I just bought a 92 liberty lx 2.2l FWD manual, only paid $300 .
now it was so cheep because it has 300000km's and needs a new motor because some bonehead cant line up the key way on the crank pully.
now me being what could be called young and stupid i want to replace it with an EJ20t and fit the AWD gearbox and rear driveline.
What do you think?
Originally Posted by Zefy
ahhhh... so many ideas, so lazy...:-p (not to meantion complete lack of $)
1st gear is just like foreplay, it's ok, but you want it to go as fast as you can and get it out of the way so you can get into the real sh*t!
bmxkelowna wrote:hey and welcome to the board!
your car has the black peice on the trunk (boot ) right? want to trade for a usdm one?
Yeah it has and wats the "usdm" one?
Thanks y is it going to be so much work? everything should just bolt up wont it? i figer ill have to replace the fuel tank and entire rear crossmember etc. i have converted a holden commodore to a manual and a magna wagon to a 3.5l and manual were told on both ocasions it couldnt be done but we did and it wasnt that hard why would this be any different? (please dont take that the wrong way)
PS im a mechanic at a soob dealer and have acess to several vehicle hoists and workshop manuals along with the subaru scan tools not that they help on the early soobs
Also im plannin on usin the late model ej20t quad cam wit vvt out of say a wrx also with an aftermarket ecu and a fmic
Originally Posted by Zefy
ahhhh... so many ideas, so lazy...:-p (not to meantion complete lack of $)
1st gear is just like foreplay, it's ok, but you want it to go as fast as you can and get it out of the way so you can get into the real sh*t!
Splinter wrote:The biggest problem I see is this:
Wiring.
You'll have to replace a huge chunk of the wiring harness in order to run the turbo ECU
Not really.
Remember....my car was originally FWD, AT, & N/A. It's now AWD, MT, & Turbo.....
The turbo conversion only required swapping two pins for the cam & crank sensors, and adding leads for the turbo specific sensors.
That would be true if he was going with an early swap. But it sounds like he wants to do a v7 or newer Ej205 or Ej207 swap in there. Note he said with VVT (aka AVCS). That's a completely different level of wiring than putting an Ej20G or EJ22T into it. It's basically just like doing a swap on any GC impreza.
The easiest approach is to get the complete wreck and pull the wiring harness into the car complete. This will require/allow you to replace the old dash with the modern one at the same time. This sounds like a fun project, and it will be one helluva sleeper once it's all said and done...
1974 Porsche 914 Cam Am Limted Edition AKA the Bumble Bee
1973 Porsche 914 2.0 l -Suby swap pending
1968 Porsche 911t survivor 47k original miles
2000 2.5RS daily driver.
1999 2.5RS w/ 50+ extra whp
Suby Hai!
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) right? want to trade for a usdm one?
