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At a sanctioned event you pretty much only have to worry about yourself and your car. Unless you do something grossly negligent. If you need insurance to cover your car if you wreck it, race something else. Rude, but simply the truth. As far as health/hospitalization. No idea, never thought about it...

No, I'm not SURE about the 22e heads. Others here will know for sure if they can be machined to 22t specs.

I am sure about DOHC phase 1 heads. But that involves a new manifold. Those just imvolve drilling a tappin a few holes.

PM me if you decide to persue a set of 22t heads.

I would get the Turbo heads. They seem to be common enough and most seem to sell for a good price. To me, paying a bit for heads is worth not having to do machine work that isn't neccisary.

Make sure the radiator cap is not stuck closed. That could lead to very high pressures in the system.

On some cars a stuck thermostat can do the same. Not sure about Subarus in that regard.

A good used engine should only be about $1000 + install.

Not sure what your mechanic quoted you but compared to other cars Subaru motors basically fall out of the engine bay. If you source then engine and let them R&R it you can prolly get away with a bit of change in your wallet left.

The Legacy heads and WRX heads apparently use different coils. I grabbed a set of SVX coils and ignitor as spares in case my EJ20G had a dead coil or two. The SVX coils do not fit on a Legacy EJ20G. Supposedly the SVX coils do fit the WRX EJ20Gs. Can the SVX coils be made to fit by changing to the W...

Pull style is from pre-05(?) turbos. For the USA this means Legacy SS, WRX, Baja turbo and Forester Turbo. I beleive that the NEW Legacy turbos have the new style clutch. All are hydraulic. Not to familier with the push style, but I know that they can be had in both cable and hydraulic. If the slave...

If $250 is good for the heads, shipped to 92530 hit me with a PM.

Thanks

Jess

I've had a few lucky scores at the Junkyards lately. It has come to my attention that if I'm gonna keep this up, I'm gonna need a truck. A Baja would be cool, but that would put me back behind a few years of payments. Actual Brats are rare in the Junkyards for spare parts to restore it and they won'...

Man, I used to drool over the T-Rex. Now I'm all about the Arial Atom. That thing is just about perfect, other than the price. Once I get the SS to where I want it (soon hopefully) I'm gonna build a locost (Lotus 7 clone) with spare parts I have laying around the garage. Mostly Miata suspension with...

I wasn't saying that you can't drive it on the street. I would not pass up the opportunity to take it for a spin. I was simply refering to being able to use more than 300-400 HP in a rear wheel drive car on the street. That leaves ~800HP as unusable.

IMO, of course.

I think for that setup, I would let the EJ22t ECU fire the stock EJ22 ignitor. I would then let each channel of the ignitor fire 2 WRX coils. The only problem I can see is that you might need a diode between the ignitor and each coil to keep them from backfeeding each other. As far as missing spark,...

While I can appreciate the effort and engineering that went into those Cobras, I am still left wondering....Why? :? That much power is not, has not and will never be usable or even enjoyable on the street. Now if we are talking chest pounding and bragging rights.... :twisted: But, then again, I've a...

My bro has Borlas on his 2.5RS. Same cracks. They all must do it eventually. I cut the brace off, regular MIG welded the cracks up. Flux cored wire even. We chose not to reinstall the brace. Been 20K+ miles and the cracks have not re-appeared. I think the brace "fights" the tubing as the h...

Is this simply a device to stop us from doing clutch drops? Tried a search, but don't even know what it is called.

Can this be safely left out of the system?

Thanks

Having trouble finding info on this.

Links seem to have problems getting the cold start and or idle right.

Any problems? Plug and play or will a harness have to be spliced/fabricated?

Thanks

From what I understand, look for a casting pattern of small squares in the bellhousing. Also 3 or 4 cast lines on the starter bulge.

I think I found a possible answer to the build-up behind the valves. Only 2-3 HLAs have thier full range of motion. Most only have a fraction of the full range before they stop compressing. Another 3 are completely stuck fully extended. This means that at least 3 of the valves were not closing all t...

Location?

I would consider driving from SoCal to Sac for a good post-facelift hood.

Let me know when it's availabe. Asuming Ace isn't closer, of course.

It should pull straight up after the bolt is gone. Your prolly fighting a ring of gunk on the inner edge. A bad crank seal will sling right there and collect dirt, then it hardens and can make it very hard to pull out.

YMMV

I found a few more anomalies I wanted to point out and see if anybody knows about them. First my EJ20G has no purge solenoid. The harness has no connector for one either. There is a pipe under the manifold that goes straight from the throttlebody nipple to the charcoal canister. http://img413.images...

PhyrraM wrote: Does everyone that tries to run an EJ20G either settle for a subpar (in the US) high octane tune? Or get a full standalone? It seems like piggybacks such as AFCs and ITCs are frowned upon for some reason.

Or, as I just thought about, are they running piggybacks and just not fessing up to it?

As some of you have read, I am planning an EJ20G swap. SO, of course, I've been trying to do my research. What I cannot seem to get my head around is available gas and octane. Some of the more common themes that appear (on many boards) are Z4 ecus and chips (such as the VOS chip). Many people who at...

Just re-read the ad. Did you see the milage? Wonder if that is true.