ALs97Outback

I will need to look into that shift resistor it does shift hard. The problem I had was it was shifting too soon. When I swapped the motor my neighbor helped me. I should have double checked him and didnt. The motor was coming loose from the tranny. The top bolts were both backed out almost half an inch, on the bottom 1 nut was completely gone while the other was loose. I tightened them all up and now it shifts good again.

I think I have the tranny problem figured out, lets hope nothing else goes wrong.

Thank you. The knock sensor solved that problem. It now has power and is getting better gas mileage. Now I need to figure out why the transmission upshifts really fast. It shifts between 2000 and 2500 RPM even when floored.

Is it possible that I wold need to change the ECM?

I have a 97 Legacy Outback. I swapped in a 2.2 that was supposed to be out of a 98 Legacy, come to find it its from an Impreza. There were no hook ups for the carbon canister on the 2.2 and I had to change the Y pipe. Other than that it dropped right in and started right up. It runs good, but bogs bad at low Rpm and has trouble on the highway. The check engine light has been on since the install, and it runs fine when cold. I have already ruled out the catalytic convertor. The 2.5 ran great before the rod knock. Any help would be appriciated. Thanks Al

I just did a simaler conversion on my 97, everything seemed to work fine, BUT the check engine light has been on since the install. Once the car warms up it bogs terribly at low rpm and gets terrible gas mileage. Any ideas. Al