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Old 08-15-2010, 11:07 PM   #1
thefultonhow
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Default EJ253 into EJ251 car

My brother's EJ251 engine in his 2001 Forester (160k) is burning oil at a rate of a quart every 700-800 mi. It seems to me that its days are numbered, and I don't have enough confidence in my mechanical abilities to do a rebuild. I have, however, done engine swaps before. I found a super-low mileage EJ253 from a 2006 Baja locally for cheap. Will it be possible to do the swap, considering the AVCS on the intake valves and the use of drive-by-wire and a MAF instead of throttle cable and MAP?
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