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Old 11-15-2011, 04:59 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by Chocoholic005 View Post
But as far as the subaru engine goes, lowing the compression ratio is a piece of cake compared to most engines. And swapping in 9.0 or 9.5:1 compression pistons could easily allow for a 300-400whp turbo setup with little modification to the rest of the vehicle. This is assuming of course that Subaru continues to use forged rods along with their forged crank and the 6 speed trans is beefy enough to take it.
EJ internals are NOT compatible with the FB/FA motor, they can't be used.

So in order to even do what you are saying, someone is going to have to design and manufacture rods/pistons for the motor.
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