull on the lever and it pushes on the throw out bearing. A Legacy Turbo clutch as well as any Subaru hyrdaulic clutch, when the lever is pushed by the slave cylinder, it pull the throw out bearing. If they gave us a normal clutch (pressure plaste), and we set it up like a hydraulic, then it would only make the clutch grab harder when we want the clutch to release. When we get around to it, we will pull the tranny and check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorManzImpreza Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 Didn't mean to Insult your intelligence, Corky Just that I've seen a couple wrx guys that hadn't bleed the clutch properly another guy had a bad slave cylinder..one rebuild kit and a bleed later and it worked..the Pull type clutch looks very different from a normal clutch, as I'm sure you know ;-) having said that if you have the wrong clutch in you should notice that your clutch pedal height isn't correct as the fork won't return toward the engine as it would with a pulltype as the fingers of a pushtype would get in the way..I know that info might not be relevent in URXs case because your normal pedal height is really an unknown.. bleh..well I'll be helping my muffler guy put an ej18x into his '85 L series wagon using fwd 5 speed cable driven legacy tranny anything I should look out for? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W. Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 Subafreak Yes, some of us have noted your sig. Do tell, whats up with your Loyale? Are you using the EA82 tranny? I for one am interested? Cheers, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 Kaz, I have three hydraulic clutches sitting outside of their engine, and one pull type clutch from a Legacy, I am surprized just how similar they look. The clutch we installed was an after market clutch set up, so it might look different then a stock, it did look very similar to the hydraulic clutch. As for putting an EJ18 with a pull type EJ tranny, it shouldn't be a problem. The only thing is the rear corssmember for the tranny, but since you are using a FWD tranny, that may not be a problem. Chris W??? Idaho??? Didn't I just work on your car today?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W. Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 Dr. RX No it wasn't my car you worked on:confused: However, you would be welcome to work on it any time you were in the Boise area:brow: Speaking of EJ18's...Are they available in the US? I saw an EA81 wagon on the BYB board that had one, pretty darn cool! Cheers, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subafreak Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 Originally posted by Chris W. Subafreak Yes, some of us have noted your sig. Do tell, whats up with your Loyale? Are you using the EA82 tranny? I for one am interested? Cheers, Chris Yes it uses an EA82 RX tranny with the duel range and center locking diff. I welded on an EJ bell housing so I could use the larger clutch. So far it's working great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 EJ18s in the USA??? Oh yea, the first Imprezas came with the EJ18 as the stock engine, the EJ22 was an option. I have an EJ18 with AWD tranny sitting next to my shed. I've got the ECU too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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