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To: RegulatorCountry

Those Subarus are big with people swapping out the engine on VW Westfalias and their ilk for something with more oomph.


23 posted on 09/17/2013 1:20:02 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

There are some very high-quality Porsche 356 replicas powered by turbocharged Subaru 2.5 Boxer engines. Here’s a guy in Knoxville, TN who makes one of the best, it’s converted to a mid-engine layout:

http://specialtyauto.com/


29 posted on 09/17/2013 1:25:54 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

I know of a guy who races with SCCA here in northern CA in a Subaru-powered Porsche 914. I’ve even heard of people swapping Subie motors into Boxsters.


53 posted on 09/17/2013 1:51:09 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (My sweet talk is also savory and creamy.)
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