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Old 17-02-2014, 12:07 PM
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Hi guys,

I bought my first subaru 2days ago and the guy I bought it off said that it had an sti engine put in a couple of years ago. Being new to this type of engine he could have told me anything. From what I can see from Internet pics it looks like a standard wrx engine, I've looked through the service history and on some of the service receipts state that it's an EJ205?

Does anyone know where I can locate an engine number on the engine itself?

Here's a few pics. Any light shed upon the situation would be greatly appreciated





Apologies for the head tilt
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Old 17-02-2014, 12:21 PM
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Short block or long block did he say ?
As it's not avacs heads so not long block but could be short block
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Old 17-02-2014, 12:25 PM
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Unfortunately he didn't say which is obviously no help at all. To be honest I don't really think he knew a great deal about the car himself as I've learnt more from the service history and receipts for the car than what he had described in his for sale ad
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Old 17-02-2014, 12:29 PM
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Where in Sussex are you?
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Old 17-02-2014, 12:32 PM
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Storrington or Horsham. May possibly come along to the meet in findon on Saturday where I'm sure people would find it easier to look at it opposed to a wonky picture!
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Old 17-02-2014, 01:37 PM
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I'm in Horsham so happy to have a peek
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Old 17-02-2014, 04:33 PM
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Looks like you need some new vacuum hose on the boost solenoid in that bottom pic..
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Old 17-02-2014, 06:21 PM
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I do mate! On my long long list of things to do
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Old 17-02-2014, 06:35 PM
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Is it mapped, as it looks like it's running a 3-port solenoid, maybe a Prodrive item. Connected with garden hose.
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Old 17-02-2014, 06:41 PM
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would be more worried about the cracked one that goes back to air intake
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It is yes but I need to plumb in a boost gauge as I have no idea what boost it's running at the moment and looks to be a standard actuator.
It looks like a 3-port solenoid and I'm pretty sure there was a receipt amongst all the history for it
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Old 17-02-2014, 06:58 PM
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And yes I noticed that as I took the picture. Will be sorted very soon
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Old 17-02-2014, 07:19 PM
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plumb the boost gauge to manifold so you also get negative
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Old 17-02-2014, 07:20 PM
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That's a better idea mate, ill do that
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It is yes but I need to plumb in a boost gauge as I have no idea what boost it's running at the moment and looks to be a standard actuator.
Most run standard actuators as it's not like the old days of RS Turbo's and Cossies where swapping to a -31 Actuator was the way to get higher boost.
It's all controlled by the ECU, and the actuator cracking pressure is approx. 1/2 target boost on a standard car, which allows the ECU to run 1/2 boost when detecting a fault.
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Ahh I see. So are adjustable actuators not the 'done thing' with these engines? Just all sorted at time of being mapped?
Very amateur questions but only have very basic knowledge of these engines.
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take CJ up on his kind offer
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Go see Cj !!!!
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Whoops.! I thought I'd replied to C.J already, my fault
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C.J. knows his stuff and is one of the many helpful guys on here!
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