- New engine is in!
- It’s a JDM EJ207 Version 8. This is the JDM WRX STi motor, which is a twin-scroll turbo high-revving variant of their 2.0L engine. Should be a fun engine in the 818 with less turbo lag and a 8k redline. Makes somewhere around 280hp on the stock tune which is how I plan to leave it.
- It’s interesting to see a stock engine and all the little clips and parts that never came with my original motor. There’s a crazy amount of stuff attached on top of these motors!
- Prepping the engine for install in the 818. Lots of little odds and ends to tie up such as replacing a few coolant hoses, coolant bleed port install, install boost controller, replace cracked timing cover, replace spark plugs, remove power steering, replace belts, and a couple small fixes to the air inlet tube. Still need to install the JDM ECU and run the 4 wires for AVCS (variable valve timing) between the engine and ECU.
- Working on replacing coolant adapters with silicon ones to fix the small leaks I’ve been dealing with. Finished 3/5 connections and just need to do the front two to finish up
New to me EJ207
Tidied up and power steering deleted
Any ideas what this is? Aftermarket oil pressure gauge?
Timing all looks good 🙂
Giving everything a once-over
The original cracked timing belt cover
Already stealing parts off the old engine
