Dalee1104 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 So my brother has a 1st gen forester with a 2 inch body lift and some 29 inch all terrain tires on it and he wants more power as well as a good amount of low end torque. He says a good power range for him is about 250 horse or more. He's wondering what is the cheapest engine swap to make the most power reliably. The H6 swap has been considered a lot but he's worried about the difficulty of it. He's basically just looking for the biggest bang for your buck when it comes to engine swaps. Any input? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Look here: http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140053&highlight=frank_ster Or here: http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68613&highlight=Tomcat Or get a STi donor for engine and transmission and a lot of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Ninjabot Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 As with any talk of n/a Subaru power and swaps, the best bet is to sell and buy something with more power. This is often the cheapest way to go about it sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalee1104 Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 He's not thinking of building naturally aspirated power he's more along the lines of what engine to swap. He definitely wants to swap but wants to know what's popular and what works best for a 1st gen forester He's too far into that forester to sell it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setnev Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Which year Forester? If it's a 98, he can get a JDM Forester Turbo engine. If not, look into a WRX swap. Either route, the ECU and harness are needed for those and need merged to the existing harness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalee1104 Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 I believe it's a 2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisty Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 should be able to get the forester XT set up out of a donor crash victim, may be able to find a deal. but, that still wouldnt be 250hp. i recall the XT having the 205 turbo, which was like 220hp stock or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setnev Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 +1 on the FXT swap. It's got an EJ255 under the hood with the same TD04 turbo from the WRX making ~224 HP. Swap over a VF39 from a 04-06 STI, fuel injector upgrades, catless downpipe and you can make close to 300 pretty easy. Now I would consider doing a EZ30 swap on a Forester. In fact, I'm contemplating that on my 2002: EZ30 or WRX/FXT swap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalee1104 Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 Me personally I think it'd be cool for him to do an H6 swap. If I had one laying around I'd slap that thing in my car in an instant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.