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Originally Posted by GrandSport
I'm 80% sure I'm going to FRS. I kind of want a CLEAN project car anyway. Back in college and shortly after, I was always working on some old POS (didn't help I was in the rust belt either) and lost my interest in jacking with cars. I enjoy working on my grand sport
I'm kind of over breaking bolts, dealing with seized stuff and stripping crap on 20 year old cars in my garage. I'm probably going to drop $10-15k on this car in the next 1-2 years. Non particular order, built NA motor up (don't want the weight or the heat- same reason I have a GS vs a Z06), roll bar/cage, seats, gut it, aero, suspension, BBK.
How much power can these motors make with heads/cam?
Are there any Subaru motors that swap in? IE a bigger one?
Can the trans hold the extra power?
2300lbs and 275-300hp on coilovers would be one hell of a ride I bet (which is really what this car should have been from the factory, or at least an option for it).
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I moved from the Phoenix area to the rust belt 5 years ago, and this car has been my daily driver too for nearly all of that. It's help up to the Chicago winters quite well, a blast to ice race, and I've only had to deal with a few rusty bolts so far. But I am looking forward to moving to someone with less snow/salt in the next few years. haha
With those plans the car should be very enjoyable. However, building the motor NA is something very few people have done. Consensus seams to be that the return isn't quite worth it. Highly doubt you'd be able to see 275-300hp NA without investment levels that would completely negate the cost effective upsides of the car.
People have swapped other Subie motors (EJ), but I don't know enough to speak to the worthwhile-ness of that. However, it might say something to cost vs return that most people who swap go with an LS.
The trans will be fine for handling 275-300hp for the most part, though you may need to keep some spares on hand like kch suggests.
I think the easiest/cheapest/most reliable way for you to hit the numbers you're looking for would be forced induction with low comp pistons.
Though I'll disagree it should've come from the factory that way. Would've significantly increased the MSRP, pricing it out of the desired market, and changed the whole point behind the car. But that's a whole other topic, one which I've debated ad nauseum on various forums and auto news sites (I'm looking at you Jalopnik
) Feel free to PM me if you wanna debate it further. haha