Beetle Subaru EJ22 Swap
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- Опубліковано 23 гру 2020
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In this video I cover some of the major tasks involved in putting a Subaru EJ22 engine in my 1974 Beetle.
Backstory:
Here is my 1974 VW super beetle that has been in my family since 1983. When I restored this car back in 2016 I put in a rebuilt 1600. The stock engine worked well and drove it for about 30K but always wished it had a little more pep and could keep up with other cars on the highway.
In AUG 2020 I found and purchased a wrecked 1997 Impreza from an online auction site. It was the perfect car, it had the non-turbo EJ22 engine, decent mileage (109K miles), and it was wrecked so I didn’t feel guilty gutting a perfectly good car.
I tried to re-use as much as I could from the donor car, I have linked a parts list spreadsheet to all the parts I purchased for this build.
Music:
“Welcome Back” & “Let Yourself be Huge” by Cloudkicker
Big thanks to Ben Sharp AKA Cloudkicker for giving me permission to use his music for this video. Check him out.
cloudkicker.bandcamp.com/music
Parts list spreadsheet:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
The patience it takes to carefully remove the electrical stuff, test it and then reinstall all of it onto a car not designed to accommodate it.
Also, the knowledge to source and install the correct parts to bring it all together to life.
Much respect.
One who never owned a bush frog can not truly comprehend the transformation.
Courage. And BALLS does it.
Excellent work young man!
You have to admire the person who doesn’t except things as they are, and those willing to move the boundary lines.
I would have " admired" the "person" if he would have kept the Subaru 5 speed.... ua-cam.com/video/1xyE8oU-s4c/v-deo.html
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That job is intense but you made it look easy. The before and after acceleration runs brought it home how much the swap changed things. The electrical end of things would be my unicorn. Electronics is not my strong suit. Great job and another beetle still on the road !
How come 300 + people failed to appreciate the hardwork, determination and grit for this sleeper.
This is truly beast on the streets, nicely done.
If u cld c the smiling faces of people around these 347 when they die, u will know.
Because it fucking sucked what is the point of replacing 1 slow ass engine for another slow ass engine it’s was still slow af lol 😂
@@americanmuscleup2497 how can an engine be slow? It’s all about power to weight bozo
@@jasonnickerson333 you understand the point otherwise what did you respond to dumbfuck... you just want something to say are you happy now
@@jasonnickerson333 look a that name, he only thinks v8s are fast even at 5000 pounds bro
You've answered the question probably every Volkswagen air-cooled engine owner has asked himself if he's replaced his own motor.
Excellent concept beautiful work thanks for sharing.
can be done to vw bus / van too also with porsche 6 cylinders to vans and trans from some porsches can be used for a 5th gear
Your exhaust pipe modifications really changed the clearly identifiable Subaru sound to a unique exhaust note all your own. Sounds great!
That feeling when u start the engine for the first time is incredible! Good job man! This video is awesome!
I had a VW Bus PASS me on a hill north of Roseburg Oregon , I was in my empty log truck with a 425 cat and rolling 70, fucker walked by me like I was standing still. It was Subby powered. And I liked it!!
Thats badass! Awesome job dude sounds much more lively. I bet it puts a bigger smile on your face when u drive it now.
Takie serducho w garbusku.
To jak spełnienie marzeń niejednego gostka.Tobie sie udalo.
Super.brawo TY
Fantastic man. I as a 72 year old drive and love my 2008 Subaru WRX 2.5.turbo, beautiful ride and sound.
Five gold stars. Much respect. Before/After format works great.
Woooow.... great!
Old Beetle never die❤️
Greetings from Germany
Magnífico trabajo !! 👏👏👏👏👏 "Las cosas no se dicen, se hacen🚗, porque al hacerlas se dicen solas✈️ "... 👏👏👏👏👏
Love this. All the best with this amazing build
Thank you for that amazing ENGINE swap video!
That is a Beetle that I would like to drive every day❤❤❤❤
This is an awesome swap. Great engineering. Wish you a lot fun and save miles
I’m going to do this in a couple of months hopefully it will be as smooth as possible. Great video I’m pumped now 🤙🏻
Gotta love the 1600 Half the fun is getting there so is a build like that well done
What a swap 🤤
Congrats bro, have a pleasure with this magnificent beauty.
Nice video
Wow such a clean finished look. Good job!
Cool how you did the before and after runs. It's quick! Nice build.
I'd totally bump it up another inch.
Hell Yeah Man!!! Huge difference on HP from the original engine to the EJ22. You taught me a future engine swap.
Well done man! This video is awesome.. had a vision and ya nailed it.. at this very moment lifting my 1600 back into my ‘72.. must say I wouldn’t mind a sub engine going in instead 😂. Greetings from Oz.
1:09 ~ Nice! Love seeing the completed harness to the CPU. A pictures worth thousands of words here.
Hay man nice job I have a 73 super that ive done An ej2.0 turbo swap in its been two years and I put crazy miles on this car 300hp to the tires its an absolute blast to drive. Again great job and welcome to the Suba Beatle family
Thanks man! What kind of mpg do you get?
I get 30mpg avg cruzing at 75 to 80 on freeway I have done sevral 1000 mile round trips with not one issue :)
That EJ looks beautiful in that car!
What an awesome build man. Hope to see more videos with it
Bro you got hell of a car. I've always wanted to swap a vr6 onto a cabrio, i bought the engine and other parts, then i chicken out when i saw all the parts lol. Great work, enjoy your car!
Nice swap! I spent many years playing with high-performance air cooled VW engines and always wondered about a WRX engine swap in a Karman Ghia.
Man, that would be a SWEET Ghia conversion
Well done a truly sensible conversion
Came for the swap, the music helped
Muy bueno!!! Te quedó 10 puntos y con toda la personalidad. Si decidís sacarle ruido, por favor no le saques mucho.
Nice report ! The best part is your love for your beetle .
This beetle has been in my family since the early 1980’s. It was my moms first car.
Awesome swap dude 2 of my favourites mashed together 🤙🏻😜🤙🏻
Respekt für die Leistung und Hingabe das Ergebnis ist echt wow.
Awesome job.Thanks for sharing the parts list. I'm thinking of doing mine🤙
Good work, love the sound, it has that Beetle spirit still :)
lovely edit mate- and project. well done !
Great work, sounds and runs great :)
Awesome job. Sounds GREAT! I've wanted to get a Type 1 for a long time, and an EJ22 swap would be perfect for it!
I've seen some people do those swaps on vw beetles here in Brazil, it's pretty sick
To have an old car with a modern engine is so cool🤙
Sweet little bug! What an awesome project.
you unlocked BEAST MODE!
Awesome project. Great video. Well made.
Excellent!!
from Japan with all my gratitude
Nice , like the way it sounds
Awesome. As I'm your dad's age now, and never had kids, these are moments I wish I had. Much respect young man.
Awesome job sounds great 🤙🤙
Awesome ! congrats from France !
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Hi Noel thinking of swping a Peugeot 505 GTI executive with a Subaru engine....ever been done before in France? The car has character it's underrated actually.
Fantastic swap and the cooling system is brilliant !
Oh crap! A Beetle in the back mirror pushing it ;-)
Nice!
Que trabajo bien echo, felicitaciones, tuve un VW 1600 y también un Subaru 2.0 que sonido del Impreza, me encantó.
Schöner Umbau - tolles Video👍
When I was a teenager, my I lived next door to a guy who worked on old VW's like this. He could make a hot-rod air cooled VW engine and they sounded great, this seems like it might be less work.
en mexico amamos los vochos, pero ver un vocho con motor de subaru es flipantee...!! alucinante
Nicely done. Great music choice as well. Love Cloudkicker.
That was great. How satisfying that must have been. Lots of complexity..
Much better! Great execution!
Excellent work 👏 👍
Super travail 👍👍
C'est un plaisir à regarder 😜
Great work, very nice. Congratulations!
From Brazil.
Learn something new everyday. I never knew Subaru had a flat 4 in its vehicles. On top of that, what a bad ass swap! Great idea...
Just curious... what did you think was under most Subaru hoods? A few got the H-6, while even fewer got the I-4.
Dude that is sick good job
You built a little sleeper there! Nice!
Hi Anthony,
Great, great and great job! I also really enjoyed your video. The best part is the first start... I did the same thing with my karmann ( 97 impreza, blablabla... ) .my wife was waiting for the first crank and totally failed ; )
Anyway, super cool!. Jerome.
Nice job. Looks really good.
Freakin' love it!
Amazing and fantastic
Great job mate, very well done, g,day from Australia. 👌👍👏
mad lads. thats super awesome! ni baru betul luar setinggan dalam banglo
Hi from france , congratulations , great work !
love the EJ swap!! nice bro
great work, congratulations
Interesting muffler design, I wouldn't have thought to have the banks totally separate. Sounds good.
good job! Well Done! Hug from Brazil.
Perfect mod for brasil.
Awesome work.
Kitbashing on a 1:1 scale. I love it!
Cool project, like it a lot
Very cool, nicely done!
Incredible job.
it was simply EXCELLENT
Respect 😎
Awesome I need to finish mine
Nice video bro!! 🤙🏻🤙🏻👌
Awesome engine 🔥
Nice swap cool vid thanks bro
Fantastic job mate.. 👍
I cheered when you first started it up!
My dad always wanted to do this it was his car dream project
Just the wire harness gives me tics. 🤪
Great job, looking forward to seeing more of it. 👍
That car is now a rocket!!!
My god!!!
Well done, great job, 👏👏👏
Awesome build....
Awesome! Good background music too.
Thanks! Cloudkicker is one of my favorite bands, and he’s a single guy that does all the music and doesn’t copyright it.
Would love to try this- I have the mechanical skills but the wiring is so daunting to me
just wars dude.
@@marty0715yt yes Han
I think you can buy the wiring already done which is what I’d probably do. 🤣
Good job! Congratulation!
I have heard of these swaps, but the classic sound will always win 🏆👌
This is so sick, I am currently putting an ej25 in my baja project, I would love to get more info on this build
Thanks! I’ll try to get some videos up detailing my build. I have a google spreadsheet of all the parts I used for this project linked in the description that may be of some use to you.
@@3DPrints4TC awesome, do you have an Instagram?
@@chaysegauthier9497 I have one for my Etsy shop, gonna start posting there more @3DPrints4TC