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Old 08-22-2011, 09:04 PM   #135
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Before the recent turbos blowing up ringlands, the early EJ25 NA's had a ton of headgasket issues. Early turbos were pretty good. First gen turbo 2.2L Legacy engines were probably the most solid factory non-intercooled turbo built. Also WRX 5 speeds have a reputation of being fragile in some circles, but this is a pure abuse scenario. Hard, dropped-clutch launches + AWD grip = massive driveline stress.
That engine was impossible to break! I'm not joking on this. That EJ22T was solid as it can get. Too bad next gen Legacy twin turbo (JDM only) was POS
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