Engine EJ.

The cars Subaru is something that allows them to resist the general trends of the automotive world, which lead all the technical solutions to a common denominator. The tendency to make the main criterion for evaluating the car desires of the average potential buyer does not prevail over the designers of Fuji Heavy Industries.

Models are usually obtained from them, at least, extraordinary and bewitch their owners to the brand, if not forever, then for a long time.

All innovations are greeted fans with the experience wary, not stopping to talk about the possible loss of spirit and identity, swept all other manufacturers. No, Subaru does not look like any English Bristol, though something very British emanates from such an approach.

Nothing to do with the brand outside observers primarily to discuss, of course, design. Especially the fact that the corporate entity Subaru's looking for a long time and not very successful, and innovate all the time someone reminded.

"Subarovody" is considered the inner content of the main essence of the car, and artistic delights secondary. There is even a well-established expression in this regard: "No matter how the car looks, the main thing - how it goes!"

Subaru go well, and look at if we honor the right. Including the latest version, which looks like an attempt to camouflage Mazdovskuyu "three-ruble note" elements of the plastic from the "penny» BMW. The new-look not kicked a lazy, but ride quality is only alerted fans zubodrobilnyh suspensions, and the merits of the power unit doubters there is little, because under the hood - EJ.

The history of the family of engine EJ.

The history of this family of engines began in 1989 with the advent of the production program Subaru Model Legacy. In Japan, the debut year of the proposed units of 1.8 liter capacity 102 hp and 2-liter 148-horsepower. In the United States were set at Legacy EJ22 volume of 2.2 liters capacity of 135 hp

EJ22 and EJ18 been submitted in Europe. And European EJ18S could be the same as the Japanese central injection and carburetor (Legacy GL for the UK market). The rest was used distributed injection of fuel. The system of calculation of tax on a car in Japan, where the main criterion was the amount of work, let the first promotion of the local market with modifications EJ22. But despite the smaller displacement volume of atmospheric Japanese versions of cars, their capacity was higher due to the American and European twin-shaft cylinder head and intake manifold with variable length. Even more powerful were turbirovanie EJ20. They developed the Legacy RS 208 hp, and a year later appeared with a gun GT - 197 hp

Americans in 1992 received their turbo engine, which has been without an intercooler, a single-shaft design of the timing, volume of 2.2 liters and 163 hp Imports of cars in the US stopped in two years, immediately after removal from the production of first-generation Subaru Legacy, and resumed only with the advent of the fourth generation tvinturbovyh modifications in 2005.
With the introduction of the production line of Subaru Impreza models in 1992, it expanded range of engines. Steel produced small power packs 1.6-liter 95 hp On novelty also installed 108 hp EJ18, 145-hp EJ22 (North America only) and 2.5-liter power units with capacity of 165 hp, and continued to put in the old atmospheric 2-litrovki capacity of 148 hp (only for Japan and Australia). For the Japanese version of the Legacy with the appearance of her younger sister offered only 2- and 2.5-liter units.

And in all markets except North America, EJ20H (183 and 190 kW), EJ20R (205 kW) equipped with sequential tvinturbovoy system and had a characteristic dip in torque during the transition from work to singl- twin-turbo, which is able to "cure" in EJ206 (190kW) and EJ208 (205kVt), tied for the fourth-generation Legacy.

In 1993 there was a significant event that marked a new era in the development of the brand. In the line there was a model Subaru Impreza WRX (even if they were called Impreza GT or Turbo from depending on sales region) with a 2-liter turbo engine with 240 hp, which was placed on the Legacy, but there it does not exceed the capacity of 217 "horses" .

One year later, engineers slightly increased torsional this unit simultaneously raising 6 hp power (although the maximum torque has decreased from 304 to 279 Nm). At the beginning of 1994, Subaru introduced as close as possible to rally Imprez`y version, which replaced the 1993 Legacy at the World Cup, the model WRX STi EJ20 under the hood with 250 hp and 309 Nm torque.
Since then and to this day WRX STi and are iconic WRX Subaru for modifications and tuning a favorite objects in the world. Interestingly, in the US 2-liter 227-hp WRX appeared only in 2002, and the WRX STi - in mid-2003 with the 2.5-liter engine of the same capacity.