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So, i was sitting here thinking last night.. is there any way to keep the turbo from the rx and put it on the ej22?

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New dizzy solved it! Whats more, it passed inspection! Wooooii I can drive it!

 

Congrats, long road to get there

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Wow, if I am taking this in right, $2500 for an RX with the EJ22 swap included in the price?

 

Awesome find!

 

Yeah its a pretty sweet deal, i'm doing a lot of the work myself i think though..

all in all im coming out on top though, the outside of the thing should look like new again.. only with moar power now

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that link goes to a dead end btw. I'll see about that keeping part of the EA harness, im sure the guys at the shop know more, this is not the first time they have done this.. I'm off to go pull the harness and EJ22 out of the donor though..

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Cool i'll check out the retrofit section, i would love a 22T but i can't afford one of those sadly.. might be able to convince him to put a turbo on the normal 2.2 though... FMIC as well >

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Agreed X2. The STOCK EA82T is 115HP when its new... thats if you can keep it from blowing a head gasket or timing belt.

 

An EJ22 is 135+ HP without a turbo... will run well over 200K if you just change the oil

 

So, its agreed then, i talked to him and we are gonna do a 2.2 instead, i have to pull the wiring harness out of the rx and trash it and pull a new one from a 2.2 donor.. any tips on this? i've never pulled a wiring harness before :\

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Okay, its till early on enough that i can argue him around and get the 2.2 in it without much added difficulty.. i have been a little, hesitant shall we say, about the 1.8 turbo but it looked like a sweet car and with a rebuilt engine and turbo i figured i would be okay but if the 2.2 is really a way better choice ill do that i think.

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Well, the guy has been a subaru mechanic longer then i have been alive. A fresh paint job including rust patching is in the works as well.. he is a huge fan of this car and is really excited about this project as well, i'm not sure the extent of the rebuild its not done yet, im going to help during the whole process though. he mentioned we could drop a 2.2 in it as well.. is that something i should push for? its still possible..

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1987 RX with 270,000 on the body. new motor soon.

 

Click for a huge image, you can read it

 

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Thats correct, $2500, all the work to be done is included in the price however. the guy was cool with me offering to help him in the shop to keep labor charges down..

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First, sorry i already uploaded this with way to huge pictues before..

 

So, just bought one of these beauties and boy do i have a project on my hands, its okay though, the mechanic i bought it from has a rebuilt engine ready to go in and he is going to help me paint it fresh and shiney as well.

 

More pictures to follow as it continues.

 

 

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