I wrapped up my first EJ25 to EJ22 swap on a '97 GT wagon and I'm happy to say 'it's alive'! I got lucky with a $69.00 EJ22 from a '97 Impreza at the pick-n-pull with 136k miles that had the timing belt done about 12k miles ago (documented). Drove it today and aside from some air in the cooling system (fixed with a little burping) and a noise in the left front wheel that turned out to be loose lugnuts (doh!) I'm quite pleased with how things seem to have turned out. The best thing was that it threw NO ENGINE CODES while I was driving it today-- a big deal because it has to pass Utah emissions.

 

This swap is as easy as everyone said it would be. The only REAL snag turned out to be when I tried to mate the engine to the tranny, not realizing I had duplicate sets of alignment pins hitting against each other-- again a pretty easy fix once I knocked out the pins on the tranny side.

 

I'm crossing my fingers that it continues to run well!

Congrats! Enjoy your "new" car! With all the successful conversions I think I may try it myself some day. Hopefully thinking to resurrect a Subie before it goes to the parts yard for no other reason than a bad motor.

It's nice when they go well and you can't beat the price you paid for the engine. 1/2 price Wed?

Always glad to hear a success story. May you drive your car with pride and pleasure for many many more miles.