I have an EJ20 JDM turbo motor that I just bought and will be putting into my new 91 Legagy Sedan AWD 5spd. The motor is a crate motor from Tiger Japanese motors.

 

What should I replace while the motor is out of the car? Timing belt, idlers, tensioner. Anything else? Where is the best place to get these things? Probably subaru dealer but I'm willing to bet that's the most expensive place as well. Will the dealership have a serpentine belt that will fit a DOHC JDM EJ20 motor?

I have used 2 timing kits off of Ebay with no problems. For around 100 bucks you can get all of the idlers and belt.

I just looked on ebay and they are all either EJ22 SOHC (timing belt won't fit a DOHC 2.0) or WRX 2.0 motors. I don't know if the WRX stuff will fit this motor.

If it is truly a crate engine (brand new/rebuilt out of the crate), why would you need to replace these parts?

 

Or is this a used engine?

 

nipper

I thought crate engine meant it was shipped in a crate from Japan. Meaning it was a used engine they replaced once they got 40-60K miles on them?

Alright, well it's a used JDM engine then. Around here everyone calls them crate motors for as far back as I can remember.