Why not the WRX? Options

[Brett W]

I was checking on the net today and you can pick up a WRX motor for about 650 used. This is pretty complete. That would make a great 914 swap. Better turbo, and some cleaning up of the engine wiring and such you could have one bad ass daily driver.

You would still have the flat four and you could over come the limitations of the T4 engine.

[fiid]

I already have two subaru motors in my garage. If I get rid of one, my GF might allow another one in, but she won't park her miata on the street - so you'll have to wait until mine's done.

I recommend getting the WRX motor instead of the Twin turbo... the plumbing for the two turbos just creates extra work, and you can get the same hp out of the single turbo one anyway if you up the boost a little. Plus the single turbo engine is half the cost.

I have the EDIS system up and running and talking to the megasquirt. It's pretty funny how much voltage drop I get on my bench-top PC power supply (I just use it for powering test circuits) when you hook a full ignition system up to it.

I have decided not to flip the intake manifold - it's too hard to get the injectors to clear all the oil plumbing for the turbos - I am planning on getting a big U fitting for the main intake and mounting the intercooler somewhere towards the front. The plumbing for all this will be quite interesting :-)

I don't know yet if the sump depth is going to be a problem or not. I'l sure we can figure something out if it does turn out to the a problem.

More info as I come up with it.

Fiid.