WTB: 2.5 SOHC

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tangoranora

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My '99 OBS with the SOHC EJ222 is having some headgasket problems. I am looking for a SOHC 2.5 to replace it. Any one have on for fairly cheap?

 
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im not really sure myself, I think there all fairly interchangable, but......ask mikeymeyagi or he'll chime in....he knows it all and prob has a set kicking around hed sell you.

 
I went the other way on a customer's car once. 2.2 into a 2.5 car. I don't remember doing anything different. But that was a couple years ago. I think I had to change around the evap vacuum tubes. They were routed differently or something. Nothing anyone on here cant figure out after a beer or two.

 
and you would also need the y-pipe for the exhaust 99 2.2L is a single port and all 2.5L are dual port

 
Well, your 99 OBS is phase2, the DOHC motors are phase1 so it will not work.

BUT you can swap in a SOHC 2.5 which is a better engine anyway. And that will be a direct swap with just a header change.

 
Chris said:
Well, your 99 OBS is phase2, the DOHC motors are phase1 so it will not work.

BUT you can swap in a SOHC 2.5 which is a better engine anyway. And that will be a direct swap with just a header change.
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Alright, so I have been hearing a couple of different things. Last night I was looking around on some sites, and I had heard that the SOHC 2.5 wouldn't swap in, while the DOHC will. I do understand my EJ22 is a phase 2, but I did not know that the 2.5 also had a phase 1 and phase 2.

 
Phase 1 2.2 (plugs don't go through valve covers) and DOHC direct swap. Phase 2 2.2 (plugs do go throguh the covers) and SOHC swap.

Swapping across phases is a worthless amount of work.

 
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tangoranora said:
According to wikipedia, the 98 foresters had DOHC EJ25D's, but I will ask about it anyways

I asked about it, and it is a dohc
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oopsie, sorry for inaccurate advice.
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yep, 98 fozzy is the only year the fozzy had DOHC. Auto vs manual doesn't matter, the engine is the exact same. Just swap your flywheel on.

 
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