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02-20-2018, 11:10 AM | #1 |
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99 Outback engine rebuild... boost?
I've got a 99 Outback with the ej25D phase 2 bottom end and phase 1 heads.
Bought the car recently and have pulled the engine with my wife to put all new gaskets in and re seal it back up. The stock pistons look fine and the bores have great crosshatching which is surprising considering it has 230k miles on it. Inside of the engine looks immaculate aside from carbon deposits. I have a gt2554 turbo sitting in my garage begging to be put into something. I know the stock compression ratio on this engine is something like 9.7:1 but if I put ej255 pistons in, it should drop to about 8.5:1. My thought is to possibly drop some stock ej255 pistons in that were pulled from a low mileage car getting forged pistons, then run stock ecu with the gt2554, wrx top mount, and a sti fuel pump for awhile. I'm planing on making my own uppipe and downpipe since I have a welder and fabrication experience. Then when I finish figuring out all the wiring I would drop in a microsquirt based diypnp ecu with some sti 565cc injectors. Not looking for gobs of power obviously, but I do want some semblance of reliability for relatively cheap. Keep in mind I already have the injectors, ecu, and wrx top mount intercooler. I've yet to buy pistons for obvious reasons, same with the sti fuel pump. My question is, would ej255 or ej257 stock pistons and stock ecu combo be reliable enough for a couple months without issue if I ran 91? TLDR I Have...
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Should I slap the turbo pistons in and run the stock ecu til I put the megasquirt in with the 565cc injectors? Overall this only should cost me an additional $200 or so since I should be able to scrounge up enough steel pipe for the uppipe and downpipe.
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02-20-2018, 11:35 AM | #2 |
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I imagine you'll get more feedback (and find a ton more information to search through) in the Normally Aspirated with bolt-on Forced Induction technical forum.
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02-20-2018, 12:04 PM | #3 | |
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Can a mod please delete this thread, I will start a new thread there instead. |
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02-20-2018, 12:10 PM | #4 |
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Location: USA, North NJ, 07456
Vehicle:1998 Legacy 2.5GT Silver Sleeper BK, 5MT |
A bit OT.......
When I was on the COBB forum, there was a member that was in SF SD. I did a ton of business travel and would post in the general forum, "Where is Charlie going to be.....?" With a date and location. There was a guy with a WRX that lived in SF SD and I met him a couple times (met about 80 forum members all across the US not counting the first COBB meet in SLC after their move, but that's another story....). I met him maybe 8 years ago? My site was north side of town, take the highway north, get off at an overpass, head west about a mile to a boring looking datacenter with fierce looking fences all around. Anyway, yes, looking into either conversions or "NA with FI" on THIS forum would yield more info. PS, if you know who I'm talking about, say hi for me......I was "Charlie" on that forum..... |
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