What's the highest milage EJ20 you know of? Please mention year, model, power output, and driving style of the owner(s).

My reason for asking is that I'm wondering how long my '94 WRX could hold out, as the original owner took good care of it and put 50k miles (80 km) on it, and I've driven it like I stole it for 15k miles (24 km) now. So I have 65k miles (104 km) on it total, and it seems to be running very strong.

The original owner had it in stock form in a jdm '94 WRX wagon, and I've swapped the engine and driveline into a US '94 Impreza L and modified it into a high 12 sec car that traps at 105 mph.

Thanks.

Mark

 

i have 106,000 miles on my legacy, still running strong with 16psi peak boost, and i drive it like it matters too.

Paul

 

I bough my legacy turbo with 105,000 miles on it, some history. I gave it loads of abuse, and it finally failed ( big ends ) at 125,000. This failure was totally my fault though, running crap oil, and seriously abusing the car.
Otherwise, the bores etc were mint, as were pistons. these engines will last very high milage if looked after. Some fail, some dont, but on the whole they are a very good engine.
Big end failure seems to the the only unexplainable failure, which can happen at almost anytime. Other failures such as melted pistons etc, are due to problems, not directly related to the engine itself, but to fuelling/ignition issues, whether it be poor fuel, weak mixtures, too much boost or duff sensors causing it.

 

Iv got a R reg (98) STI4 with 110K on the clock.. Its been dynod at 289Bhp..

Still going strong.. A little noisy in the morning tappets but no smoke and run's ok..

Rob

 

107k miles on MY96 UK Wagon..

Standard except ITG panel and STi BB, standard boost at the moment still too..

Driven with respect, warm up and warm down.. mainly motorway..

some heavy towing too mind..

JGM

PS: Do a search on 'Mileage' you should find a few threads.

 

I had a legacy 4-cam turbo estate, which we used a a chace car on rally`s, i sold it about 6 months ago with 254,000 miles on it, it had an engine change at 245,000, simply because a water pipe burst on the motorway and she cooked! it was still very healthy then. it had been serviced every 6000 miles, as long as they get looked after, they last well, and beleive you me, boy it had a hammering!!

 

See, told you all legacy's were better.