Crank options

[Hoak]

I snapped the pully bolt off in the crank of my EJ22T. I was wondering if I have different options on what to replace it with and what the benifits would be. I haven't looked too hard yet for any sort of aftermarket crank, I was thinking more OEM upgrades from different motors. Also, if thats not an option, I need to know if the EJ22 crank is the same as the turbo blocks crank. Thanks in advance!

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[bobjr94]

You might be able to drill the bolt out, get an extractor in it and unscrew it still. Depends on how stuck it is. Might need a right angle drill and to pull the rad but still beats buying a motor.

Depends on how much HP you plan on making and how much you want to spend. If your doing a reasonable amount of HP and dont have boat loads of money I would just get a ej18 or ej22 core for pretty cheap and use the crank. I believe everything phase 1 (90-98) would work fine.

[elislider]

Originally Posted by bobjr94

You might be able to drill the bolt out, get an extractor in it and unscrew it still. Depends on how stuck it is. Might need a right angle drill and to pull the rad but still beats buying a motor.

cheapest thats for sure. might be hard to get in there, youll prolly have to take off a lot of the front end or just pull the engine out at least halfway to easily get to the crank

Depends on how much HP you plan on making and how much you want to spend. If your doing a reasonable amount of HP and dont have boat loads of money I would just get a ej18 or ej22 core for pretty cheap and use the crank. I believe everything phase 1 (90-98) would work fine.

check yards or just craigslist for a car or engine thats blown for something cheap then youll have a lot of other stuff too that you might need down the road, or stuff you can sell back

[Hoak]

The motor is out of the car, I have a 98 RS with an EJ22t and WRX heads, and a menniam stage III kit. I'm looking for the most benifitial upgrade. I was going to just get an old block out of this all subaru yard in town, but I wanted to be sure I could use a crank from a 1.8-2.0-2.2-2.5

[Matt Monson]

If you are looking to 'upgrade' get a phase I Ej25 crank and stroke your Ej22 up to 2.35l.

[Hoak]

Originally Posted by Matt Monson

If you are looking to 'upgrade' get a phase I Ej25 crank and stroke your Ej22 up to 2.35l.

Would that require any sort of head spacing?

[ciper]

No it requires custom internals from wiseco

[ballitch]

Originally Posted by ciper

No it requires custom internals from wiseco

I thought you could swap crank and rods and call it a day, using your own pistons, do you HAVE to use the Wiseco's?


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[charliew]

On a lot of broken bolts that are flush with the surface, I've taken a slightly larger nut and laid it on top of the bolt shaft and taken a ac stick welder or a wire feed and welded the nut to the bolt shaft and it comes out pretty easy. I know for sure this works on chev sb heads and aluminium blocks but I haven't tried it on a steel crank but what do you have to loose?
With the stick welder I use the ground clamp to hold the nut in place and it works pretty easy, you just fill up the inside of the nut with maybe a small blob on top. Don't mess up the outside of the nut if you can help it but if you do just use a vise-grip on it. The bolts usually aren't very tight and maybe the heat helps to loosen them.
On one chevy head still in a k5 blazer the back exhaust manifold bolt on the pass. side had a 3/8 tap and a ezout in the same hole. Only a helicoil would fix that. I did get them out with about 5 1/2 nuts and the welder. They are neat conversation pieces.

[ciper]

Originally Posted by ballitch

I thought you could swap crank and rods and call it a day, using your own pistons, do you HAVE to use the Wiseco's?

Yes you have to. The stock 2.2 pistons are too "tall" for the 2.5 stroke/rods.