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NEWB Q's?? What engine # do I have

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:29 pm
by turbonator
I have a 90 turbo 2.2 is this a ej22t??

What does the ej stand for??

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:48 pm
by elkaboom
yep :wink: EJ is just the facory nomentclature for engine code. All 2.0, 2.2 and 2.5 liter motors aare designated "ej" series. Thus you have: ej20, ej22 and finally ej25.

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:56 pm
by vrg3
I don't think there was ever such a thing as a 90 turbo 2.2. The Legacy Turbo with the 2.2 liter engine was introduced in 1991 and only in North America.

"EJ" is the name of the family of engines (which includes the EJ16, EJ18, EJ20, EJ22, and EJ25). I don't think it stands for anything in particular but I may be wrong.

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:05 pm
by elkaboom
D'oh -I forgot about the 1.6 and 1.8 liter models :? I'm so used to talking about the other three, I plumb forgot the smallest variations.

*edit*

Aren't the ej16 and ej18 JDM variations? Or were they offered in the U.S.?

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 8:11 pm
by 91White-T
EJ18 came in Imprezas here and in both Legacy and Imprezas overseas. I don't think we ever got a EJ16 here.

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 11:58 pm
by Legacy777
yeah....in the 1990 Model year a turbo option was not available. The 1991 MY was the first year it was offered in the states. The manufacture date however may be in 1990 though.

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 11:59 pm
by turbonator
vrg3 wrote:I don't think there was ever such a thing as a 90 turbo 2.2. The Legacy Turbo with the 2.2 liter engine was introduced in 1991 and only in North America.

"EJ" is the name of the family of engines (which includes the EJ16, EJ18, EJ20, EJ22, and EJ25). I don't think it stands for anything in particular but I may be wrong.
It says 90 in my door? It must be a late 90?
cause I have a 2.2L turbo :?:

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 12:01 am
by Legacy777
turbonator wrote:
It says 90 in my door? It must be a late 90?
cause I have a 2.2L turbo :?:
Legacy777 wrote:yeah....in the 1990 Model year a turbo option was not available. The 1991 MY was the first year it was offered in the states. The manufacture date however may be in 1990 though.

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 3:40 am
by turbonator
:oops: :shock: I wasn't wearing my glasses

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 4:50 am
by THAWA
EJ means 4 cyl 4 valves per cyl
Also
EG means 6 cyl 4 valves per cyl
EA means 4 cyl 2 valves per cyl
ER means 6 cyl 2 valves per cyl
I Have no clue where EZ came from, nor do I know about the older engines

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 5:57 am
by QuickDrive
born in 90, released in 91..

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 6:24 am
by evolutionmovement
The EA82 OHC was a 2 valve/cyl. head?

Steve

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 6:25 am
by THAWA
AFAIK yes

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 12:12 pm
by vrg3
Isn't the EZ30 also 6-cylinder 4-valves-per-cylinder?

I didn't think the names were meant to represent the number of cylinders and valves...

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 3:57 pm
by THAWA
yes it is, but I also said I didn't know where that came from :) There was a link somewhere that explained it, I'll see if I can find it again