SUBARU3 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I'm helping a friend with this issue. What 2.2 SOHC engines are the best and most simple to transplant into a 95 Impreza automatic? Do the automatic and manuals have a different bellhousing? Can one just take all the external stuff off any 2.2 and replace it with yours and it will work? What years 2.2 will "easily" work in a 95 Impreza? Thanks again guys! Todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avk Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 The easiest one would be an engine from another '95 Impreza, or Legacy, with AT: '94 and earlier do not have EGR plumbing while '96 and later 2.2 do not have dual exhaust ports. But if the Y-pipe is swapped as you mention, I believe any '95+ "phase I" 2.2 from an AT model will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUBARU3 Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 Pardon my dumbness on the EJ's....(I'm a gen1 guy) What is the difficulty between the interchange of a "manual trans" engine and an "automatic trans" engine? (2.2) Are the blocks/flywheel cover different? If you match up exhausts the same, exchange everything down to the longblock, what else poses a problem? Thanks! Todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUBARU3 Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 Bump..... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmdew Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 The Trans does not make a difference. You will just have to install your flex plate. 95 2.2 would be the easy one. I've installed the 2.2 into 98 Outbacks in place of the 2.5. The wires all plug in just fine. 95 is also the last year of the non-interference engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avk Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 The difference between MT and AT for that year is that AT has an EGR system. Both transmissions mount to the same holes in the block as far as I know. '96 has hydraulic lifters like '95 and is non-interference. The 1997 redesign involved, among other things, a compression ratio increase which eliminated the piston-valve clearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattocs Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 95 is also the last year of the non-interference engine. You sure about that? Everyone else claims it is 1997 for the 2.2l. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olnick Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 '96 is last year for non-interference. '97 is first year for interference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUBARU3 Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 Thanks guys.... I can navigate this better now with this added information. Todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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