NA scooby best engine?
02 January 2011, 12:21 PM
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NA scooby best engine?
cut a long story short, im buying a impreza sport to use as a road rally car as ur not allowed forced induction in night events, so cant use my blob,
the one im looking at the engine has blown (bottom end) now im after as much power as possible out of the 130bhp lump, but is there a better engine to start with that has more hp out of the box and will drop in with ease? say the 2.5 forester NA engine?
if i opt for the 2.0 NA lump, to put back in, or even poss rebuild the engine thats in it, any one know of decent HP figures from a sport that been achived? and the best route to get the power?
i would like to see 150-180 bhp if at all possible.
any info help appreciated
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the one im looking at the engine has blown (bottom end) now im after as much power as possible out of the 130bhp lump, but is there a better engine to start with that has more hp out of the box and will drop in with ease? say the 2.5 forester NA engine?
if i opt for the 2.0 NA lump, to put back in, or even poss rebuild the engine thats in it, any one know of decent HP figures from a sport that been achived? and the best route to get the power?
i would like to see 150-180 bhp if at all possible.
any info help appreciated
cheers
cj
02 January 2011, 01:50 PM
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When we looked into it we were told....
1) Find same age Legacy 2.5
2) Buy engine and ECU
3) Plug and play into your Impreza
More torque and power certainly but you need to free up exhaust and induction which pretty much all you can do on NA imprezas
1) Find same age Legacy 2.5
2) Buy engine and ECU
3) Plug and play into your Impreza
More torque and power certainly but you need to free up exhaust and induction which pretty much all you can do on NA imprezas
02 January 2011, 02:28 PM
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ah right so its plug and play with is good, looking at specs the legacy is a second quicker to 60, and is 157bhp so as you said, free up the induction, decent system on there, and some other little bits should see me near the 170 mark?
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no the sport engine is just shy of 130bhp whereas the leggy is 157 and 8 sec to 60, but poss less in a lighter classic?
can any one confirm, the ecu is plug and play with the impreza loom as wel as swapping the engines over??? also gearbox matches ok, mounts etc???
can any one confirm, the ecu is plug and play with the impreza loom as wel as swapping the engines over??? also gearbox matches ok, mounts etc???
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Been offered a mint one with blown engine cheap cheap mate and only down the road from me, just need to source legacy lump, I doubt v much you'd drop to what I'd offer so I'm not goin to insult u lol
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Sorry bud, they were only the same as the normal sports. Sports special was just a 200 run of yellow/black sports with matching interior trim
Nothing different engine wise.
To the o.p., if you get the Leggy engine/ECU sorted, would it be worth adding Borla headers into the exhaust equation. I remember Darren aka SC00BY_MAD had a lovely Impreza sport with them and apart from freeing up the Impreza burble on a sport, it gave him more response/couple more ponies
Nothing different engine wise.
To the o.p., if you get the Leggy engine/ECU sorted, would it be worth adding Borla headers into the exhaust equation. I remember Darren aka SC00BY_MAD had a lovely Impreza sport with them and apart from freeing up the Impreza burble on a sport, it gave him more response/couple more ponies
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Classic sport pre 99 was 115ps, post 99 was 125ps, none were more than this power output.
The Impreza R is 160 so that would be your best engine to get but you would need an ecu and wiring loom? then the 2.5, well is that engine allowed for the events your after as most events have a cc limit if its anywhere near professional so that puts the 2.5 out the door.
If you can find a hawk 2ltr R engine/ecu/loom then your laughing(ish)
Tony
The Impreza R is 160 so that would be your best engine to get but you would need an ecu and wiring loom? then the 2.5, well is that engine allowed for the events your after as most events have a cc limit if its anywhere near professional so that puts the 2.5 out the door.
If you can find a hawk 2ltr R engine/ecu/loom then your laughing(ish)
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03 January 2011, 05:40 PM
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na rules regs state that the engine must be 4 cylinder and no forced induction, so the leggy should be fine,
just need to know if its as simple as taking old sport engine out, putting leggy engine in and swapping the ecus over?
just need to know if its as simple as taking old sport engine out, putting leggy engine in and swapping the ecus over?
03 January 2011, 08:05 PM
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Sorry bud, they were only the same as the normal sports. Sports special was just a 200 run of yellow/black sports with matching interior trim
Nothing different engine wise.
To the o.p., if you get the Leggy engine/ECU sorted, would it be worth adding Borla headers into the exhaust equation. I remember Darren aka SC00BY_MAD had a lovely Impreza sport with them and apart from freeing up the Impreza burble on a sport, it gave him more response/couple more ponies
Nothing different engine wise.
To the o.p., if you get the Leggy engine/ECU sorted, would it be worth adding Borla headers into the exhaust equation. I remember Darren aka SC00BY_MAD had a lovely Impreza sport with them and apart from freeing up the Impreza burble on a sport, it gave him more response/couple more ponies
I always thought they were. Everydays a shool day.
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wel done some more research into it and seeems they will fit and all but there some loom issues, but diesnt state what and were? any one any ideas?
some one must have done the conversion lol
some one must have done the conversion lol
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