{"id":17261,"date":"2017-07-27T14:08:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T19:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=17261"},"modified":"2017-07-27T14:08:15","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T19:08:15","slug":"subaru-ej-series-engine-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=17261","title":{"rendered":"Subaru EJ-Series Engine Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Subaru-EJ-series-flat-four-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17262\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=17262\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Subaru-EJ-series-flat-four-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Subaru EJ-series flat-four 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Subaru EJ-series flat-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Subaru-EJ-series-flat-four-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Subaru-EJ-series-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=620%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Subaru EJ-series flat-four\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Subaru-EJ-series-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=620%2C349&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Subaru-EJ-series-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Subaru-EJ-series-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Subaru-EJ-series-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Subaru-EJ-series-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=30%2C17&amp;ssl=1 30w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Subaru-EJ-series-flat-four-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Drive stopped by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prime-motoring.com\/\">Prime Motoring<\/a> to talk with Vince Griffin about building powerful EJ-Series flat-four engines. In the video he covers popular questions such as top-mount intercoolers, EJ power levels, exhaust, injectors, block reinforcement, and other great tips.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zRIeZbhaGFs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC5rBpVgv83gYPZ593XwQUsA\">Drive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drive stopped by Prime Motoring to talk with Vince Griffin about building powerful EJ-Series flat-four engines. In the video he covers popular questions such as top-mount intercoolers, EJ power levels, exhaust, injectors, block reinforcement, and other great tips. Source: Drive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[662],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ej"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Subaru-EJ-series-flat-four-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17451,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=17451","url_meta":{"origin":17261,"position":0},"title":"2000 Forester with a Turbo 2.3 L Flat-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This 2000 Subaru Forester just keeps getting faster thanks to owner Scott Diver and his coworkers at Ichiban Imports. 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