So I've had this build in mind for a while now for the Legacy: a few years ago I came across a junkyard EG33 (3.3L 6-cyl boxer engine) from a Subaru SVX. I have to admit, the SVX was not a particularly remarkable car in any aspect except that the sluggish automatic transmissions often died an early, dishonorable death. However, the engine itself is one of the most overbuilt Subaru NA engines, imo, and when developed, rumor has it Subaru actually sent the blueprints to Porsche for some inspiration since Porsche had a similar engine in production around the same time in their 911 turbo (3.3L horizontally-opposed 6-cylinder boxer engine). How's that for a slice of fried gold?

This engine doesn't come with a turbo but my plan has been to boost it (with twins, in fact!) I've been researching for years the best way to go about doing this and I think I finally have all my ducks in a row...yesterday I had an engine management system priced out and a standalone was going to be about $1750 best-case scenario; that didn't fly. But today I found a company that sells remapped SVX ECU's so I got in touch with them about their Stage 2 offering, good up to 400hp. I wasn't thrilled about being limited to that cap, but when they responded, I was told that they had a Stage 3 offering that they don't post on the site, good for over 500hp but it requires twin turbos with separate intakes (the engine actually has dual throttle bodies...it's that thirsty for air).

The best part, this remapped ECU only runs about $500. Now that I have all of the hardware lined up, I'm going to start putting this build in motion. Hopefully nothing else will come up to throw me for a loop...but I'm not going to bet on that. A lot of people write off this engine as worthless but the more research I do, the more I find that this engine is just ASKING to become a boosted monster. As a rule of thumb, Subaru 4-cylinder engines are considered "sane" up to 400hp so it only stands to reason that I should be able to push 500hp+ on this engine without stressing it too much? Hopefully this car will be ready for the 2014 Furfright car show!