ive had my 2014 wrx down for some time and want to get it back and running. will definitely be looking at this vid in future

great vid man 👍👍

I did the same on my former’05 OBXT. The most important thing when you drilled and tap the exhaust cam ports is avoiding getting metal shavings into the oil ports. I used long Q-tips and Cisco lard to remove the shavings from the oil ports, over and over again till they were completely clean, otherwise they’ll be circulating throughout the motor. I also upgraded the oil pickup tube with a Moroso one.. Also, important: on the ej20x motors, if you kept the usdm ECU, you need to retard the timing on the exhaust cams 7 degrees = 1 tooth to better mimic the timing of the ej255. You should not use the same timing marks as the ej255 or it will be weak on power..

@Subarukenny_d

2 ай бұрын

@Mike_44 Great point, I did add a note in the video while timing the engine to turn the exhaust cam gears back 1 tooth like you mentioned. I did this after the fact, off camera after reading up on this matter. I also used a shop-vac to pull the shavings out of the cam ports and sucked fresh oil out the front of the cam which was very effective. Car runs great with the exhaust AVCS deleted and plastic gear in place -1 tooth. Follow up video being posted shortly!

@Mike_44

2 ай бұрын

@@Subarukenny_d Did you end up doing the Tuning yourself? I actually couldn't remove the usdm exhaust manifold from the old ej255 motor, so I went with the EL jdm one along with the twin scroll turbo and an eBay aftermarket DP that has a twin scroll flange for the turbo, they turned out great. I also had to end up getting a new O2 sensor which now is mounted post turbo and I am getting some late reading codes maybe because the O2 sensor is now post turbo. Other than that, the engine is working great.

@rj6013

2 ай бұрын

@@Subarukenny_d in the process of doing the same thing just finished plugging the avcs holes. My tuner told me to use the timing marks and not retard the timing if I plug the holes and use the non avcs cam gears. He said you only need to do it if you keep the avcs cam gears.

Great video, thanks for posting! I am doing a similar swap from a ‘10 Legacy GT to an ‘04 Baja as we have discussed already on Facebook. I was going to use my fixed cams in place of the AVCs cams, but it looks simpler to plug the cam ports and use the fixed pulley. I wonder how many degrees off from the original cams the retarded AVCs cams would be set back a tooth? If it’s close enough, I may do that.

@Subarukenny_d

5 ай бұрын

A lot of really good information here about the timing, long story short a guy did a bunch of testing of how many teeth to retard and what cam gear to use but ended up finding that -1 tooth for non avcs plastic cam gear and -2 teeth for avcs cam gear (not plugged in). forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?p=46621944#post46621944

@stvnswld

5 ай бұрын

@@Subarukenny_d Sweet, thanks for the link!

Hey, doing a similar swap but in my 2.5i, bought it blown as a first project car as im in highschool still, going to be buying a ej20y and ive seen some people use their wrx intake manifold, i obviously dont have that as i have a 2.5i, did you just end up using the ej20 intake manifold that came with it? appreciate it

@Subarukenny_d

4 ай бұрын

@ashyyah By the sounds of it if you have the factory non-turbo impreza 2.5i you’ll need a completely different engine cause the dohc ej20x/y will not work in your chassis. The JDM engine replacment you are looking for in a 2.5i impreza would be a JDM EJ253 Sohc engine with the egr pipe on driver side head. Yes you’ll want to swap over your usdm intake manifold & wiring harness when you swap this engine in.

How’s the car running after this? I keep seeing hit and miss videos on these swaps. Just seeing before I pull any moves on doing this

@Subarukenny_d

4 ай бұрын

We are working with the tuner on finalizing the e-tune. Overall the car has been running fantastic and pulls hard. I plan to make an update pt.2 video on the car.

@xsquatchx2535

4 ай бұрын

@@Subarukenny_d hell yeah man. Can’t wait to see a part 2. Just been hesitant on doing this cause I don’t more headaches 😂

@Subarukenny_d

2 ай бұрын

@xsquatchx2535 Part 2 is live! Go check it out! kzread.info/dash/bejne/c4es1dh8h8m2n6g.html

Did you do the tap with the cam gear still installed in the head? Or did you remove the cams?

@Subarukenny_d

4 ай бұрын

@tomkelly4671 I tapped the ports with the cam in the head. It’s less of a pain to do it this way, just be sure to use a vacuum and suck out all the metal shavings prior to installing the plugs. A bonus is that a vacuum will suck the oil out flushing the ports after you tap.

@tomkelly4671

4 ай бұрын

@@Subarukenny_d Thank you, I greatly appreciate this video and your timely response.