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Nice one. I couldn't resist. I fired mine up for 15 secs with no coolant or exhaust lol. Won't do any harm. Good luck!

Oh and to answer your question did I do conversion. I done the ej22 conversion on last bus but bought the h6 bus from a mate. The install is pretty much the same for any normally aspirated subaru engine. gets a bit trickier with the turbo lumps. The conversion isnt to difficult tbh. If you can rout ...

Sounds like a propper job mate. Got to be much better than under the bus. Is she all up and running now then.

just out of interest where did you mount your rad? Did you cut a hole in front to mount it where the vw watercooled one would go

EJ20 is a good engine and one of the most common engines to use for a conversion.

Just pmd you gdaddy

Im in norfolk if anyone wants a look over my conversion and a drive out.

Good advice. Spare engine lurking in the garage is a good idea. Cheaper than a rebuild. But then a well looked after ej should be very trouble free.

Pretty sure you need the turbo clutch setup. The belhousing comes with very good instructions tho so not a problem. I've got loads of pics of ej22 conversion on my Facebook which I think are open to public if you search Chris fryer. My profile pic is a silver magnum multivan

I didn't do this install as bought it from my mate but looks pretty much the same as my ej22 conversion which I did. Main difference is the turbo clutch setup but rather than na one. Gearbox is just an AHU code originally mated to a 2.1. The exhaust is an rjes one but they have stopped selling them ...

Yea good point. I'm happy for now but may look into lpg in the future. Have you been in an h6 bus yet? I love it. Plenty of power yet very smooth

Will be interesting to see the results. Would be great if the flashlube works. I'd love to lpg my h6 as it is a bit thirsty at 23-26 mpg. The ej20 is about the same bhp as the ej22 depending on year I think and my 135bhp ej22 was great to drive. Depends what you want tho. Ej25 is a great compromise ...

Lpg does not suit subaru engines at all as the suffer from valve seat recession. My ej22 returned around 27mpg combined and 30-32mpg on a run if kept below 70. The ez20 has slightly more bhp and slightly better mpg I believe. Not sure if it's as tourqy tho

Cheers dazco

Have you joined the vw subaru hybrid group on Facebook. Some really knowledgeable people on there