touring Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 need distributor for ea82..4 wire contacts style. want an ej22 to replace it but prob too expensive to do the conversion. would be nice to have more power as its a dual speed touring model and a bit heavier for the extra glass and metal on top. still runs but knocks pretty hard... am considering putting a ej22 in there or take my old wagons ea82 and put it in there..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92_rugby_subie Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 If the motor is knocking chances are its going to go Kaboom. EJ22 swap has been discussed a lot on here, but is quite expensive if you do not know the wiring part of it... the bolt in part probably isnt that difficult (I do not speak from experience other than watching it be done) but the wiring is where (as read) people give-up and the EJ swap project stops. If you have another EA82 thats in good running condition or needs minor work, start swapping the best parts to the best motor and drop it in there, but dont think of repairing the EA82, think of saving towards the EJ swap. Im rebuilding an EA82 for my car, that will be in there for probably 10-30k miles but then be sold and an EJ22T will be put in its place, along with an AWD and 5 lug swap, lowering etc... but I dont have the funding for that, and cant have my DD out of the picture for the time it will take me to get the money for that kind of project. Just my .02 :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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