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Swapping motors

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Hey what’s the difference in the crossover pipes why do they need to be changed ? I’m in the middle of this swap and didn’t do any research and just now realizing I need to swap my coils and the cross over pipe
 
Swapped completed,kept original harness from 13 my. You will need to Swapped relactor wheels from cam phasers and front cover as well, keep original cross pipe due to different design for EGR valve set up. You don't have to swap coils. Only cross pipe,crank sensor and bracket,reactor wheels from phasers,front cover.
Hey man I see you did a motor swap with a 2017 motor to your 13- I am swapping a 2015 crostrek motor into my 2013 Impreza , I have the motor in and it is running like **** , I did swap the crank sensor , bracket and plate , and harness and that’s it , everything else seems to built up just fine , is there a reason to swap the cross over pipe when the egr fits ? And the coils also seem to fit aswell , I did have to extend the alternator harness tho
 
I unplugged it and still runs rough , I did forget to mention my motor is from a 2015 crostrek going into a 2013 Impreza , so far I swapped the crank sensor , bracket and plate along with the harness , it runs but is definitely miss firing but my scan tool isn’t picking it up , the intake was getting really hot to the rough so didn’t wanna run it long , I’m gonna swap the crossover pipe and go from there, it does seem like to 2013 Impreza coil packs mount correctly but are the out puts different or anything? Was hoping to do a simple swap haha the junk yard said this motor would slap right in but unfortunately not the case - I wanna make this motor work tho due to being more reliable I hear the 2013 Imprezas burn oil
 
Yes,I would swap a crossover pipe first,those guys just want sell stuff. I used 13my intake as well. I took apart engine completely to the short block,and then changed every gaskets and seals when assembled,just because they said it was running, doesn't mean it was running right.
I didn’t do a tear down before hand but leak down was good along with the compression so hopefully it’s not the motor itself , I’ll swap everything and hope for the best haha thank you