[Hondasucks]

Originally Posted by techy101

I have figured out what my confusion was. I think it would be useful to try calling them by the same name as Subaru.

My understanding of a cam cap is a part of the camshaft itself, that holds it into the head (as it was explained by someone at my local dealer).

But Subaru calls them Cam Plugs.

So when I went in asking about cam caps they kept telling me that they were something that couldn't be ordered separately.

Just a thought.

Yes, the cam caps are only available from Subaru with a cylinder head; they are line bored to the head, so if one is bad you have to get a used one and have it line bored again, or order a new cylinder head.

The fact that they have plugs on the front of the cams makes me wonder if they had originally intended to have both cams driven off the belts (like the 2.5l twin cam) instead of having one gear driven.