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I'm sure its been covered... I have done some searches... I have limited time.

First I will say I am not a Subaru Guy.... I used to turn wrenches for a living and still do alot of work.

A good friend has a 96 Outback with the crappy 2.5 Engine... 170K and bad head gaskets.... Nothing new there right? LOL

another friend has a wrecked 96 Subie sedan... with a great running 2.2 engine. I can get the whole car cheap.... $200.00 for any parts I need. has 160K well maintained & Babied.

Both cars are Auto trans... both have A/C.... Under the hood they look the same... except the 2.5 looks wider.

Its my understanding that I can put the 2.2 in place of the 2.5... is that correct?

What is involved in this change over? Is there a thread that you can direct me to? I know its been done... I just need more info.

I'm sorry if this has been asked a 1000 times before... Flame me if you must... But I will still need the info when you are done.

Thank you for the help.
Reaney in NH

 

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Awesome info... exactly what I was looking for.

Thank you so much for your time.

 

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Donor should be here today or tomorrow.
i plan to get started right away.
Thank you

 

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Job is done... I wanted to report how it went.. Just in case someone else needs the info in the future.

The 96 2.2 Liter was a complete plug and play.. Differences were very minor.

I left PS on the car... just unbolted it from the motor and tipped it out of the way. It bolted right up... Worked fine. The other minor issue is the lines are routed different and I could not bolt them into the brackets... I'm not going to worry about it. But, if someone was concerned... they could keep the Lines and pump from the 2.2L eng and it would be perfect.

Car has an AUTO trans... The 2.5L engine has a larger Flex plate... I installed the 2.5 Flex onto the 2.2L engine and everything worked perfect.

This was the Easiest Swap conversion I have ever done. Everything else Plugged in... bolted up.... Car runs perfect with the 2.5 ECM....

Thanks to all that took the time to answer my questions.