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Hi all new here
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:42 am
by Townsville Liberty
Hi all new here and sayin hi
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?
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:05 am
by Townsville Liberty
Bump, any ideas
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:08 am
by Splinter
For the AWD swap, you might want to look at Josh's sticky in the driveline thread
It'll be a LOT of work, and will most likely cost you a lot more than just buying a liberty gt
Unless the body and interior is mint, you might want to heavily consider your options
And welcome to the forums!
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:13 am
by 555BCTurbo
Splinter wrote:
will most likely cost you a lot more than just buying a liberty gt
Liberty RS*
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:20 am
by Splinter
Foreign model names spin my head.
At least I tried
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:22 am
by bmxkelowna
hey and welcome to the board!
your car has the black peice on the trunk (boot
) right? want to trade for a usdm one?
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:04 pm
by Townsville Liberty
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
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:55 pm
by IronMonkeyL255
It should be easy, then, to convert to AWD.
I think the reason that was said is that you do have to replace quite a few things to get it to work right.
Off the top of my head:
Subframe
Fuel Tank
Lateral links (I think)
Knuckles/hubs
Rear struts/springs
If you can get all that from a donor car easily, it should be good.
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:09 pm
by Splinter
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
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:18 pm
by Legacy777
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.
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:29 pm
by Matt Monson
Legacy777 wrote: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...
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:35 pm
by Splinter
Well I was right, but apparently for the wrong reasons
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:36 pm
by Legacy777
Oops....didn't read that he was going with a later setup.
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:23 pm
by bmxkelowna
Townsville Liberty wrote: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?
liberty
legacy
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:09 pm
by Townsville Liberty
bmxkelowna wrote:Townsville Liberty wrote: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?
liberty
legacy
Yeah ok but dont forget im in Australia.
Are the tail lights different? dont look like it. pm me if ya want to get in to details about it
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:12 pm
by Townsville Liberty
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:53 am
by Richard
What are those two things on top of your rear bumper?
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:05 am
by scottzg
Richard wrote:What are those two things on top of your rear bumper?
license plate lights.
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:44 am
by crawlerdan
i would love to trade my 94 leg turbo trunck panel for a liberty!!! if some one wants to do that lemme know!!!
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:00 am
by HomeSlice
euro tails have rear fogs thats about it.
Townsville Liberty wrote:bmxkelowna wrote:Townsville Liberty wrote:
Yeah it has and wats the "usdm" one?
Are the tail lights different? dont look like it. pm me if ya want to get in to details about it
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:04 am
by Townsville Liberty
ok kool