@@Samthemule2003most dune trucks/buggys use LS motors. The best of them usually being 427 Twin Turbos. But almost all the lower end ones use some sort of flat 4. Very rare to see toyota motors.
@@TIRESIDElmao they all suck 🤣 Subaru cannot use proper gaskets or seals to save their companies reputation. The new WRXs need their oil pan gasket removed/redone the moment you buy it because they put Silicon as the sealant but its already been known to crack and send fragments of silicon into the engine.
The EJ22 is a rock solid motor, not powerful enough to hurt itself, but not so weak it can't be fun. (Like the boat anchor that was the EJ18.) Just change the valve cover gaskets and rear main seal if you've got ot out for the swap, I guarantee those will be hard as rocks and leaking by now. But when the newest EJ22 is going on a quarter century old and the oldest is over 35, you can't really complain about those seals being old.
22E and 22T are fantastic engines. My old GF before it went to LS used the 22E and boosted on stock internals with 240k miles on it and it ran great and made good power.
@@D34D22even the VW boxers were fucking terrible I just had to rebuild one and it was a pain in my fucking dick, fuck geman engineering and fuck vw. They do sound nice tho
It's pretty much all the 2.5 non turbo versions. They got a single layer graphite headgasket, the turbo versions got MLS headgaskets, which are superior. EJ22s and EJ20s are bulletproof, the EJ255/EJ257 are also good too. It's just the EJ251/253
@@noluckrick7739 Misinformation. The turbo ones still blow head gaskets commonly broski….just had 2 of them last month get repaired on 2 different cars.
It doesn't though. I've had several go over 250,000 without ever having to be taken apart beyond replacing valve cover gaskets. Every EJ25 I've owned has blown a HG though.
Look an idiot who made mocking subarus his personality, yay. You are really ignorant is you think that every subaru engine blows gaskets. It was literarily only EJ25, and mostly because Subaru stupidly went cheap with the gasket it self in naturally aspirated versions.
This is an awesome engine for the Buggy, just perfect! I was like just "wooow". But I'm also a little sour for the Legacy, it also deserve a new engine now! I'm sorry, I just love all the old cars in todays world
Yessssss!!!! I have a 98 Impreza with the EJ22 and I love Baja racing. This was made for me :) Btw, the 2.5 is where suby started having the head gasket issues. The 2.2 and the old 1.8 are absolutely BULLETPROOF tho
I have never rear engine anything, I'm curious with the radiator out the back. Is the air flow/fan go with the wind direction front to back or either direction or what
There are fans that will work bothways depending on the wiring. And there is fans to be mounted in front or in back of the radiator. So with the fan it's just finding corret direction of the air flow. Or like some offroaders have their fans wired so they blow while offroading and suck on the road.
People yap that’s it not enough. It is. The beetle is so light, that those motors feel like turbo compared to the 1500cc original motor. Much better for desert.
I believe mine had a 1600cc and from new it was only good for about 5 years. This conversion is perfect I could drove it for 20 plus years. I was never a fan of vw air cooled engine.
Early 2.2s and and 2.5s the NA ones like out of pre 04 legacy’s don’t have the same head gasket issues later 2.5s do so not all 2.5s have issues, I have a 1997 2.5gt black on gray 5 speed with 330k on I bought it with 145k refreshed the motor new bearings piston rings, new better cams, ported the intake and upgraded the fuel rail and injectors fuel pump and rebuilt the heads, with Borla long tube uel headers no res to a borla thumper, never have had in apart once for a head gasket leak and the gaskets in it were original. The early ejs are sick NA motors built theyre torquey little guys 287 whp 310 torque is sick out a NA and they sound sick with a nice cam they chop hard no one thinks it’s flat 4 especially rising at 2000 rpm it sounds like v8
its only double if its the factory 1300 cc the one I ran was over 2000cc had to machine the case to get it to work. also I think anything computerized control is not a good fit for off road some of the places I ran mine would shake electronics apart but to each their own just have a off road recovery company on speed dial
Glad you got it up and running! But, I would personally disagree. 13b is a great option for a bug. Such a small engine about 180hp NA. Lack of torque in the rotary doesn't matter as much for such a small, light car. Can always turbo for more power too.
Do you think its even remotely as cost effective as subaru engine? Subarus are plentiful and always were relatively affordable, porsches never were except 924 and 944, neither of which ever had any boxer engines. Subaru engine is incredibly easy to install in the back of the beetle
We had the 2.5 it was a nightmare for 4 years. Four different mechanics$$$. Beware many of those mechanics that say they know all about Subarus they don't know anything. If you're having problems with your vehicle overheating I solved that problem by drilling a quarter inch hole through the thermostat. That allowed air bubbles to freely go through and not interfere with the water pump flow. According to a article release about Subarus investigation it was determined that many Subarus had a overheating problem after the first coolant change due to the air bubbles to get trapped inside the top of the engine. Apparently they worked themselves down by the water pump and interfere. 4 years of nightmare that's all I can tell you. My son bought a Dodge caravan and it ran for 6 years with hardly any problems at all in the engine and transmission were perfect. That was the 3.3 engine the same as the 3.8 engine but Chrysler idiots sold out to a scam company in Europe and they no longer make those two engines and they stop making the 40 inline 6-cylinder that they used to put in the Jeeps. So now what do poor people buy? Every year there's less options.
The air bubble thing was more of a problem on the EZ series 6-cylinder cars. An EJ is pretty easy to bleed the coolant system on. The EZ is a nightmare. Also, the 4.0l went away because it was ancient technology and couldn't be made to meet modern emissions standards, not because of any scam. It's a great motor, don't get me wrong, but it's jut not able to meet modern requirements.
Built aircooleds are cool, but it costs a lot of money to wring not very much power from an air cooled engine. This thing costs a couple hundred dollars, and makes 130hp completely unstressed.
It might not have alot of power compared to modern vehicles but the BIG BUT modern cars weigh twice the the weight of a old vehicle that's why thay need lots of power
Try old 1.6 twin cam honda or single with turbo and u have reliability and plenty of power and still small ive rode in one with old 2.3 Ford motor with built na build and it carry the front wheels and it was a street car but a honda motor be better for size cheap for parts and move rad to front with some cool scoop or ducting easily get cool air in this is something I would love to build as a driver street beasts and u get rev shit out of this and ive own many vws and only 2 hondas but bikes u can't beat a honda and it comes to cheapest motor to mod on cheap for power
That’s all they are good for I’ve had two STI sixes impresses and one WRX sport wagon one of my Stis I was almost 400 brick. What are your shit if you keep a stock didn’t touch a mess around with it it should be alright but that 400 brick one more engine rebuild and God knows what fun car especially driving up the A1 and 110 sideways when your friend is screaming like a little girl😂😂😂😂
Four things from working with Subarus on a weekly basis. 1) piston slap issues due to crappy engine design. (Every boxer has this issue) 2) bottom end oiling issues. All Subarus prove me wrong 3) all the boxers have head gasket issue even the new generation. 4) probably one of the worst hp output motors for its size. In simple terms, very unreliable and not cost effective. Subaru owners are the only ones that talk highly of them because they are still regretting their choice lol.
I paid $200 for a 1995 2.2l Legacy. It lasted me 7 years, I autocrossed it, took it on so many road trips, put 100k miles on it, myself, to almost 300k by the time i let it go, and loved every minute of it. I don't know what you're talking about, I have no regret about that thing. Regret is the 2000 2.5l Legacy that blew up a month after I got it.
I always consider it as 1) don’t buy a modified one unless you know what you’re getting into 2) if you care about reliability without caring about maintenance don’t get one 3) do the research! avoid problem years know what too look out for when buying one and follow point 1: you bought a 2011 wrx with 190ks and 6k of mods I all done by some teenage dirtbag in his parents garage, and you’re surprised it broke? 4) a lot of the people who trash on them never have owned one! Being into my 9th Subaru and 4th Mitsubishi(still own my first sti) they’re a cult following for a reason, it’s a car you can drive year round, have a lot of community support and are awesome to drive. Your buddy who says they suck likely never has been in one besides the stuff they read on Reddit. They have their own issues, but so does the Evo… but people don’t rave endlessly about 4g63s having crankwalk issues.
People are idiots it’s not the head gaskets that fail. It’s the heads lifting and stretching the weak ass stock head bolts that cause the head gasket to fail.
@@musewolfman no. It was specifically a problem with a head gaskets on EJ engines prior to 2000. Before the 25 ever got here. Anyone telling you they have a head gasket issue on a 2.5 is lying through their teeth. The issue was resolved at the time it was prevalent, for free, by Subaru changing to a MLS headgasket.
And you mock based on what? STupid memes that ARE about EJ25 and not any other EJ? No other EJ motor other than 2.5 had issues. Subaru was using very bad headgaskets on EJ25 as cost cutting measure in naturally aspirated versions and these single layer gaskets fail once graphite coating flakes off, always at the same 100-150k mileage. No other engine used those gaskets, and it is possible to swap these for better ones from turbo ones. EJ20 EJ15 or EJ22 all of these didnt have any issues of the sort, even EJ20 turbo which was used before 2.5 in WRXs and in Japanese version of STi till the very end. H6 motors subaru did in SVX and Legacy/Outback also has no issues like this, all are more reliable than Beetles own awful outdated engine that had typical reliability of cars designed before and after the war. This means it would easily fail for petty issues below 100k miles as all cars did for decades. It was just very VERY easy to repair so it didnt matter. Educate yourself a little, instead of joining circus of fools repeating the memes with no research of your own
There are timing chain subaru motors like EZ30 H6 or FB/FA series H4s from Crosstrek and alike, both are very reliable. Having said that, EJ has very good timing cover, should be fine for most part. People use these engines all the times in Beetles.
I don't think those old VWs even weigh a full ton, 130-ish HP is more than enough to feel snappy and quick in a Baja bug.
I remember about 1,700 lbs.
But it will cost you 2500 just for the parts to install the engine
I'd set it up with a Camry 4 or 6 cylinder or if I want to be ballsy with the setup and have the money go 396 or 400 GM.
@@Samthemule2003most dune trucks/buggys use LS motors. The best of them usually being 427 Twin Turbos. But almost all the lower end ones use some sort of flat 4. Very rare to see toyota motors.
@@Samthemule2003oh and J series V6s are common.
Germany and Japan getting together again
Ooo...
🤣😂🤣😂🤘
@@paulmryglod4802 Well, time to drop the sun again.
@@Samthemule2003 😄
A lot of power in that axis, I mean, that axle.
I spit out my fucking coffee when he said reliable
I do the same when people lump the ej22 in with the problematic subie engines.
@@TIRESIDElmao they all suck 🤣 Subaru cannot use proper gaskets or seals to save their companies reputation. The new WRXs need their oil pan gasket removed/redone the moment you buy it because they put Silicon as the sealant but its already been known to crack and send fragments of silicon into the engine.
@@imfknradio9978 The EJ22 also used silicon and doesn't have an issue. All new cars suck now a-days but the EJ22 is a beast of a motor.
@@sham_wow_guy i didnt say it applied, i just said Subaru cant make an engine and used that as an example
The EJ22 is a rock solid motor, not powerful enough to hurt itself, but not so weak it can't be fun. (Like the boat anchor that was the EJ18.) Just change the valve cover gaskets and rear main seal if you've got ot out for the swap, I guarantee those will be hard as rocks and leaking by now. But when the newest EJ22 is going on a quarter century old and the oldest is over 35, you can't really complain about those seals being old.
22E and 22T are fantastic engines. My old GF before it went to LS used the 22E and boosted on stock internals with 240k miles on it and it ran great and made good power.
Subaru’s Best Engine?
Every Subaru owner thinks their generation is the one that doesn't have head gasket issues. But there's a secret.
They all do
So true
Boxer engines are just a bad design overall. It’s hard to flow coolant oil efficiently sideways through the top and bottom of the heads
@@D34D22even the VW boxers were fucking terrible I just had to rebuild one and it was a pain in my fucking dick, fuck geman engineering and fuck vw. They do sound nice tho
It's pretty much all the 2.5 non turbo versions. They got a single layer graphite headgasket, the turbo versions got MLS headgaskets, which are superior. EJ22s and EJ20s are bulletproof, the EJ255/EJ257 are also good too. It's just the EJ251/253
@@noluckrick7739 Misinformation. The turbo ones still blow head gaskets commonly broski….just had 2 of them last month get repaired on 2 different cars.
I had an ej22t in a legacy and it was awesome! Pleanty of power and lots of fun! 💪
The ej22t had only 30hp more then the na version lol.
Plenty of power? Lol
@@upurkilt7246 But much more torque.
The trick is mounting the radiator effectively.
The ej22 is bullet proof.
more like nerf dart proof
2.2 liter subaru engine is rock solid
With a 2276 in my Baja it has plenty of power, I don't need a radiator and if it breaks down I can fix it with a screwdriver and a rock.
Lol @ and a rock.....😂
Put a turbo on it!
You trying to get stranded in the desert🤨?
@@Ambrose4kat least it'll be fast for a little bit
The EJ22T was actually pretty reliable, as long as boost stayed low. About 8lbs would get you 180-ish hp.
@@musewolfman the ej22t is a complete different engine, i dont think he wants to track down some rare heads 😂
Everyone talks about the motor and not how many transmissions they break.
I rip around all over the place and do gig work, in my 95 legacy 267k miles and no issues yet 🤞
Ej22 doesnt blow head gaskets... 😂 bloody good joke that.
It doesn't though. I've had several go over 250,000 without ever having to be taken apart beyond replacing valve cover gaskets. Every EJ25 I've owned has blown a HG though.
I had 260,000 miles on my ej22 before I sold the car. Only had to do 2 timing belts and a water pump. 2nd most reliable engine I've owned
Look an idiot who made mocking subarus his personality, yay. You are really ignorant is you think that every subaru engine blows gaskets. It was literarily only EJ25, and mostly because Subaru stupidly went cheap with the gasket it self in naturally aspirated versions.
Hell yeah!! That’s awesome!!
I'm still sour about the Legacy, but this is an awesome ride.
Sorry 🙏
They like to stay stock, unless your building the bottom end
@@Ambrose4k Oh I meant because a first gen wagon gave its life for this build, hahaha.
This is an awesome engine for the Buggy, just perfect! I was like just "wooow". But I'm also a little sour for the Legacy, it also deserve a new engine now! I'm sorry, I just love all the old cars in todays world
@@09simid It happens. Many nicer cars have been destroyed for dumber reasons, hahaha. I just love 1st gens and they aren't exactly making more. 😂
Imagine putting that in a old sandrail, that thing would be unstoppable
Yessssss!!!! I have a 98 Impreza with the EJ22 and I love Baja racing. This was made for me :)
Btw, the 2.5 is where suby started having the head gasket issues. The 2.2 and the old 1.8 are absolutely BULLETPROOF tho
Thanks for sharing 👍
I'd love to drop the 2.5 from the Impreza RS in a bug.
Good street burnout machine also.
till the transaxle pukes
I have a 67 Baja with full roll cage and a 250 hp twin turbo Scat racing motor. There's nothing that can beat it stop light to stop light
130-150HP in a bug, is like having 400HP in any other vehicle. It is a formula for reliable fun!
I have never rear engine anything, I'm curious with the radiator out the back. Is the air flow/fan go with the wind direction front to back or either direction or what
There are fans that will work bothways depending on the wiring.
And there is fans to be mounted in front or in back of the radiator. So with the fan it's just finding corret direction of the air flow.
Or like some offroaders have their fans wired so they blow while offroading and suck on the road.
And don't forget to add in, you could even put air conditioning in it if you'd like. Imagine that, an old school VW with ice cold air conditioning....
my bug has its originalish aircooled engine and the AC will run ya outta it
People yap that’s it not enough. It is. The beetle is so light, that those motors feel like turbo compared to the 1500cc original motor. Much better for desert.
Bonus, it even sounds like a beetle motor, just like every WRX 😂
This will destroy every transmission that you can buy for this car. But.
You will have fun doing that
Ooh, fun!
I would love to see a comparison to a twin port beetle engine
FINALY SOMBODY RELEASES THE EJ22E IS THE COICE, like seriously, it's probably the best ej motor lol
I believe mine had a 1600cc and from new it was only good for about 5 years. This conversion is perfect I could drove it for 20 plus years. I was never a fan of vw air cooled engine.
ya have to maintain them my bug has over 60,000 on it and still purrs like new..... but i adjust valves and change oil regular
EJ22 is Subaru's best engine. I 'd like one 8n an 87 Loyale wagon with the dual range 5 speed.
EJ20 JDM is my go to
Early 2.2s and and 2.5s the NA ones like out of pre 04 legacy’s don’t have the same head gasket issues later 2.5s do so not all 2.5s have issues, I have a 1997 2.5gt black on gray 5 speed with 330k on I bought it with 145k refreshed the motor new bearings piston rings, new better cams, ported the intake and upgraded the fuel rail and injectors fuel pump and rebuilt the heads, with Borla long tube uel headers no res to a borla thumper, never have had in apart once for a head gasket leak and the gaskets in it were original. The early ejs are sick NA motors built theyre torquey little guys 287 whp 310 torque is sick out a NA and they sound sick with a nice cam they chop hard no one thinks it’s flat 4 especially rising at 2000 rpm it sounds like v8
its only double if its the factory 1300 cc the one I ran was over 2000cc had to machine the case to get it to work. also I think anything computerized control is not a good fit for off road some of the places I ran mine would shake electronics apart but to each their own just have a off road recovery company on speed dial
My old friend Nick would love to see this video!
The EA81 is even more reliable and compact due to being a pushrod engine, not quite as powerful as this one but still an upgrade over the original
Sounds like a VW engine any way😂😂😂
Nice work lads
Glad you got it up and running! But, I would personally disagree. 13b is a great option for a bug. Such a small engine about 180hp NA. Lack of torque in the rotary doesn't matter as much for such a small, light car. Can always turbo for more power too.
Find an old Porsche engine. They fit in a bug like a glove.
You mean a glove in a bug (beetle)?😂
For five times the price, maybe.
Do you think its even remotely as cost effective as subaru engine? Subarus are plentiful and always were relatively affordable, porsches never were except 924 and 944, neither of which ever had any boxer engines.
Subaru engine is incredibly easy to install in the back of the beetle
I don't like foreign cars, but that is awesome
I need to build myself one of those
its 180hp,the factory deliberately underated them
My 1968 VW Fastback was fuel injected.
We had the 2.5 it was a nightmare for 4 years. Four different mechanics$$$.
Beware many of those mechanics that say they know all about Subarus they don't know anything.
If you're having problems with your vehicle overheating I solved that problem by drilling a quarter inch hole through the thermostat. That allowed air bubbles to freely go through and not interfere with the water pump flow. According to a article release about Subarus investigation it was determined that many Subarus had a overheating problem after the first coolant change due to the air bubbles to get trapped inside the top of the engine. Apparently they worked themselves down by the water pump and interfere.
4 years of nightmare that's all I can tell you. My son bought a Dodge caravan and it ran for 6 years with hardly any problems at all in the engine and transmission were perfect.
That was the 3.3 engine the same as the 3.8 engine but Chrysler idiots sold out to a scam company in Europe and they no longer make those two engines and they stop making the 40 inline 6-cylinder that they used to put in the Jeeps. So now what do poor people buy? Every year there's less options.
The air bubble thing was more of a problem on the EZ series 6-cylinder cars. An EJ is pretty easy to bleed the coolant system on. The EZ is a nightmare.
Also, the 4.0l went away because it was ancient technology and couldn't be made to meet modern emissions standards, not because of any scam. It's a great motor, don't get me wrong, but it's jut not able to meet modern requirements.
You should have built 2.3L aircooled boxer engine. They can have 200hp.
Built aircooleds are cool, but it costs a lot of money to wring not very much power from an air cooled engine. This thing costs a couple hundred dollars, and makes 130hp completely unstressed.
doesnt the air filter get clogged quite quickly?
/ why not an centrifugal air filter like other offroaders
Reliable *LOL*
Our adapter plates kick ass!
It might not have alot of power compared to modern vehicles but the BIG BUT modern cars weigh twice the the weight of a old vehicle that's why thay need lots of power
damn near 4x stock power for an original type1
Can't beat a old VW engine though
Subaru saves all
Corvair rules ❤
It's well over triple the power
Try old 1.6 twin cam honda or single with turbo and u have reliability and plenty of power and still small ive rode in one with old 2.3 Ford motor with built na build and it carry the front wheels and it was a street car but a honda motor be better for size cheap for parts and move rad to front with some cool scoop or ducting easily get cool air in this is something I would love to build as a driver street beasts and u get rev shit out of this and ive own many vws and only 2 hondas but bikes u can't beat a honda and it comes to cheapest motor to mod on cheap for power
Why aren't PPL trying these engines.
Motus v4
Gold wing 1800
Yamaha vmax
KTM 1390 semi drysump
Needs more turbo!
Baja bug is ok, but I want to drop one in a Ghia 😁
That’s all they are good for I’ve had two STI sixes impresses and one WRX sport wagon one of my Stis I was almost 400 brick. What are your shit if you keep a stock didn’t touch a mess around with it it should be alright but that 400 brick one more engine rebuild and God knows what fun car especially driving up the A1 and 110 sideways when your friend is screaming like a little girl😂😂😂😂
Four things from working with Subarus on a weekly basis.
1) piston slap issues due to crappy engine design. (Every boxer has this issue)
2) bottom end oiling issues. All Subarus prove me wrong
3) all the boxers have head gasket issue even the new generation.
4) probably one of the worst hp output motors for its size.
In simple terms, very unreliable and not cost effective. Subaru owners are the only ones that talk highly of them because they are still regretting their choice lol.
I paid $200 for a 1995 2.2l Legacy. It lasted me 7 years, I autocrossed it, took it on so many road trips, put 100k miles on it, myself, to almost 300k by the time i let it go, and loved every minute of it. I don't know what you're talking about, I have no regret about that thing.
Regret is the 2000 2.5l Legacy that blew up a month after I got it.
I always consider it as
1) don’t buy a modified one unless you know what you’re getting into
2) if you care about reliability without caring about maintenance don’t get one
3) do the research! avoid problem years know what too look out for when buying one and follow point 1: you bought a 2011 wrx with 190ks and 6k of mods I all done by some teenage dirtbag in his parents garage, and you’re surprised it broke?
4) a lot of the people who trash on them never have owned one! Being into my 9th Subaru and 4th Mitsubishi(still own my first sti) they’re a cult following for a reason, it’s a car you can drive year round, have a lot of community support and are awesome to drive. Your buddy who says they suck likely never has been in one besides the stuff they read on Reddit. They have their own issues, but so does the Evo… but people don’t rave endlessly about 4g63s having crankwalk issues.
People are idiots it’s not the head gaskets that fail. It’s the heads lifting and stretching the weak ass stock head bolts that cause the head gasket to fail.
Nice
Silly question but did you swap the transmission? Doesn't the engine turn the wrong way?
VW bus transaxle
It turns clockwise, just like the VDub. You only run into rotational issues when you try to use a Subaru 'box without a reverse gear set.
He said reliable.
You saw it on mighty car mods lol
sick
Love it and want it
My 2.2 is rated at the least at 142 hp. My ts get at least that perhaps more.
What do you guys think about putting a jeep liberty V6 in it
Pinto water pumper. Buick v-6.
Majority of Subarus that come across end up blown
Me looking at my leaking and 1 head gasket down ej25D 😔
I prefer the Chevy ecotec 2.2l its much more reliable
Bad ass
It’s the perfect engine never to go anywhere near a vw but to be incased in concrete and used as a boat anchor.
Very little obstruction on the sides of the motor, just incase
What radiator did you use?
The wiring is finna be a bish
Jokes on you I did something similar in NFS Unbound lol
Suby engine in a bug!
VW Nazi air cooled flat 4 was always a damn good engine.....the different ways they made it deven better in impressive
Hi do you what year model a ej22s engine would come out ove
They were used from 1990 to 2001
Where did you get your engine? I would buy it new. Do you know where I can?
Pulled it from a running car with a bad transmission.
Use a ls1 torque and power
Baja taco
Where do you get your money to do this?
How bout a rpe 2.7 v8
The headgasket issue is specifically not on the subaru 2.5l engines.
You mean specific to the 2.5, right? They're the ones that will need new head gaskets at best, every 100,000 miles.
@@musewolfman no. It was specifically a problem with a head gaskets on EJ engines prior to 2000. Before the 25 ever got here. Anyone telling you they have a head gasket issue on a 2.5 is lying through their teeth.
The issue was resolved at the time it was prevalent, for free, by Subaru changing to a MLS headgasket.
May i have the old transmission from the legacy??????
Or some help sourcing one for my FWD legacy wagon
I4s left the chat
Just keep the vw engine in it.
the seized up 1600 went in the 🗑️
@@TIRESIDE should have put a 2276 in it.
“Reliable” hahahahaha
And you mock based on what? STupid memes that ARE about EJ25 and not any other EJ? No other EJ motor other than 2.5 had issues.
Subaru was using very bad headgaskets on EJ25 as cost cutting measure in naturally aspirated versions and these single layer gaskets fail once graphite coating flakes off, always at the same 100-150k mileage.
No other engine used those gaskets, and it is possible to swap these for better ones from turbo ones. EJ20 EJ15 or EJ22 all of these didnt have any issues of the sort, even EJ20 turbo which was used before 2.5 in WRXs and in Japanese version of STi till the very end.
H6 motors subaru did in SVX and Legacy/Outback also has no issues like this, all are more reliable than Beetles own awful outdated engine that had typical reliability of cars designed before and after the war. This means it would easily fail for petty issues below 100k miles as all cars did for decades. It was just very VERY easy to repair so it didnt matter. Educate yourself a little, instead of joining circus of fools repeating the memes with no research of your own
Needs a honda motor
FlatFourVeeDubaru
Gee you could just keep the original engine, the Subaru one will eventually blow up too why go through all that grief?…. 😊
Cantyou build a vw engine to be same hp and actually be reliable unlike Subaru ?
I’d trust the ej22 in particular over a strung out air cooled that costs thousands to build.
they SUCK in the sand. anything with a timing belt is a no go.
There are timing chain subaru motors like EZ30 H6 or FB/FA series H4s from Crosstrek and alike, both are very reliable. Having said that, EJ has very good timing cover, should be fine for most part. People use these engines all the times in Beetles.