Hello there I have a 2001 bugeye 2.0l naturally aspirated Subaru, she's great but she has recently just gone over the 100k mark so I was thinking of getting an engine rebuild , I would also like more power now aswell so was thinking of having a turbo fitted , now I new to this so my question is how would you recomend I go about such a task and would it b worth getting a 2.5 forged block?

 

100k is nothing, just keep it well serviced and save for a turbo car.

 

Cheers but I like the look of my one and would prefer to keep it 😎

 

Pictures?

 

dont bother, theres way more to it than just the engine. much much cheaper option to start with a turbo model.

Whole setup is different from compression through to ecu etc etc

 

a LOT of work just buy smashed turbo and swap everythin into shell if needed

 

As others have said its a massive amount of work and the insurance will be pretty expensive (more so then a original turbo model). It's not just swapping a few engine parts and adding a turbo. You need the loom all the sensors, fuse boxes, relays, so many pipes and hoses, joiners, brackets, nuts, bolts, transmission parts, whole exhaust system, gearbox. You will basically have to strip the whole car back to a shell to do it. It really is not an easy task. Turbo cars are built as turbo cars. They don't just add the turbo to them.

As above either get a smashed turbo car and put EVERYTHING into yours. Which is a massive task in itself. Or give up on the idea. If you can do it yourself and don't mind the car being off the road for weeks and probably months then try it but don't say we didn't warn you

I just stripped a classic NA car to use as a track car and so much of it is different to my turbo it's surprising! Even the fuel tank is different as the N/A is small and has no second jet pump.