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

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+.

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 .

ive done it with a loyale and it was like clockwork. hopefull the swap will be as easy with a legacy...

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.