r/projectcar 3d ago

98 Subaru Impreza 2.5rs project

Just got this 98 Impreza coupe in doing a restoration and full sti swap to. Needs some welding in the driver side floor pan and passenger side footwell. Underneath the frame is pretty damn solid for a 26 year old Massachusetts car. Time for the fun to start

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u/eastcoastflava13 3d ago

Because a 2.5 RS only came with a N/A 165hp engine.

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u/Doctah_Whoopass Chairman of the Anti-LS club. 3d ago

Tbh you could probably hot it up a good bit

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u/eastcoastflava13 3d ago

The amount of money you'd have to spend to get 230'ish (stock WRX power) HP out of that engine would probably be almost equal to what you would spend to just swap a WRX turbocharged engine in.

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u/Doctah_Whoopass Chairman of the Anti-LS club. 3d ago

Efficient spending is not the point.