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in lieu of all this depressing but helpful info, I am looking for a complete engine to drop in. besides the ej18 and ej221, are there any other motors that will just drop in? any 2.5's?

thanks, adventursubaru, but the shipping might get high on those heads. I will look closer to home .after all Subaru is the state car in vt. also , you're saying swap cam and crank, do you mean shafts or sprockets? if you mean shafts then I am not going that deep with this and will focus on finding good heads. even with the phase 1 heads the crank will still be phase 2. all that matters there is whether the crank sends the same pattern signal to the ecu, right? thank you everyone for the help

also, 86bratman, does ej18 throttle body matter if from auto or manual trans?

any tips on removing crank pulley with engine out and no impact tools?

so I took the wiring harness from the phase 1 intake and put it on the phase 2. I spliced the injector plugs and throttle position sensor plug. I was going to swap lh cam sprocket for that sensor, then there are some differences in the throttle body. I didn,t just swap heads and manifold because the phase 1 heads are damaged, I think from skipped timing, and I am on a tight budget. am I wasting my time swapping sensors and sprockets? is the ecu going to respond well to the new Frankenstein harness?

i am currently putting a phase 2 2.2L into a car that had a phase 1 2.2L. the wiring harness does not match and the intake manifolds are different. does anyone know the easiest way to accomplish this?