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04-17-2012, 08:18 PM | #1 |
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ej253 turbo
so my friend decided to turbo his ej253. i tried talking him into getting a wrecked wrx but he wasnt buyin it. i just wanted to ask a few ?s to someone who has already done this. im curious as to running the oil return line. his is a 2007 and is pretty much impossible to remove his oil pan without pulling the engine. so is there another spot to run a return. a waffle maybe. . . ?? any feedback will help. thanks guys
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04-17-2012, 08:31 PM | #2 |
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Tell him to do it. Then laugh when his engine blows.
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04-17-2012, 08:36 PM | #3 |
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plumb it into the valve cover.drill and tap install a barb and connect hose to oil return
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04-18-2012, 10:35 AM | #4 |
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04-18-2012, 10:39 AM | #5 | |
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After that tell them to buy the AVO turbo kit. |
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04-18-2012, 11:37 AM | #6 |
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dead on! i had the ej253 in my 03 LGT and could get everything to bolt a turbo on it for nothing and i said no. you would need to seriously build up the internals and have some major work done. not worth it
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04-19-2012, 07:06 AM | #7 | |
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04-19-2012, 10:26 AM | #8 | |
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04-19-2012, 03:13 PM | #10 |
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ewll like i said its not my car and he does want he wants. im just tryin to find out how to make it work. i guess heads will have to work. thanks
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04-20-2012, 07:32 PM | #11 |
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The high compression of the EJ253 is not friendly to boost. Boost+compression=grenade. Tell your friend he has four choices:
1) Waste a lot of time and money making a stock Subaru turbo work with the plumbing on the EJ253 block and then blow it up pretty soon because wastegate pressure on the turbo is high enough to blow the engine up. 2) Spend a lot more money (but less time) buying an off-the-shelf turbo kit that runs low enough boost to not grenade the engine. The sad thing is that low boost means low power, so you're spending a lot of money and not going very fast. 3) Spend a lot more money and a lot more time to rebuild his engine with the pistons from a turbo, which require the rods from a turbo, and then spend yet more time and money making a stock Subaru turbo work. Upside to this is that you'll have the ability to turn up the boost enough to make it fun. Downside is the huge cost and massive labor 4) Just buy the damned WRX engine and swap it. Cheap, quick, reliable, and can be ramped up to really big power. |
04-21-2012, 03:55 AM | #12 |
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I'm serious in the future the turbo 253 engine. And I intend to do it competently. Ready turbo kit is expensive and I think there is nothing supernatural. The same can be done independently. The main thing to strictly control the boost and fuel mixture. I understand that, ideally, a little lower compression ratio, but do not want to disassemble the new engine - I prefer the first stage to do a little boost (0.3 bar).
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04-22-2012, 10:11 PM | #13 | |
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03-07-2021, 07:16 AM | #14 |
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Maybe the bottom end will blow up... so what... go get a 205 207 255 257 block and use sohc heads afterward. Oil feed from oil pump, return to the pan, coolant in and out through water heater heater. You could drill and tap your valve cover but then you’re dumping hot turbo oil on your valvetrain. My setup is a 251/257 with 253 intake manifold. 251 IM allows more room for the turbo if you use aftermarket fuel lines and rails. 253 IM has more aftermarket support. I’ve run 6-8psi with no intercooler without issue in the infancy of the build, but with an sti block.
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08-28-2021, 02:53 PM | #15 |
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Bumping old thread
Hey guys. Mainly making a post so I can post in classifieds so dismiss me for wasting any time. I have an 06 2.5i and looking to turbo it. I have an 03 wrx engine I tried to swap but didn't work out. Now thinking about taking the internals out of the wrx and putting them in the 2.5i. Maybe another learning experience but hopefully it works out.
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08-28-2021, 03:55 PM | #16 |
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100$ for sti rods, and get some used forged pistons and npr rings. Crank will be fine. Then ur going to want some E85. Heads flow ok, nothing from the 2.0 will fit the 25
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08-28-2021, 03:56 PM | #17 |
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I’d do a 3.6l before I boosted the 253
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08-31-2021, 02:41 PM | #18 |
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Keep in mind that the EJ253 is not just an NA version of the EJ255 or EJ257, it is a single cam motor with high compression and weaker internals that are not suited to handle boost. It would be much easier and likely cheaper long term for him to buy a WRX motor or even an JDM turbo motor that can bolt up to his stock 5 speed with less modification than an STI motor swap
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