Hey I'm new here. Been searching forums everywhere for getting a dohc motor into my sohc fifth gen Legacy. I can't find anyone who was crazy or stupid enough to do it, I do see a lot of 4th gens that have done it but no 5th gens. I bought the car piss cheap, like 500 bucks cheap. The motor is blown, and the car has a shitty cvt, money is no concern I want to have fun with this car. I buy many cars and fix them and sell them but something made me fall in love with this gal. The way it drove even with all the issues especially during the winter was just impressive. I had a lancer gts before this and many other awd sedans and this just won it for me. I been looking for Legacy GTs around me in this generation but no luck. Just the fourth gen but I don't want to get one of those.
Before I ask my questions, the car needs a new wiring harness and ecu AND a new motor. It drove fine when I got it but every light is on the dash and the ecu had corrosion going on it and a bunch of other issues with a few wires being damaged too. It also had a bad strut and wheel bearing but all of those issues are resolved. So I need a new harness and ecu, the motor is blown.
Can I put in an ej255 into the car with no issues, and if I choose to what's everything I'd need? How about I go even stupider and consider a 257?
Will the cvt be able to handle the new motor (255) at its stock hp or will I need a new transmission? If so, what transmission do you recommend? I'm not afraid to manual swap it as it's not my first manual swap and I know the gt only comes in manual.
If you guys know someone who has done this already please send them my way! Money isn't my concern, just want to have fun with this and want to know the advice before I jump into the money pit. Thank you!
Once again this is a fifth gen 2012 Legacy 2.5i. And I was trying to "just buy a legacy gt" but I'd lowkey just have fun with this.