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I timed it off the marks on the outside of the cam gears, the downside is, i have removed the timing belt covers, so i am eyeballing up and down, and using the marks that are on the belt itself. there is a possibility that the driver side cam is a tooth off. i will double check. I am a little disappointed with myself, because i timed an EJ25 perfectly the first time

just put the motor back together after doing headgaskets. tried to start, turns over fine. strong fuel smell coming from passenger side intake area, pulled the plugs, and they are wet help?

Thank you for the clarification for the torque process. All my confusion about the TTY bolts came from this: Do I still need to back off the bolts or is there another procedure i should be following? I'm at a standstill because i do not want to screw this up

+1 engine swaps are overrated. regardless of what the everyone says (GD), the EA82 is more than adequate for wheeling. and driving down the freeway with 235/75/R15's (30's)

Brush guard taken from a Isuzu pickup and welded to a piece of channel, which is attached to 2x2 steel bolted to the stock bumper mount

reused the bolts, but used the gaskets i had. They were sold by fel-pro, but they had the FHI emblem embossed on them. this needs to be researched if fel-pro repackages FHI gaskets next question for the board: torque specs say to torque bolts 1 & 2 to 21 ft lbs and 3-6 to 11 ft lbs. did that. then to torque bolts 80-90 degrees. is that done by guessing? i know there is a degree spec torque wrench, but i dont have one. What should i do? eyeball it?

thats like a 10 speed bicycle (at's) versus a 500cc dirtbike (SS's)

certainly an eye catcher

wait. what? you're giving mixed messages!

no. fel-pro gaskets and altrom bolts

The dealership is required to figure it out, as the car is still under warranty, i would assume. go back and make a scene in front of as many customers as possible. That will get their attention Do you know what diagnostics have they done?

Well that's different. Nice to see some initiative!

craigslist or a used tire shop

27" super swampers nuff said

It said on the head gasket package, to get new bolts. What they told me in my automotive tech class was to never re-use TTY bolts, which IS what the EJ22 has. So my training is clashing with what a bunch of people on the internet said. I trust you guys, but I NEED this car to be right the first time PS, i bought new bolts, but they were 100 DOLLARS! and i pay cost prices, not list! So i am ready to return them if i can

been searching, and it was said that you could reuse the bolts once? I need this car to last another 230000 miles

So i have been told several things about replacing the headbolts on an ej22. yes you should, no you dont have to, and i need to know which it is. Someone on here said they are not TTY bolts, but i know that they are. So which is it? replace or no? thanks

Also, I am dropping the heads off at the machine shop tomorrow and the car should be done Wednesday or Thursday

I was going to say, just get some rubber gloves. we've got em in our shop. we go through a box a day almost. works great

More stuff now that the board is back up More lights!

My local napa has two employees. One of them is a retired Subaru mechanic, and has always helped me out. They've never steered me wrong

On of the guys at my shop had some issues importing a JDM car. Might have something to do with it being a Nissan Skyline though... He had to have it shipped to a state on the east coast, maryland IIRC, which has funky laws. It had to sit there for a few months, then a guy drove it across the country, where we had to equip the motor with EGR. PITA Also, i found one not too far from my house http://skagit.craigslist.org/cto/1755724115.html and another in seattle http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/1787657615.html I would be happy to help you obtain it

Whats the biggest tire on a 14" rim that you could put on a 1st gen legacy? I've been looking at other member's rigs, and it looks like a 205/75/R14 could fit... any comments appreciated!

did you have any tire rub?

So will this header fit on 1st gen legacy's with the dual port exhaust?