So after a long wait for the swap to be done, I finally got my car back on monday! I had a 2005 wrx engine swapped in and it feels awesome!

Boost

 

Car looks nice mate,enjoy

 

Thats the 1st black LHD i have ever seen!

Looking good buddy!

 

very nice

 

Who did the transplant?

Nice

 

Thats a very nice Classic Impreza. Fair play to you.

Some black sidelights will finish the front off nicely.

 

Just out of interest,what are the benifits of swoping to the later engine?

 

Stronger, more powerfull, better, fuel eco :P

 

Very nice

Should you not have some sort of seal around the top of the intercooler so you gain the maximum cooling from it rather than the air just going into the engine bay?

 

Why is it stronger?

 

errrm.....i'll get back to you.





I don't honestly know.

 

As far as i knew they are semi closed deck,not forged ect,so no stronger.

 

Thanks for the comments guys. Mit I think you may be forgetting that I'm in the USA and my car came with a naturally aspirated 2.5L. It started knocking so I swapped. A local shop here called Zip Auto did the transplant for me.

q7prs - yeah I need to get a splitter but the swap was expensive, so I didn't have the extra funds to pick one up. Don't worry though, looking at bigger scoops right now and I'll order up a splitter asap.

 

Very nice mate

Bet your loving the power of having a turbo now, looks like you have some good countryside to use it thru

 

New age engines aren't prone to blowing up unlike classic engines.

How much did all this cost and where did you get it done?

 

 

Ahh,sorry,should have done my research! Looks like it was ment to be in there!