2004 STi (swap into '72 VW Beetle), how many liters?
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2004 STi, how many liters?
Hi all,
I am looking for a complete STi drivetrain for my 72 beetle. I want somehting that can run around 400 streetable horsepower with an additional 100 on tap with nitrous. I plan to send whatever I buy as a base engine to a tuner to have it done right. I have been looking at Cobb Tuning, not sure if they are a good choice for me or not, I have no experience with Sube tuning. I found an 04' STi drivetrain that is local, and a crashed 05 STi also. Do these 04 and 05 cars have the 2.5 liter engine or are they something else? Any info would be really helpful.
Thanks
Dave
I am looking for a complete STi drivetrain for my 72 beetle. I want somehting that can run around 400 streetable horsepower with an additional 100 on tap with nitrous. I plan to send whatever I buy as a base engine to a tuner to have it done right. I have been looking at Cobb Tuning, not sure if they are a good choice for me or not, I have no experience with Sube tuning. I found an 04' STi drivetrain that is local, and a crashed 05 STi also. Do these 04 and 05 cars have the 2.5 liter engine or are they something else? Any info would be really helpful.
Thanks
Dave
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Car Info: 72 Beetle working on STi engine swap
Originally Posted by Wingless Wonder
All U.S.-market STi Imprezas have the 2.5 liter engine.
What will you use for a transmission?
What will you use for a transmission?
To start I am going to use a beefed up bus gearbox and later I plan to work on swapping in the entire 4WD system once I get more time to design a new front suspension and make sure that the ring and pinion can be flipped in the rear diff somehow. Thats a project though.
Dave
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Sand rails often use EJ20 and EJ25 in a rear engine / rear drive setup, check with that crowd for trans. info.
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