deadlyneurotoxins

A lot of the engines I'm seeing online have the exhaust manifold attached already, but it looks like the exit is out the side rather than a straight-up y-pipe to the back. I haven't checked out the arrangement that I have, but is there a possibility that I could just use the JDM manifold?

Thanks, man. Unfortunately, I'm out of state for college right now in Montana. It's gonna be a while before I can really do anything anyway though so I'm gonna do some more research. I want to save this car though because the body is still straight and scrapping it or selling it for what it's worth would be a shame.

Thanks, guys! I know for a fact that I have an EJ222 so I guess I'm in luck. I was doing some research on the EJ series of engines and I can tell that a lot of people praise the EJ22 for its reliability, but when I go out looking for one to swap in it's like they don't exist online. I was thinking that the EJ203 would be my best bet because it seems to be a 'drop-in' despite swapping a few parts, but in reality, would this actually work? It would be my first swap and I want to nail down as many details as possible before start going out and buying things.

Hey! This is my first post here so I'm sorry if it's poorly written / totally in the wrong place. I accidentally bought a 1999 Impreza OBS with a spun rod bearing in the engine a few months ago. It started showing a couple of weeks ago (major hesitation on acceleration) and I brought it in to the mechanic, only to confirm that that engine was about done without a rebuild. I bought the car with a cracked radiator from another college student so I'm pretty sure it was badly overheated and I don't think it's worth it to do a rebuild anyway :/. MY QUESTION: Has anyone successfully swapped a JDM EJ203 in the place of an EJ22 in the OBS? I can't find any decent EJ22's available online, and I know that the 203's are pretty cheap. Whenever I try to look it up, I really only find things about swapping out an EJ25 from the old legacy outbacks. Any help would be appreciated!