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ej carb engines?
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:39 am
by sss1600
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...
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:41 am
by waggaclint
yeah that sounds alright hey ive neva heard of them hey..
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:15 am
by MUDRAT
Sorry to let you down, but wherever you read that it's not true.
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:30 am
by vincentvega
Carb'd EJ's did exist, they are rare as here though
stick with the EFI..
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:58 pm
by BRUMBERTY
The Kiwis got a carbed EJ18 in early imprezas.
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:14 pm
by El_Freddo
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
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:34 pm
by MUDRAT
Are you guys serious? How do they control the ignition?
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:48 pm
by vincentvega
I know nothing about them muddy, but they were carb, and only came out on the earliest EJ's in cheaper sales locales
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:08 am
by BRUMBERTY
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.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:29 am
by BaronVonChickenPants
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
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:51 am
by wagonist
The carbed EJs where only EJ16s or EJ18s, nothing with a bigger capacity
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:05 pm
by MUDRAT
Well I never. Allow me to stand corrected!
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:21 pm
by wagonist
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.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:41 pm
by steptoe
or for sale in areas less tolerant or learned of efi perhaps ?
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:47 pm
by D3V1L
its interesting learning of this,....but i had the same question as mudrat bout the ignition....
we learn somethin every day dont we...
dave
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:23 am
by BRUMBERTY
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.
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:05 am
by sss1600
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?
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:44 pm
by waimaks
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..
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:00 pm
by PHATnob
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..
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:38 pm
by seagull
i have two ej18 center point motors jap crash test cars