haven't been on here in awhile.....boy few projects making progress!!!
MadMike wrote:
I just want to throw in one other thing to concider. OBD-1 is up to model year 1994, that makes it a 15 year old car. Unless you can luck out and find a couple of low mile, 70,000 or 80,000 is low, your pickings are getting slim. I would suggest going OBD-2, 2.5L SOHC or DOHC makes no difference as far as HP goes. That opens your availibility from 1995 to 2002 or beyond with additional mods.
My next planned major project is to swap from OBD-1 2.2L to OBD-2 2.5L SOHC.
just wanted to mention that the EJ22 is truly a bullet-proof motor. mine currently has 285k miles on it. and not easy ones. many Autocrosses, rallycrosses, ice racing events, not to mention 2 years delivering pizzas in-town (3-400 miles a week, all under 40mph). with religious oil changes at 8-10k miles, if I get around to it
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I'm currently rebuilding another one, out of a '90 legacy, with all new rings, bearings, seals, delta ported/polished/ground heads/cams, grimmspeed phenolic intake manifold spacers, group A throttle body spacer, borla exhaust header, Link v4 standalone ECU and an Eaton M62 supercharger. depending on pulley setup, 200hp isn't out of the question (assuming my fuel system can keep up....). for about $2k (almost half of that is the heads/cams).
IMHO the '96 EJ22 is the best motor you can get. solid lifters (not hydraulic lash adjusters like the older ones), OBD II (more power!), and non-interference (should you break a timing belt....). I put a '96 EJ22 out of an impreza into an '86 subaru wagon, and was extremely impressed with that motor.