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i'm wondering if you can tell by looking if the 2000 Legacy EJ25's have visually different plugs. i can't remember even though i have worked on them before.

the 8 bolt holes should not be an issue, the 4 on the other engine will line up with 4 of your existing holes...whatever issues you encounter with that should be minor. yours is a 1999 and the Legacy did change in 2000 i think is what someone said, so i would want to verify the intake manifold/wiring/plugs are right for you. i'd hate to assume that 12/31 and 01/01 was the exact cut off, i bet there's some variance there. without seeing it i can't offer you any more help.

paying someone else to do it and done their homework? 2.5's are way more expensive, then more money to replace HG, and are less reliable. more money, less reliable, for 20 hp. not worth it for most people. for those that have to pay to replace a blown head gasket or rod bearing out of pocket then cheaper + more reliable may be a better fit. FYI - one dealer i get parts from charges the same price to replace the HG in the car or out of the car. i asked in case i ever felt like bringing one of my EJ25's in. think i'll pass!

awesome! great job! while this thread is fresh could you make a list of what is EA82 and what was EJ?

there's intake manifold gaskets on top - they have shared coolant passages running through them as well. thermostat housing and throttle body hoses. then there's usually a number of tiny hoses as well carrying coolant - one close to the thermostat and some buried.

hey Q man - what did you do about that auxilliary air line that's bolted to the passengers side head? my EJ18 had one, don't know if they all do? maybe it was just plumbed into the intake and won't be needed? i can't recall if it had any electrical sensors associated with it or not?

i've done something similar but the opposite. i swapped an EJ18 into another vehicle and used a 97 EJ22 intake manifold to do it. the EJ22 and EJ18 manifolds are different and the EJ22 intake manifold/harness will not plug into the existing harness on the car. at least i don't think it will, didn't look like mine would. so that will be your biggest hurdle. but they are interchangeable in the sense that they swap and bolt up to the other engine with no problems. the easiest way to do it will be to bolt the EJ18 intake manifold onto the EJ22. which is annoying because i find the EJ18 manifolds very cumbersome and annoying. but the EJ18 manifold will bolt to the EJ22. the EJ18 will have a port on the exhaust side of the head on one side that the EJ22 won't have. this will be the biggest trickery to it. i'm not familiar with what this does. since i used an EJ22 manifold and an EJ18 engine all i had to do was block it off - the EJ22 doesn't have it. you will be using the EJ22 engine...but the EJ18 intake - so you'll need to route it somewhere. need to find out what that thing does. someone mentioned it in one of my threads asking questions about the swap i'm doing but i can't recall what it was for and didn't care since i don't need it. the 1996 EJ22 usually has single exhaust ports (a few have dual). the EJ18 is dual exhaust ports. so you'll need to also swap the exhaust manifold if the EJ22 has single port exhaust. the EJ22 will have a knock sensor which your EJ18 will not have, just remove it and you won't use it. i had to do the opposite, install a knock sensor on my EJ18. other than those things you shouldn't have any issues, i'm just now finishing mine up. if your buddy wants an EJ18 intake manifold to play with i have one to sell, tell him to email or PM me.

the interchanges the junk yards use show 1999 being different but 2000/2001 being interchangeable. but this doesn't necessarily mean anything, that information isn't perfect. they often don't list interchanges based on simple things. that's all i got.

exactly what i would do.

that is good news - yours will be simple then. just keep reading and take notes - put it in a spreadsheet or something on what you can or could use and ask questions once you get a good idea. the basics are: 1995 EJ22 from an automatic 1996-1998 EJ22 with exhaust manifold all of these have EGR set ups on them which you need (the 1995 manual won't have that). and keep your old EJ25 - you'll just swap whatever A/C or power steering brackets from it onto the new EJ22. you're keeping your EJ25 A/C and steering so keep whatever brackets to hold them. it's very simple, it's all a bolt on affair.

awesome! if this does indeed help or solve the problem i would plan on another transmission fluid change in the next 6 months or sooner. i have no quantitative reason for that and it might be a bad idea but i would do it again out of preference.

todd - yours being a 99 forester will probably incur some issues. the best option is probably buying a new CCR engine with 36,000 mile 3 year warranty. excellent reputation. if you're looking for cheap and an EJ22 - i think you will need a later model EJ22 - but i'm not sure of the years. the intake manifold will tell, but i don't have any to look at. in the 90's the EJ22 and EJ25 intakes are different, so they aren't interchangeable. later - the EJ22 intake changed and i believe they are completely interchangeable with the EJ25 - get one of those EJ22 and your existing EJ25 intake manifold will bolt right to it. this would solve all the intake, TPS, IAC, wiring issues. for the newbie steve - yours is a 1999 Legacy so you shouldn't have those problems. is it SOHC or DOHC - if it's DOHC it'll be easy. nearly any EJ22 can be made to fit and almost all the previously written information applies to you. you sohuld search, read through it and get a good grasp on the idea before asking questions. there's too many variables to list them all at one time for someone who doesn't know anything. Todd's issues above are because his is a later model, i don't think you'll have those issues (if it's a DOHC which is probably is).

i haven't seen enough 1999/2000+ EJ's to know. but...at some point they did change the EJ22 so that the EJ25 and EJ22 intake manifolds are interchangeable. i guess the EJ22 heads were redone and mimick the EJ25's. i was assuming this happened with the Phase II make-over, but apparently not. for instance - i think a 2002 EJ25 and EJ22 long block is completely interchangeable, the intakes will bolt to either one, where as before that was never the case. but i'm not sure when/why/year/phase/etc. i wonder what 2000, 2002 EJ22's look like. of course then you're probably going to have a hard time getting a good deal on one. is a 2002 EJ22 still considered a Phase II?

so what you will want is a phase II EJ22 then.

that's fairly common, i wouldn't worry about it too much. i'm assuming the joints were packed with new axle grease with the new boots.

there's a ton of CO guys on here, they should know something. kingbobdole Imdew, Jeffast, mikeshoup, ShawnW....they all know subaru's well and know the major shops around denver, i would think they all know a place that would do this.

keep calling there has to be someone willing to do it. call CCR and ask them who will install an EJ22. for $3,000 you could buy a brand new one one from them and have it installed. get an entire 1995 EJ22 from an automatic and it will drop right into your 98...it'll drop in and everything will bolt right up and plug in. nothing fancy needed. just swap the EJ25 A/C mount and power steering bracket onto the EJ22, it all bolts right on. it's really simple - look at it this way - you're essentially keeping the EJ25 A/C and power steering (you're not removing them!) so keep the same brackets too, so everything bolts up the same.

reveen summed it up well. i would have a valve job done. short cutting anything here while you're in there and have easy access just isn't worth it at this point. have the standard valve job done. over sized valves sounds like way over kill too. hard to tell what kind of 160,000 miles that block has seen. i think i'd be tempted to leave it, a full on rebuild will cost quite a bit. if there's a decent chance the engine came out of a good running car and you can keep it well oiled and cooled it's got a good chance of being a good block as is.

yep!

wowsers, nice hit on that drawing skip. you're the man.

copy that - the blocks w/o intake manifold will interchange no problem!

there are some issues to overcome. you're really asking us if you can do this swap...i have no idea how capable you, or your mechanic, are at working through the humps that you will encounter. i could make it happen, i've done some swaps but not this exact one so i can't give you specifics. so the real answer is that this probably isn't a good fit for you. now - if you can find a 1999+ (not sure what ranges will work, but the junk yard databases should cross them) - a 1999 EJ22 should be a better fit and i think the intake manifolds will swap - so you could retain your EJ25 intake, making all the electrical/sensor issues go away. but again, i can't verify that either.

most of the threads on these things are 1.25 pitch - so 10 x 1.25 is your animal.

what is the 95 legacy - manual or automatic? a 95 manual trans vehicle won't have an EGR set up with it so you'll have to block the EGR stuff off of the 96 2.2.

i guess he'd have to check, i think 95's are the only garauntee on that. some swaps don't allow both starter bolts to be used, what am i thinking of?