xdeadeye1 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 (edited) 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, 2023 by xdeadeye1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88SubGL Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 I guess it would depend on how solid it is. If it’s rusty, I wouldn’t even consider it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdeadeye1 Posted July 16, 2023 Author Share Posted July 16, 2023 Body looks good.. Havent seen frame,, and they didnt mention it. Car is 2 hrs from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosens Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmdew Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 2.2 swap! Quote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdeadeye1 Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmdew Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdeadeye1 Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmdew Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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