mungewell Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I know all the LGT's are DOHC, but what about the others in the Subaru line? I'm looking for an engine to swap into my LGT, given a VIN is possible to determine whether the car has DOHC or SOHC without actually viewing the car.... obviously a look under the hood would be the quick way. I did find this VIN decoder: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Vehicle_Identification_Numbers_%28VIN_codes%29/Subaru/VIN_Codes So for example '4S4BP61CX57309677' which is in an insurance write-off auction (http://www.sgi.sk.ca/salvage_bid/all_search.html) doesn't say, and the best picture isn't clear. http://www.sgi.sk.ca/images/salvage_images/R132269/4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ResidentRedneck Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 thats a sohc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apexi Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Cars101 also has a subaru vin decoder you could try http://www.cars101.com/subaru/vin.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEE-OTTO Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 I know all the LGT's are DOHC, but what about the others in the Subaru line? I'm looking for an engine to swap into my LGT, given a VIN is possible to determine whether the car has DOHC or SOHC without actually viewing the car.... obviously a look under the hood would be the quick way. I did find this VIN decoder: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Vehicle_Identification_Numbers_%28VIN_codes%29/Subaru/VIN_Codes So for example '4S4BP61CX57309677' which is in an insurance write-off auction (http://www.sgi.sk.ca/salvage_bid/all_search.html) doesn't say, and the best picture isn't clear. http://www.sgi.sk.ca/images/salvage_images/R132269/4.jpg Thats a Outback LL Bean Edition 2.5i w/ a 4EAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungewell Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 Well someone got a deal, it went for $1,151.54.... no Subaru's in this weeks auction :-( Since I'm obviously in the market for a replacement engine, I've been looking around for a better VIN decoder - any one have one. It seems that there's 'encoded' information and 'infered' information, with the SOHC/DOHC information not being encoded.... Also been reading up on Franken Engines, lots of possibilities for someone willing to 'play'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEE-OTTO Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Well someone got a deal, it went for $1,151.54.... no Subaru's in this weeks auction :-( Since I'm obviously in the market for a replacement engine, I've been looking around for a better VIN decoder - any one have one. It seems that there's 'encoded' information and 'infered' information, with the SOHC/DOHC information not being encoded.... Also been reading up on Franken Engines, lots of possibilities for someone willing to 'play'. Thew FSM is the only decoder you need How do you think i knew that was a LL bean edition OB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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