When swapping an EJ22 into either an EA81 or an EA82, does either style of EJ motor mount happen to fit better than the other? I want new motor mounts for my swap but don't know if I should buy the liquid filled style or the solid rubber style.

I think either will fit, but the liquid rubber ones are spendy though, real spendy.

Only the best for me and mine. :cool:

what? an EJ motor will bolt right up to an EA crossmember with no modification? that's crazy talk, i never new that but i have a couple EJ22's lying around.

 

i wonder what kind of gas mileage the EJ22 is capable of with an EA transmission. i know my impreza gets crap for mileage compared to the older EA vehicles. my 6 cylinder XT6 with gets better mileage than my EJ22, both with AWD auto's.

yeah, you just have to slot the motor mount holes about 1/2" each, outboard.

 

what? an EJ motor will bolt right up to an EA crossmember with no modification? that's crazy talk, i never new that but i have a couple EJ22's lying around.

 

i wonder what kind of gas mileage the EJ22 is capable of with an EA transmission. i know my impreza gets crap for mileage compared to the older EA vehicles. my 6 cylinder XT6 with gets better mileage than my EJ22, both with AWD auto's.

what he said.....but my EJ22 doesnt seem to move much when its running/revving. either will work. as far as mileage goes....after my 5-lug swap and with the stock EA82 exhaust im getting about 24 highway, and 20-22 city. it helps if you stay out of the throttle, but thats not the reason i got the EJ22

 

 

~Josh~

yeah, you just have to slot the motor mount holes about 1/2" each, outboard.

 

no you don't!

 

my EJ20 dropped right onto the EA82T cross member. i didn't even think of touching the holes.

no you don't!

 

my EJ20 dropped right onto the EA82T cross member. i didn't even think of touching the holes.

 

i 2nd that. not a problem. just dropped in.

 

-=Suberdave=-

interesting. I had read first that it is necessary with an EA81 vehicle, and then I read that the same is necessary for an EA82 vehicle. But you guys are working with EJ20s, not EJ22s. There might be a difference between the two motors.

the car i removed the EJ20 from, was a Legacy Turbo, and back in time had the ej22. No modding was needed in that swap

Interesting.

Well, I have a 5-lug swap on my wagon, and I am not happy with the alignment of one of the control arm bushings (relative to the holes after I enlarged them), so I will be grabbing another crossmember from the JY by this weekend. I will slide it under Brian's extra EJ22 and see how they fit together, at eye level even!