kamnk Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 i want to know if I can put ej18 heads on ej22 block ej18 has the distributer and it is carlburated so I dont want to mess with all the wiring it is offroder project leone wagon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloyale Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 EJ heads are all interchangable. I have to ask though, you aren't reffering to the original Leone's engine as EJ18? the Leone did have a 1.8 litre engine, but totally different from the EJ engines. But if they are both EJ then heads will be a direct swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodsWagon Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 The SOHC EJ22 heads have a plug on the back of the head where your distributor should plug in. The manifold should bolt up as well, so pretty much take the whole EJ22 block and heads and put the EJ18 manifolds and distributor on it and you should be good. If you can get EJ series distributors and manifolds for cheap, shipping some over here might be appreciated. The North american market never got EJ's with distributors, so we use ford escort distributors with the mounting tabs ground to fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamnk Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 ok so I will start mounting this togheter next week I came from middle europe SLOVENIJA(Petra Majdic) and the town is BLED we have a lot of EJ18 engines and frend is gonna give it to me now I have to build adapter plate for EA-EJ engines and redril EA flywhelle thanks for the information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodsWagon Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 The EJ18 will be a big improvement over the EA82 that came in the Leone. Once you have the adapter plate made and the flywheel redrilled, you can swap in any EJ motor. You could put an EJ25 block with EJ22 heads with the EJ18 distributor and manifolds on it. That would be the most carburtated power you could get out of an EJ motor. Might need a bigger carb going from a 1.8l to a 2.5l though. Do you have some pictures of the EJ18 intake manifold and carburator? Do you have access to spare distributors you could ship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxleone Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 (edited) We have absolutely PILES of EJ18 carb manifold and heads with dizzys. In fact theres about three or four in the pick-a-part down the road. According to their website, I can get the carb and manifold for $48NZD, which is about $33USD, and the heads for $86NZD, which is $60USD. The dizzy is $33NZD, which is $23USD. So for, I don't know, $40 USD on top of that and shipping I could pull all that and fire it over to the states. Wouldn't be too hard. All up looking at about $156 USD plus shipping. Not really sure if that'd be the exact price, but from the prices off their website thats what I'm guessing. I'm going to do this myself first, to get everything sorted, so no guarantees just yet, but give me a PM if you're interested. Edited February 20, 2010 by rxleone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodsWagon Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 We don't need the heads, our EJ18's and 22's have the same cover plates as your fuel injected models, so that's like $60 US for the carb/manifold and distributor w/ wires. Plus shipping and you pulling it at the yard. What's the specs on the carb that the EJ18's use? I have friends that fly back through NZ from Antartica, I wonder if they could smuggle a couple setups out and save shipping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxleone Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 We don't need the heads, our EJ18's and 22's have the same cover plates as your fuel injected models, so that's like $60 US for the carb/manifold and distributor w/ wires. Plus shipping and you pulling it at the yard. What's the specs on the carb that the EJ18's use? I have friends that fly back through NZ from Antartica, I wonder if they could smuggle a couple setups out and save shipping? Oh of course, the heads, duh . Yeah it would defintely be easy, just have to pay an extra so much for additional baggage and you'd be sorted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Quixpunch Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 @91Loyale, Things might have changed by now, it's been a long time. But when I made that trip, we usually got a few days in Christchurch then flew commercial to LAX. I'm guessing the flying down there is done by Air Force guys these days. If your friends are air crew, they would be able to bring damned near anything you want. But if they're just passengers, it'll probably be cheaper to ship UPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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