I have a 2000 2.5rs coupe. The engine is slowly dieing. Are the newer RS engines (2002 and up) plug and play?

Thanks

what year car? and is it SOHC or DOHC? most of the EJ25s will be a direct fit as long as you stay with what was in the car.

what year car? and is it SOHC or DOHC? most of the EJ25s will be a direct fit as long as you stay with what was in the car.

Humm, It's a 2000 2.5rs, I guess it's DOHC?

cant remember off the top of my head what year they changed but thats about the year you have there. like I said if its DOHC you need a phase1 engine to go in directly but if its phase2 then youll need one of those.

Easiest way to know... go look at your VIN plate under the hood.

00 rs is sohc ej251. Just use your intake manifold and all the crud on it and you should be fine.

you have a Phase II sohc engine. Easiest swap is to get another phase II engine without the AVCS (which happened in 05 IIRC).