New Car City! RX Turbo

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:39 am

underside of the oil cap is a calendar circle of date cast ? 1 to 12 in circle like a clock face with year in centre ?

T.Farm.Brumby · Post by **T.Farm.Brumby** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:56 am

steptoe wrote:underside of the oil cap is a calendar circle of date cast ? 1 to 12 in circle like a clock face with year in centre ?

Will check this arvo again when I'm home from uni. Cheers

And yeah they're keeping me a bit too busy haha, handy that the missus is in Townsville so she doesn't get all uppity about me spending too much time on my other babies

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:52 pm

The cap can be changed (but highly unlikely), the best way is to use the engine number but you need to have a very good friend named Andy to chase it down. My best advise would be to ask the guy who fitted it in the car

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:20 pm

Where have I seen this car before??

I'm sure all your subi's will keep you busy! And the RX on 13's doesn't look too dicky - at least not this dicky:

Lifted L's always look better with 27's!

Cheers

Bennie

T.Farm.Brumby · Post by **T.Farm.Brumby** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:25 pm

El_Freddo wrote:Where have I seen this car before??

I'm sure all your subi's will keep you busy! And the RX on 13's doesn't look too dicky - at least not this dicky:

Lifted L's always look better with 27's!

Cheers

Bennie

Haha, that does look a bit... odd

I think the old mate I bought it off said it used to be the promotion car for Scorpion AWD here in Brisbane. But I can't be sure.

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:51 pm

Subydoug wrote: where the EJ was never meant to be a high performance engine.

I guess what Im trying to say is some of those little iron block straight 4 engines made by companys like toyota and nissan are "better bang for capacity" then the subie engines.

Sorry for the rant, it certainly is a sweet looking beast you got their!

Regards

Doug

Oh really????, I beg to disagree but they are quite happy to punch out 300hp all day in rally cars, my virtually stock EJ20 puts out >280hp and pulls 8,000rpm with ease and has done so for the last 16yrs without hesitation, that's 140hp per liter. :0

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:33 am

Those rally cars still use Cosworth blocks do they ?

T.Farm.Brumby · Post by **T.Farm.Brumby** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:26 am

stop arguing! share the love!

Subydoug · Post by **Subydoug** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:09 am

d_generate wrote:Oh really????, I beg to disagree but they are quite happy to punch out 300hp all day in rally cars, my virtually stock EJ20 puts out >280hp and pulls 8,000rpm with ease and has done so for the last 16yrs without hesitation, that's 140hp per liter. :0

Then that, good Sir, is one beast of a motor

. Please convince me that its stock so I can go and get one for my Vortex

.

Regards

Doug

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:17 pm

Doug, I think you'll find Tom is talking about the DOHC Turbo EJ engines and not the SOHC EJ22 engine.

From Wikipedia...

EJ22G Turbo DOHC
Horsepower: 280 PS (206 kW; 276 bhp) @ 6000 rpm
Torque: 362.8 N·m (268 lb·ft) @ 3200 rpm

Usage:
Impreza STi 22B GC8 series(JDM)

Subydoug · Post by **Subydoug** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:06 pm

Arh, so a hipo motor. Regardless, I still want one

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:40 pm

Sorry for the hijack Tom

but need to ask Doug what is a 'hipo' motor?

Subydoug wrote:Arh, so a hipo motor. Regardless, I still want one

I have one if you want one

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:13 pm

Meh we were talking about F6Turbo's so same same, yeah it's a Jap STI motor and the standard from the factory figures were >280hp but as 280hp was like a gentleman's agreement all motors whether 280 or 320 were classed as 280hp.

Great motor and 4.44 gearbag combination from 1997.

T.Farm.Brumby · Post by **T.Farm.Brumby** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:18 pm

I'm not even talking about that haha. I just reckon the boxer's go better than inline's of the same displacement as a generality.

Righto, this is the situation with the fuel caps.

This is the underside of the fuel cap on the RX, the raised wheel on the left is a three, and the indented wheel on the right is a 4.

And this is the underside of the cap on Mum's Foz, just got this one for reference, but it isn't the same pattern

Any more ideas? I figure that either means 3rd of '94 or 4th of '93?

Subydoug · Post by **Subydoug** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:21 pm

Hipo= High performance motor. WRX is a high performance car.

Do I want one? not at the moment. Some time down the track.

Doug

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:57 pm

Thems the legendary markings and you get no idea from yous eh ?

T.Farm.Brumby · Post by **T.Farm.Brumby** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:01 pm

steptoe wrote:Thems the legendary markings and you get no idea from yous eh ?

Well I don't know really haha. '93 or '94???

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:20 am

There are 2 main types of EJ22 engines for the Legacy/Liberty, think of them as early and late. The early EJ22 was produced from 89 to early 91, then the later models where produced from 91 to late 98. As these engines are all about the same design, it doesn't really matter what year it is other than the early had the smaller grey injectors and the later had the red ones. Wiring harness is different on either one

T.Farm.Brumby · Post by **T.Farm.Brumby** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:32 pm

RSR 555 wrote:There are 2 main types of EJ22 engines for the Legacy/Liberty, think of them as early and late. The early EJ22 was produced from 89 to early 91, then the later models where produced from 91 to late 98. As these engines are all about the same design, it doesn't really matter what year it is other than the early had the smaller grey injectors and the later had the red ones. Wiring harness is different on either one

So if I can get a look at the injectors I'll be fine? Wilco.

Also going to degrease the whole engine bay and spray off the engine. Might spray the rocker covers too if they aren't too hard to get off. Any idea how hard that'd be? From an initial look they look somewhat inaccessible

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:08 pm

T.Farm.Brumby wrote:So if I can get a look at the injectors I'll be fine? Wilco.

Also going to degrease the whole engine bay and spray off the engine. Might spray the rocker covers too if they aren't too hard to get off. Any idea how hard that'd be? From an initial look they look somewhat inaccessible

This is a quick way to identify the early or late EJ22. From memory, all of them produced after 1994 had the month/year on the inside of the cap. Also all the EJ22 engines after 1994 had Crank and Cam Angle Sensors without long wires on them.

The rocker covers are easy in a Liberty, so I'm thinking they shouldn't be too hard in the L.Series just undo the 3 (10mm sized head) bolts and the covers should just fall off.