Introduction. Subaru's EJ205 was a 2.0-litre horizontally-opposed (or 'boxer') four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine. In Australia, the EJ205 was available in the SF.II Forester GT from August 1998 and the GC.II/GM.II Impreza WRX from September 1998. As member of the Subaru’s EJ Phase II engine family, the EJ205 engine had a newly designed