Which Subaru engine do I have? We know this seems like a silly question but a lot of engines are mislabeled and people sometimes purchase the incorrect engine for their project. We thought we would create a guide to distinguish which engines are which. Please note this is for EJ20...
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How To Do a Subaru WRX Swap into a RS
In this blog post we go over some of the biggest challenges and mistakes people make when swapping a Subaru. A huge shout out to Bucky Lasek for letting us swap his car as well as his dope editing skills! The full weekend swap can be found on the Buck...
Grounding Issues - iWire Grounding Kit
In this blog post we go over the basics of grounding and why it’s important in your Subaru. You can purchase the iWire Grounding Kit by clicking here. Here is our Owner Brian talking with Flatirons Podcast about the importance of grounding in your Subaru. The most important thing...
Subaru EJ205 Breakdown
The EJ205 was first introduced in 1999 in Japan and 2002 in the US market. The name EJ205 is just a basic designation of an EJ engine, with 2.0 liters of displacement, and the 5 or 7 is an identifier for whether it came out of a WRX/Forester (5) or...
Radiator Swap in your GC
In this blog post we talk about the radiator in your swapped car. We’re specifically talking about GC chassis (93-01 Subaru), but you would use similar information for all radiator swaps. When doing a swap in a GC chassis, there will most likely be a radiator upgrade as well....
Single AVCS CANbus Equipped Engine Swap
In this blog post, we discuss the issues with swapping a Single AVCS CANbus (shortened to CAN for the rest of this blog) equipped engine like a 2008 WRX into an older non-CAN equipped chassis like a 2002 WRX. 2023 Update: The only way iWire will perform this type of...
Best Subaru Engine Swap Choice for your Chassis
March 2023 Update: We can no longer wire up engines from cars older than the chassis they are being installed in. The problem is many states are taking the stance, like California, that for any engine change, it must be from the same year or newer, or the car...
Why Buy A Complete Engine for an Engine Swap?
In this blog post we go over why buying a complete engine is a better option than buying all the components of the engine separately. This is catered toward those going from a non turbo to turbo application like a 2001 RS getting an 06 STi engine. Sometimes we get...