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]

The STi is close to 30 grand. I have never driven one. The standard WRX is 24,111 from Cars direct - 25,170 MSRP.

If you don't like how cars come from the factory, write to your congressman. We have all sorts of ridiculous emissions and other laws that prevent us getting all the fun cars. Lotus has been a victim of this for years.

Someone figured out that if we gave everyone in California a brand new Ford Expedition, our overall vehicle emissions would be cut by 80%. The smog laws we do have just aren't dealing with the problem. I don't even think the 30+ year old cars are too blame for that - they are just an easy target. The politicians are busy trying to bust all the groups that look bad but aren't significant instead of dealing with the real problem.

I have not weighed the subaru engine - I guess the best approach will be to weigh the car once it's in :-). I think our bathroom scales top out at 300lbs :-)