what's the difference?
#1
what's the difference?
can anyone tell me the difference between a long block and a short block?
my m8 has brought an ej20 engine for his uk turbo 2000, then gone to fit his inlet manifold and it doesn't fit. the engine is out of a wrx. why are the blocks different as they are around the same year?
can everyone advise?
my m8 has brought an ej20 engine for his uk turbo 2000, then gone to fit his inlet manifold and it doesn't fit. the engine is out of a wrx. why are the blocks different as they are around the same year?
can everyone advise?
#2
A long engine has cylinder heads fitted. A short engine doesn't.
If your mate's replacement engine doesn't fit his inlet manifold then either it's a phase 1/1.5 engine going into a phase 2 car, or vice-versa. The design of the heads changed for the 99MY (aka phase 2), so you can't drop a '98MY engine in a '99 car, for example.
If your mate's replacement engine doesn't fit his inlet manifold then either it's a phase 1/1.5 engine going into a phase 2 car, or vice-versa. The design of the heads changed for the 99MY (aka phase 2), so you can't drop a '98MY engine in a '99 car, for example.
#4
That will be a late 2000MY car then.
You can make anything work if you're bl**dy-minded/stubborn enough but trying to make this happen would be a total tit of a job, and once done you'd be stuck with the reality that the older engines aren't as good.
If your mate has an 00MY car then a 99/00MY engine is the only direct drop-in replacement. If it's a UK car, it needs a UK engine too, unless, again, he wants to deal with compatibility issues.
is it possible to fit the phase 1 anyway?
If your mate has an 00MY car then a 99/00MY engine is the only direct drop-in replacement. If it's a UK car, it needs a UK engine too, unless, again, he wants to deal with compatibility issues.
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