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Swapping motors

14K views 54 replies 16 participants last post by  lukyduckie  
Peakz, I really wanted to share and help others so I did a full write up on NASIOC.....wasted hours putting it together and they never posted it. When I asked about it they never replied. To make it worse, I wrote the whole thing on their platform and didn't save a copy for myself . So after submitting it, now it's totally gone. That write up I did was pretty long winded, covering everything I ran into with the swap from 13-14 to a 15 up motor, and how I overcame it blah, blah blah. Might be easier if you have questions about certain things to ask that and I can reply. I have worked for and on Subaru for over 20 years and done many Frankenroos over the years so hopefully I can help.
Put a 2012 legacy motor into a 2013 cross. It won't start. Shaped out cam sen. & the pcm.
Tried resting the system. Blah blah. On the OBD11. EVERTHING READS good except calibration I'd.
Any ideas at this point?
Didn't change the trans. Only the motor. Everything plugged up except the fly wheel. It was as to big off the crosstalk.
I noticed that the crankshaft sensors are different.
Is this the issue?