July 16, 20232 yr car has 127k miles Ad says does not run, needs timing belt. Selling it cheap. I can do head gaskets and timing belt/ water pump etc... They want 600 bucks. What should i expect . ? Would you just replace / get new heads and put em on? Is this worth it. Probably fix it and flip it. Im not sure what engine is in it.. 2.2 or 2.5 Edited July 17, 20232 yr by xdeadeye1
July 16, 20232 yr I guess it would depend on how solid it is. If it’s rusty, I wouldn’t even consider it.
July 16, 20232 yr Author Body looks good.. Havent seen frame,, and they didnt mention it. Car is 2 hrs from here.
July 17, 20232 yr I would ask for very specific pictures of the underside. If you’re not 100% certain of what I mean do a little look through the archives and you’ll see the “rear box” mentioned a lot. I’m from a rust zone and didn’t look to see where you’re from. Regardless there’s always the four cam engine with its head gasket issues to consider avoiding but you seem to want to take that on. Keep in mind that back 15 years ago or so people were falling all over themselves to do a 2.2 swap. Good luck with your decision.
July 18, 20232 yr Author Ive pulled a 2.2 and a 2.5 engines before. Did the Head gasket and timing belt. But never with the 4 cams. The 2.5 i did was a 2001 model. is the 2.2 plug and play with the 2.5 transmission?
July 18, 20232 yr Yes. If you can match the EGR and Exhaust ports. Easy that way but there are work arounds. Much cheaper to put in a used 2.2 than do the HG on the DOHC.
July 18, 20232 yr Author 2 hours ago, lmdew said: Yes. If you can match the EGR and Exhaust ports. Easy that way but there are work arounds. yeah , im not familiar with this.
July 18, 20232 yr You should have Dual Port Exhaust on your DOHC 2.5. - a 95 2.2 has dual port exhaust. 96 -98 2.2 are single port exhaust so you'd need to change the y pipe. Most junk yards cut those as they take off the CAT so you'd buy a new one. EGR, the best is just to make sure both engines have one.
July 18, 20232 yr 17 hours ago, xdeadeye1 said: Ive pulled a 2.2 and a 2.5 engines before. Did the Head gasket and timing belt. But never with the 4 cams. The 2.5 i did was a 2001 model. is the 2.2 plug and play with the 2.5 transmission? If you get a 2.2 from a 1995 automatic legacy/outback it will be plug and play and bolt in for YOUR 1998 (not all EJ25's, but it will for that 1998 outback). Any 1995-1998 EJ22 can also work with some attention to EGR and exhaust which are very easy.
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