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twin turbo setup with uppipes and down pipes, one VF20 turbo, one VF21 turbo, no shaft play--From JDM EJ20G. Cylinder heads from JDM EJ20G DOHC and all 4 cams, but one is busted. :mad: Intake manifold from JDM EJ20G. Intercooler from something. pistons from EJ205 (not shown), no rods.

 

i know very little about these subaru motors, but even less abot twin turbo setups. So here is what i have

a 1990 legacy wagon with an ej22e n/a and a 5 speed trans + all the parts listed above

 

what i want to do

put the DOHC heads from the ej20g on my ej22e, use the intake manifold (which includes the ej20g injectors, all that good stuff) on my ej22e, put the ej205 pistons in my ej22e, and use the twin turbo setup on the ej22e. And buy the ECU from a legacy ej20 twin turbo.

questions: How will using the ej20g heads and ej205 pistons affect the compression on my ej22e? Lower it/raise it from stock? Will the intake manifold work? Will the intercooler work? Is the ECU from a legacy twin turbo going to plug into my wiring harness? I'm new to anything turbo related but this deal was a 1 time only thing. i cant find ANYTHING about the vf21 turbo, and very very little about the vf20

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The twin turbo setup doesn't fit the LHD USDM cars.

 

IIRC, one of the turbos interferes with the steering stuff or the brake booster or something.

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The twin turbo setup doesn't fit the LHD USDM cars.

 

IIRC, one of the turbos interferes with the steering stuff or the brake booster or something.

 

FML! and i just noticed the cam that busted, the busted part is still in the cylinder head, and the metal around it is busted as well. so can i still use this head? how bad will that affect anything? and what is the plastic piece in the very last picture

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^^^ +1

 

You could fix it but it's lost some integrity for sure.

 

Honestly I would just try and find another head with cams. If that doesn't work you can just get another cam and use this head. It will probably last a while just as long as the part of the head where the cam bearing bolts to isn't gouged or anything you can still get use out of the head, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was cracked somewhere else as a result of whatever the Hell happened in there.

 

Also, that giant chunk that's missing is just a gigantic weak spot for that head. I see stress fractures in the future of that head. Welding cast aluminum is possible, but for a high stress application like this it's unlikely to hold forever. Your best bet might be to just machine some of the broken crap off of the head with a Bridgeport (Machine shops will have the right machines) and just running it till the head dies. Either you replace the head now or you replace it later, but you will have to replace that head eventually.

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That head is done IMO. And you can't use the TT setup on USDM models, due to the LHD setup with all of the brake booster, clutch master cylinder, and steering shaft blocking that turbo. And that plastic piece is the PCV on the EJ205 (and EJ255/257 for that matter).
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^^^ +1

 

You could fix it but it's lost some integrity for sure.

 

Honestly I would just try and find another head with cams. If that doesn't work you can just get another cam and use this head. It will probably last a while just as long as the part of the head where the cam bearing bolts to isn't gouged or anything you can still get use out of the head, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was cracked somewhere else as a result of whatever the Hell happened in there.

 

Also, that giant chunk that's missing is just a gigantic weak spot for that head. I see stress fractures in the future of that head. Welding cast aluminum is possible, but for a high stress application like this it's unlikely to hold forever. Your best bet might be to just machine some of the broken crap off of the head with a Bridgeport (Machine shops will have the right machines) and just running it till the head dies. Either you replace the head now or you replace it later, but you will have to replace that head eventually.

 

not arguing, but how is stress going to be applied to that part? its not a contact point for the cam i dont believe. The only thing that happened is the guy who took the cams out lifted the cam from the other side at an angle and busted that .

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