ej carb engines?

sss1600 · Post by **sss1600** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:39 am

I have read that some import legacy's come out with carbied ej motors.
Has anybody done this conversion to an older model subie or know anything about these?
A carbied EJ22 would have to be a fairly easy swap and nice power increase to an L-series...

waggaclint · Post by **waggaclint** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:41 am

yeah that sounds alright hey ive neva heard of them hey..

MUDRAT · Post by **MUDRAT** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:15 am

Sorry to let you down, but wherever you read that it's not true.

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:30 am

Carb'd EJ's did exist, they are rare as here though

stick with the EFI..

BRUMBERTY · Post by **BRUMBERTY** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:58 pm

The Kiwis got a carbed EJ18 in early imprezas.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:14 pm

The carb'd EJ's would still have some form of engine management system controlled by some sort of EMS or CPU (one of those computers...) to keep emissions down wouldn't they? If so, i'd reckon your better off going for an injected job... plus they're easier to find

MUDRAT · Post by **MUDRAT** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:34 pm

Are you guys serious? How do they control the ignition?

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:48 pm

I know nothing about them muddy, but they were carb, and only came out on the earliest EJ's in cheaper sales locales

BRUMBERTY · Post by **BRUMBERTY** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:08 am

MUDRAT wrote:Are you guys serious? How do they control the ignition?

With an electronic distributor!!!!

I am chasing one, and have been for months.
They go right into the slot of an EJ22 on the DS head.

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:29 am

I'm pretty sure it was mostly the extreme poverty pack impreza's, I've heard of carbed EJ16's & 18's, seen pics of an 18, from memory the carb had been upgraded to a 350 holley.

Jordan

wagonist · Post by **wagonist** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:51 am

The carbed EJs where only EJ16s or EJ18s, nothing with a bigger capacity

MUDRAT · Post by **MUDRAT** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:05 pm

Well I never. Allow me to stand corrected!

wagonist · Post by **wagonist** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:21 pm

I don't think many of them were for sale in Japan, they were more aimed at other Pacific rim countries with a lower standard of living & less stringent emissions.
eg saw a Carb EJ18 in a Gen 1 Legacy in Fiji in 99.

You'll have vitually no luck finding one.
It would also be hard to convert an EFI version due to the shape of the inlet manifold too.

Nice thought though, would make for a simple conversion.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:41 pm

or for sale in areas less tolerant or learned of efi perhaps ?

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:47 pm

its interesting learning of this,....but i had the same question as mudrat bout the ignition....

we learn somethin every day dont we...

dave

BRUMBERTY · Post by **BRUMBERTY** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:23 am

For anyone who is interested,

This is the distributor that these EJ18s run.
If anyone can find one, please let me know.

22100 AA460
NO: 3119
TYPE T2T82371A DO2
Mitsubishi Electric
Corp Japan

There is also a SPFI model EJ18 which ran a distributor
(with no vacuum advance module) it apparently sucks in comparison.

sss1600 · Post by **sss1600** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:05 am

howdy again,
i found a manifold overseas and heres a pic of it. It looks like it would fit an ej ok and comes with a dizzy too.
Is this the right type?

waimaks · Post by **waimaks** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:44 pm

One of my mates has a carbed/disty ej18 gen 1 legacy.
Its a bit of a slow sack of poo.
But, still has power windows, air con, full stereo, dual range, so not too much of an econo box 3rd world thing.
But yeah its slow alright, like... ea81 slow..

PHATnob · Post by **PHATnob** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:00 pm

EFI is da only way now. More power, more efficiency, better response, better control..
ej22 would be just fine in your L. Not too much work either apparently..

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:38 pm

i have two ej18 center point motors jap crash test cars