ej25 with ej22 heads · Aussieveedubbers

bad62bug · 22 Mar 2013, 2:38 am

What’s the best year ej25 to bolt ej22 heads to. Thanks

1996 etc.

pete wood · 23 Mar 2013, 10:59 am

What's wrong with the EJ25 heads?

Joel · 23 Mar 2013, 12:14 pm

They don't fit in a bug without going all texas chainsaw masacre on it.

When it comes to N/A EJ25 cases it really doesnt matter, they are all the same, its like saying which is the best 1600 vw case, the design hasn't changed.

pete wood · 23 Mar 2013, 12:34 pm

I understood that using the subaru trans allowed the the motor to move back about 20mm giving better clearance all round.

MISS VDUB · 23 Mar 2013, 1:39 pm

Joel knows his stuff bad62bug, he is our Subi Guru around here

bad62bug · 23 Mar 2013, 9:17 pm

Thanks 🙂

Joel · 24 Mar 2013, 8:14 am

pete wood wrote:I understood that using the subaru trans allowed the the motor to move back about 20mm giving better clearance all round.

I saw no mention of a subi trans but even so they move the engine up not forward unless you wanna chop out the body around the rear seatbelt mounts and clearance the torsion bar housing and firewall.
And I'm guessing by EJ22 heads on a EJ25 that bad62bug is trying to do the conversion with as minimal bodywork as possibile.

The stock SOHC EJ25 heads are too wide to fit a bug neatly, you still have to chop out the bumper mounts, and with that much effort you may as well go a DOHC engine.

bad62bug · 24 Mar 2013, 12:21 pm

( I'm guessing by EJ22 heads on a EJ25 that bad62bug is trying to do the conversion with as minimal bodywork as possibile.)

Your guessing Right. any tips or tricks to installing the EJ22 heads on the EJ25?

Joel · 28 Mar 2013, 9:46 am

We ended up using some fancy triple layer stainless steel head gaskets as the stock EJ25 ones was a bit dodgy with the EJ22 heads on there.

I'll have to check which kind they were, they were double the price of genuine Subi ones though but I was assured were worth it.

bad62bug · 28 Mar 2013, 10:29 am

Thanks that would be great