Greenspeeds ej205 swap

[greenspeed]

well I've been pretty active here on sl-i for a little while and have chimed from time to time, but time to bring out what's been done to my car and a little history leading to the ej205 swap.

While going to school at NMU in marquette, MI I began looking for a 98lgt and found one that i had made a deal on and so forth in Grand Rapids, well after 3 weeks and the dealer unable to get a title I started looking around. I found my future legacy down in Tampa florida. Had my cousin test drive it and it all checked out. Got a plane ticket and flew down there the next day to buy it. After I got it, the front caliper seized and since my cousin had no tools at his house I took it to a shop. $800's later I seemed to be on my way with all new front brakes and calipers. Well got 215 miles and the engine started making a noise. Sure enough the dreaded internal hg failure took out a rod bearing. Got it towed to what letter became the best subaru dealer I have ever done business with. SOJax's other wise know as Subaru of Jacksonville.

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After it got towed home I started looking around and found a 2.5L out of a rs sohc and decided to swap it in. Figured a complete ej25 for $600 was a great deal. 4k miles later I was at a rod knock and no car again. I ran my DOHC heads on the SOHC block and all seemed well with that swap.

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After running around and dealing with crap from the rents and the bank account screaming at me for what I had just gone through in a 6 month time frame. So I decided i needed to just do the ej205 swap i wanted to do from the beginning and be happy with my car and dirt arse poor. So I did it...this is the chronicles of the swap:

First things first...this swap wasn't cheap, it wasn't easy, and for most it wasn't just boom boom boom...there were some tie ups and a lot of help was given to me from Dylan at DS1 motorsports when the day came to get things together and i was missing a ton of random parts. My short block I actually drove so it was a nice guarantee in a way...

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wiring harness laid down and mapped out from Zephyr on nasioc

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the first official connection...since going the soldier route seemed to be too time consuming

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sti crossmember

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shims that are needed when using the wrx or sti crossmember

now the final stages
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and as she sits today...
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Alright so what all is done one may ask...ej205 swap, full harness merge, Romraider tune from matt at 555, defi gauges, aem wideband, retro fitted gc8 a piller gauge holder, borla header, Gimmick 3" inlet, invidia N1 full cat back with 3 inch flex pipe to fill the extra length needed on the legacy over the wrx, ebay bellmouth downpipe, welbro 255 fp, and jdm legacy airduct...

so what you may ask is wrong? well after 3 months the mod bug's hit. The td04 has to be the most inefficient turbo made imo...I'm planning to go with an 18g ball bearing turbo, 650cc injectors, fmic or really large tmic, an aftermarket up pipe because that's robbing me bad right now, jdm projectors, outback sus front end swap, and some nicer front seats...

let me know what you all think...

[Huffer]

You could try a newer turbo from a Legacy GT, they are pretty efficient and quick spooling. The Up/Down pipe + retune will net you some nice numbers and increase your spool-up thus your efficiency.

I wouldn't go FMIC or big injectors unless you're chasing power...not efficiency.

[T_F_E]

Awesome work, I envy all of you swappers

[greenspeed]

well after i graduate she'll move from dd to weekend car basically so I am planning to get some sweet power...the one thing i forgot to mention as a mod was an sti driveline swap. That's basically going to be the second thing down after a new up pipe.

I think anyone that's seen a td04 would agree it has to be the smallest turbo on the market...and mines tuned to peg 19lbs.

[decke48]

You could try a newer turbo from a Legacy GT, they are pretty efficient and quick spooling.
if forget when they stopped using the vf40 but it will not bolt up to the wrx, sti, or xt because it bolted to the intercooler. or you will just need the legacy intercooler. but idk filiment issues with the bd hood.
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[greenspeed]

Well I'm not really in a position to buy a turbo yet but first things first I'm upgrading my driveline

[RS22b]

Glad everything is working out well for you.

Z is our wiring guy and does a great job everytime with great support!

_billy

[greenspeed]

I wouldn't recommend anyone else. He's a little more from memory with the Gc's but with a bd he had to work out a write up for me from his service books but was a great guy to give help over the phone from too

[BigLooga1]

Hey sweet car/setup man!

[greenspeed]

Donka

[rougeben83]

Forget the 18g, get the big 16g (aka EVOIII 16g), flows almost the same but the 16g spools about 500rpm sooner and a couple of hundred bucks cheaper. STi up is probably the best bang for the buck among UP's too...all you really need is to take out that preturbo cat, too many problems with aftermarket UP's for what they are.

You can also play around with pnp'ing the exhaust manifold and td04 and/or a retune for earlier boost. I've seen some good gains to be had there. A guy I know locally has his STX WRX making 14psi full boost at 2500rms :shock:

[subba]

i can get a VF34 for 600USD Shipped, used for 400miles before bearing spun.