H6 engine in MY 2000 liberty
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by piper26 on 26-08-10 01:22 AM hi all,
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by XoN on 26-08-10 08:14 AM A guy on this forum - @Blaeven - has done the conversion to his gen2 Liberty. I'm not sure of the exact cost, but I believe it was somewhere around the $13,000 mark using a late-model EZ30R (which has AVCS, which was not included in the earlier gen3 EZ30's).
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V7 STi EJ207 powered 1998 Liberty RX Bilstein Edition |
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by aekOne on 26-08-10 09:24 AM edit: whatever, i give up on this place |
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by XoN on 26-08-10 09:32 AM I have to admit Aek I considered the H6 conversion the first time I drove Dylan's car. I wasn't keen on the lag... Not really sure why now, it's great fun |
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V7 STi EJ207 powered 1998 Liberty RX Bilstein Edition |
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by aekOne on 26-08-10 09:52 AM haha no shit??
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by XoN on 26-08-10 10:31 AM Fast |
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V7 STi EJ207 powered 1998 Liberty RX Bilstein Edition |
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by aekOne on 26-08-10 11:02 AM edit: whatever, i give up on this place |
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by Venom on 26-08-10 11:47 AM Not hard and it doesn't have to be expensive. Bolts in to the stock cross member. Transmission bolts straight up. Same with any conversion for a Subaru the wiring is the hardest thing to do. Everyone uses Blaevens car as an example of why a H6 is a shit idea because its cheaper to do a turbo etc etc and that is rubbish. He did an all out conversion with lots of custom work that was not necessary. I personally like his car and i think the result was awesome. However all that work and money is not needed. Early EZ30D will bolt in, splice the looms and use the H6 ECU, some piping to match the dual coolant outlets on the motor to the single inlet on the radiator, and some piping for the air intake. Done. EZ30R add aftermarket ECU because of the CAN communication. Make life easier and have the two looms sent to someone like Al at AMauto to have them professionaly spliced together so you get a nice neat loom in the mail to plug the H6 straight into your Gen2.
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by XoN on 26-08-10 11:48 AM Hahaha yes he was much more helpful on Sunday. It was just him and me all morning so there was nowhere for him to hide!
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V7 STi EJ207 powered 1998 Liberty RX Bilstein Edition |
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by piper26 on 26-08-10 07:04 PM yea i understand where you are coming from in terms of the 'cheaper' aspect of going with say an ej20t or a B4 engine for example. However im wanting something different, i drove a later model liberty (GEN4) with the h6 engine and was impressed with the responsiveness and it is a good base to work with. Also i have seen first hand and spoken with some shops that have performed twin turbo installs on the 3.0L..
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by hamish_0023 on 26-08-10 10:28 PM First time i drove the H6 i found it a bit laggy but you learn to drive it and can really eliminate any sense of lag. Especially compared to the (stock) 2.0T in the GenVI's. However the 2.0T could be tuned alot more...
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by XoN on 27-08-10 06:24 PM If you're wanting to do something different then sure, the H6 will be that. If you do all the work yourself then I think you could get away with it pretty cheap. The problem I see with the H6 conversion is that once it's in, that's it. You can't really extract a significant amount of power from it cost effectively compared to just dropping a WRX/STi motor.
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V7 STi EJ207 powered 1998 Liberty RX Bilstein Edition |
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by Shiv on 27-08-10 06:43 PM Does anyone know of the differences in power output between AUDM EZ30D and the equivalent JDM version? Obviously the JDM version will be tuned for 98-octane, but does anyone have any figures?
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by piper26 on 28-08-10 02:03 PM yea good point shiv...what exactly is different between the 'd' and the 'r' apart from obviously updated engine management? |
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by XoN on 28-08-10 03:18 PM The R has quite different heads, including AVCS. As a result, the R makes around 30kw more stock. |
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V7 STi EJ207 powered 1998 Liberty RX Bilstein Edition |
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by piper26 on 28-08-10 03:59 PM oh ok, well yea i guess 30kw outta the box for a couple more g's is worth it i guess.. does anyone know someone wanting to sell an ez30r? cant seem to find any in 'salvageable' condition through my sources |
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by piper26 on 29-08-10 06:07 PM ok done a bit more digging. found another h6 engine locally,same price as the one from brissi unfortunately still an ez30d but i wouldnt have to pay for postage... i have also had someone come to me with a BG/BD ej20 twin turbo engine, complete with loom and ecu, they are asking for 2K..
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by XoN on 30-08-10 08:10 AM If your car is a gen3, you'd be better off getting a BE/BH halfcut. More of the goodies that come with the cut will be compatible with your car that way.
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V7 STi EJ207 powered 1998 Liberty RX Bilstein Edition |
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by piper26 on 30-08-10 07:04 PM yea car is a gen3 , and engine is from a jap spec manual car.. how much did your engine set you back Xon? just so i can get a better picture of possible options |
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by XoN on 31-08-10 08:27 AM I got everything I needed for the conversion supremely cheap so the price I paid won't really be relevant. For some perspective, a complete v7 STi cut (including 6 speed and brembos which I don't have) will cost you about $13k. |
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