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one fan needs to be switched on through the EJ ECU and the other I have as an auxiliary fan on a switch.

I can't remember exactly. Easiest way to find out which one is to use a test light and turn the key to different positions. That's how I found out what each wire went to what.

Yep removed mine.

Here is a fun video of Petter Solberg and Ken Block driving in Germany at the Baja 300 Powerdays event along side trophy trucks and buggies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiK4EgI6dgE&feature=player_embedded

Here's a link to a video on the 2010 Dakar Rally Forester. WANT!:slobber::slobber: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeVp9tmsvMk This thing is sweet! Very beefy build to survive the long rally!

You would definitely know best, thanks for the info!

Well,... the obvious of 50 more HP is one things I noticed, now I can use 5th gear on the freeway going up hills. No more leaky, gutless, old crappy designed EA82 technology under the hood. All good things! Sorry, I've been sick this last weekend and now just playing catch up with work. I'll get to it this weekend and let everyone know.

Using the factory EJ22 y-pipe with no problems.

I'm a noob when it comes to wiring and I could do it to my Loyale, the EA81 should be alot easier with less crap to have to splice into. And yes the power is nice:grin:

:headbang::headbang:

all you have to do is finish, game of survival.

This is what I did and its been working great! http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=103355&page=10 Cheap and easy to do! You all ready have the parts. Just get some larger inlets brazed on the EA radiator to match the EJ hose diameter and problem solved.

I went to two different Radio Shack stores and Fry's Electronics and neither had a 275 Ohm resistor, the closest I could get was 270 Ohms. I'll try that and we'll see what happens.

Good times! Nice and sloppy!!

Today I was able to find a 300 Ohm 1/4 watt resistor but no 275's. So I guess tomorrow I'll try to wire in the resistor and see how much better the gauge reads.

I'm just going to do it this weekend and see what happens. Radio Shack should have something...

What have you done for your temp gauge to read accurately?

Nope, its treated so it doesn't rust, galvanized or something like that.

The last thing I need to do is to figure out the temp gauge. Has anyone wired in the 275 Ohm resistor to make the temp gauge read accurately? I tested an EJ thermistor and it read about 2000 Ohms versus the EA read at 800 Ohms. Any thoughts on this? I know Numbchux put in the write up that it could work on paper.

My '92 Loyale now has an EJ22 under the hood. Motor is out of a '92 Legacy wagon with 90K. More info with lots of pics of the process at this thread.

Ok here are some updated pics of the finished EJ22 swap: EJ22 motor is in and working great! I'm using the EJ top half of the air box and the EA lower half so I can retain the factory mounting position. There are some tabs welded on the EA lower box to allow the EJ top to be bolted up nice and clean. I used the EJ power steering lines from the pump down to the EA hard lines on the engine cross member because it routes best (obviously) on the EJ motor. I used a tube bender to make the fit. Bolted right up and is in the factory position. I had to get the EJ sized inlets brazed on to my EA radiator to make a proper fit. Then for hoses I used the EJ top and bottom radiator hoses and added another hose for the extra bend both top and bottom. I connected these with a section of exhaust tubing acting as a coupler. The EA throttle cable bolts right up to the EJ no probs. The SJR EJ adapter plate has two tabs on top for a pitch stopper. Scoobyclimbs fabbed up a bracket to bolt to this and then shortened the EA pitch stopper to fit. Turned out nice and clean. With the EJ22 you definitely want to have some kind of pitch stopper other wise you are putting unnecessary stress on your mounts and drive line from the motor moving around under acceleration or letting off. The main part of the EJ harness that hooks up to the motor I ran in the factory EA position through the drivers front fender. and the other half of the EJ harness that has the igniter and MAF cables I ran through the hole behind the drivers side strut tower. It sealed up nicely and looks clean. Of course take the time to wrap everything with split loom and tape so you don't have problems later on. For exhaust you need to use 2 1/4" all the way through to keep decent flow but not loose too much grunt. I have a high flow cat and a Magnaflow muffler nicely tucked up and out of the way. It sounds great with a nice low Subaru rumble but is not obnoxiously loud like a Honda wet fart can. (yes that is a torn axle boot piece hanging on the axle.) I put two pusher radiator fans up front, one wired up to the ECU and the other on this switch here. Good to have it on for hot days or slow driving in city or on trails. Overall this swap was not bad. And now after doing this I can see it being done in a weekend if you have everything set aside and ready. The hardest part for me was the wiring mainly because its not my specialty. However, Numbchux labeled everything great on the EJ harness and there are plenty of resources here to get it done right. Asking questions and getting an extra hand helped alot. It was a great learning experience for me because of the wiring. I am no mechanic by trade, just a do-it-yourself guy with the proper tools. I would highly recommend this swap to anyone that can do it. The EJ motor runs so smooth and is way easier to work on. Everything seems so much better designed over the crappy, gutless EA82 motors, (that's why Subaru fired everyone that designed the EA motors and started with a fresh team on the EJ). My Loyale has tons more torque and power. I can cruse smoothly on the freeway up hills in 5th gear with a fully loaded car and still accelerate if needed. Never experienced this before with the EA82, as I would have been in 3rd or 4th gear at 5000 rpms just screaming along at a slow pace. So quit putting it off and do the swap. It so worth it and makes for a happy driving experience! The EJ22 breathed new life into what was once a tired, gutless, poorly designed turd!:banana::banana: Also feel free to ask me any questions about the swap. I figure that I can pass on what was shown to me. -Chris Thanks to Scoobyclimbs for some sweet fabrication and good help, Numbchux, Mellow65, and Pooparu for your help with my questions. And thanks to Lewis at Mountain Tech Subaru for fixing my fuel pump wiring that I screwed up and for a sweet EJ22 motor! I hope I'm not forgetting anyone!

Lewis from Mountain Tech Subaru came over after work last night and sorted out the fuel pump issue. Yes, I had it hooked up wrong and the fuel pump was switching off after cranking. Anyway we got it going and this morning I drove it down to Exhaust Specialties in Tualatin to get the exhaust made up. I'll post up some detailed finished pics later on today.

Sorry, I was pulling what info they had posted on the Mt. Hood Rally website and it only went to the top 8 cars for their live updates.

I'll try the "Hot wire" the fuel pump idea tomorrow and see if it will idle. Hopefully thats the issue and its just some dumb thing with my wiring of the fuel pump that is causing all of this.

I started it with the MAF and IAC each unplugged and it didn't change a thing. Just fires up then dies in 2 secs. :-\