SoobGoob Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 what should i look for when shopping for a legacy? im coming from ea82 land. possiably buying one with blown auto tranny and swapping for 5spd, is that as easy as it is on a ea82? any advice is appriciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine73 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 The 2.2L EJ Legacies, esp. say 95-96 and earlier were pretty solid. Engine was very solid. Do need to check for torque bind of course, but if it already has a blown trans then you'll be replacing that anyway. In a recent post people said they were fine hunks of aluminum. Grossgary just had a post about doing the AT to MT swap and people posted some good links. If you want to avoid potential phase I (exhaust blowing into coolant) and phase II (coolant peeping out) 2.5L HG issues, then you probably don't want a 2.5L unless it's ~2003+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northgeorgiaroo Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Love the Legacies! Recommend to anyone. http://www.Legacycentral.org also has a VERY thorough write-up on the 5-sp. swap. It doesn't sound easy, but definitely sounds do-able. Maybe when I have a house with a nice, big garage . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoobGoob Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 ive done it with a loyale and it was like clockwork. hopefull the swap will be as easy with a legacy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 i just posted about an auto to manual swap in this forum like day or two ago and they posted links to two websites with excellent information and pictures on the 5 speed swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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