94 GF Wagon w/2.5l budget swap *sold 1/19/14* Hey all, figured someone may find this interesting so here it is. The car became unreliable in November so I decided to give the 272k sohc Ej18 an overhaul. When I started pricing things out, I decided that I could spend the same amount of time and money(or less) to swap in a 2.5l, so I decided to do that for fun. Details and pics below. 94 GF 5-Speed w/282k on the odometer 99 DOHC EJ25D longblock from a 99 Outback 99 EJ25D intake manifold 94 EJ18 exhaust manifold 94 EJ18 Engine Harness/Sensors/Coil 94 EJ18 Throttle body 94 EJ18 Alternator/PS/AC 99 Outback Exedy OEM replacement clutch/pressure plate Here it is frozen, with a plastidip red junkyard hood. Its ugly in person but looks nice here lol
It took me a while to find the perfect donor. This Outback had relatively low mileage. I was worried at first that the passenger side timing would be destroyed but it was untouched. Took me less than 3 hours to pull it in the junkyard, its easier when you can cut anything in your way. Payed $140 for the assembled long block, this price would have included the PS and Alternator if they hadn't already been taken. Almost everything has to come off of this, to be replaced by the ej18 parts. The only thing I reused from here were the fuel rails, I even reused the fuel lines from the 1.8l manifold. I regret not taking more pictures, but this is the reassembled frankenblock. Here it has new head gaskets, valve cover gaskets, cam seals, intake manifold and throttle body gaskets, and some other little things I'm forgetting. Notice the coilpack only using 1 bolt, thats one of the million little things that dont exactly match up. Out comes the filthy EJ18
Video Link In case I didnt embed the video correctly, heres a link. Here ya go, warm start video. The metal rattle is the exhaust heat shield, it's coming off and getting fixed this weekend. As far as the clutch is concerned, I've decided that I need to replace the spring that draws the pedal back up, it's been adjusted and is engaging properly now.
damn man, i wish i knew how to do everything you just did. i sure would be doin that and driving the car i put together instead of this bs car payment
Ok, got the car up on a lift today, the rattle is coming from the exhaust right behind the last cat. The flange is rusted through and won't seal, meaning I need to replace it from the manifold back. Does anyone have a cheap NA exhaust they'll sell me? Kinda need a rear diff too, but that's another story.