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Pepperami wrote:A Scooby will go a fair bit faster than your 70mph but that's not the point, At 70 mph we are at about 3,000rpm and we wont grind to a halt faced with a slight incline. We can move about on a motorway in safety as we can swap lanes to overtake. Not only that they sound bloomin gorgeous.

That IS wicked!! So no slow lane behind lorries then!

Did mine completely myself, only used te conversion plate and a wiring diagram, if your any good with spanners welders and electrics it aint to hard, plus i get the massive satisfaction of knowing i did it myself and didnt just pay some one to do it for me!!!!!!

I just paid someone to do mine as i haven't got a clue, I have no space (i have to park in a supermarket carpark) and most of all i am never satisfied with anything i ever do. I am also just paying Aiden to build a gearbox for me for the same reasons.

Yes you can put a set of carbs on the Subaru engine as I have seen this done a couple of times.
I would presume that you remove the blanking cap from the end of the cam shaft and just refit the standard electronic ignition just like the early 2.2's had.
When you look you can see that the dizzy drive is still on the end of the cam.

Wellcome back Paul how was the wedding?

Flightpath wrote:Yes you can put a set of carbs on the Subaru engine as I have seen this done a couple of times.
I would presume that you remove the blanking cap from the end of the cam shaft and just refit the standard electronic ignition just like the early 2.2's had.
When you look you can see that the dizzy drive is still on the end of the cam.

This is great news! What carbs work?

Pepperami wrote: Not only that they sound bloomin gorgeous.

Dont we know it

Ringo

PS. Looks very tidy that (both of em) - i completely admire you all for doing it. Wicked.

Why on earth would you want carbs on an EJ22...

It's a fully integrated engine and management system. You'd lose the economy, guaranteed smoothness and perfect mixture at whatever load, rpm or temperature...

Then there's the jetting, which mfrs take months to get right themselves, even then leaving 'holes' in the carburretion under some conditions... then there's the dizzy, how are you going to get an ideal spark advance under all conditions without a rolling road for a few days

Yes, it'll run, I expect... It might even sound or (possibly) go faster at certain revs and throttle settings... but throughout from carelesslly lugging at 1500 right through to 6500, I doubt it'd be a match in any way. It'd be a project though... if you want one

HI Tony yes the wedding and honeymoon was great.
I have now joined the thumb on head club!!
Anyway I do agree with Harry Mann 100% there is no point at all putting carbs on this motor as I believe that the MPFI system was one of the best at the time and still is a fabulous system.
By putting carbs on would indeed require a serious session on a rolling road to get the jetting and ignition right, and its also a given that the fuel consumption in a heavy vehicle would not be at all amusing!
For the price of a decent set of carbs you could buy TWO fully drivable 2.2 Legacys.
Now there's a pause for thought?

Oh also what I failed to mention was that I saw the carb conversion in Beatles on the other side of the channel.

If youre bent on fitting carbs then fit a Lotus twin cam,it would be the same enormous task! Probably.

If youre bent on fitting carbs then fit a Lotus twin cam,it would be the same enormous task! Probably.

Hehe. have driven one of those around Mallory Park, a 1965 Mk 1, two of my mates have them and they are fully restored...

.. complete with air-gulping flat spots!!