legacycentral bbs

Ok, so I'm buying a 91 Ej22T motor with 220K on it. It's running strong and has only been pushing 5psi. Now would you recommend a rebuild on the block? I plan to upgrade the turbo, IC, head gaskets and heads right away. Um, I want to run between 13-15psi safely.

Suggestions?

I'd say rebuild. 220k is a lot, you never know what could happen to a motor that old. but hey, its probably not going to go bad. maybe just a hone, rings and bearings. next motor I do up, I will definitely rebuild just for the peace of mind.

well i just put a vf22 dohc heads on a 200k ej22t motor block, its holding up this week, i think around 4 or 5 months it will blow to bits. but you never now.

Jon,
As I told you in private, you can't afford to rebuild this engine. Sell it to me...

NICO I WRX U wrote:well i just put a vf22 dohc heads on a 200k ej22t motor block, its holding up this week, i think around 4 or 5 months it will blow to bits. but you never now.

You have 200,000 kilometers on it Nico iirc...That is only 125,000 miles

^^ YUP i didnt want to rebuild it, forged pistons got to go in. so i am useing it till it blows up. then my first motor with half a million miles will get the forged pistons and slap the heads on that.

If you want to rebuild it, I'd just do seals, gaskets, and rings. I had 246k on mine that I ripped open and the crosshatching was all still present in the cylinders and the cams and main bearings looked nearly new. That wasn't a turbo, but 5psi isn't much stress either. The turbo motor I rebuilt looked brand new also, but that only had 83k anyway.

^^ the block look brand new even thow it had 200,000kms on it not one spec of a leeking nothing.

the motors will last very long if you just run 10psi and down anything above that KABOOM.

125 thousand miles on an ej22t isnt much. but 220 thousand miles is. in my opinion, i would crack it open, check everything out, and redo seals/gaskets and everything else that looks like it needs replacing. i plan on doing that with my ej22t shortblock that i have laying around. maybe even do the 2.4 stroker build that i've been wanting to do.

If you are really wants the low end toque for your Legacy then go rebuild it, but if you don't care of the low end power, then go fine a EJ20G and you will be trouble free since most of the JDM engine comes with low miles.
For myself, I would like to keep and rebuild the old EJ22T....
I really miss the low end power.
But in my case, I get the EJ20G engine in cheap and good condition.

Ben

Do the bearings. They've been through a lot, and you owe it to them.

When they go, and your crank and rods will be ruined, and you will regret it.

Thanx all!

Ya I'm getting it for um... let's just say real cheap...