Hiya fellow Subagonites?:
I have seen said conversion done, and it looks pretty good. The one I
saw had a cooling system that seemed cobbled together, and the
harness was not quite as pretty as I would have liked. How well it
ran I don't know - as it was still being worked on.
I do know that there is a problem setting up the timing with these
engines - and it requires knowing the correct mark - which is not the
mark on the pulley. My pal had to go to a Subaru shop, and they
explained the trick - I don't personally know it.
As we all know, there is difficulty with the wiring harness
fabrication - my pal who did the conv used the wiring diagram - which
contained at least one proven error.
Now that the preliminaries are out of the way - here's my thought:
How about just using the connectors on the harness, and fabricating a
new harness from scratch?
To me, it sure looks easier and faster than tracing leads in a
squashed spider web!
The only caveat is, are all the 2.2 litre installations using the
same ecu and components?
If they are, it sure makes life easier.
If not, the thing to do is to try and gather information on the
various FI/engine managements systems.
With that information, we potentially could:
1. work out the details for doing different installations, or;
2. work to a common standard, encorporating the potentially
different systems into a " flexible harness" design;
3. Hopefully, all the 2.2 litre systems could be made the same, and
there will be no need to create several harness designs.
What do you think?
Marshall Ruskin
Winnipeg, Canada
84 Westy "Iron Igloo"
