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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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The car is really easy to work on assuming you don't work on engine internals. Dropping the tranny is easy. Pulling the engine is easy (the tranny stays in place when pulling the engine). You can do the coils/plugs without pulling the engine but it's tight.
If you have to open the engine it becomes a pain in the ass to work on. Everything is sealed with RTV. A common problem on these cars (all years) is the timing cover leaks down by the oil pump. To fix it you have to pull the cover and clean all the old RTV off (I can't imagine doing this with it in the engine bay) and then reseal it. I saw someone else use RTV on the OUTSIDE of the cover and it's not leaked for a year so far. I'll probably go that route next time mine starts leaking.