d8usti5n Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 (edited) Curious if anyone here has installed a turbo on a ea71 brat?? if so, what kind of turbo kit is needed? Just doing a little research it looks like it could be a major pain to install turbo on a carbed car? is this correct?Also, any other ideas for HP gains? Edited February 4, 2014 by d8usti5n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 looks like it exists for gen 2 models, not sure about gen 1 cars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyBrat Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Talk to kevin143 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uberoo Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Curious if anyone here has installed a turbo on a ea71 brat?? if so, what kind of turbo kit is needed? Just doing a little research it looks like it could be a major pain to install turbo on a carbed car? is this correct? Also, any other ideas for HP gains? research how to turbo a carbed car.Then come back and ask educated questions.The factory EA81 turbos were fuel injected.Read that as SUBARU thought it was easier to design and implement fuel injection then deal with the reliability issues of turboing carbed engines.Another problem is the headgaskets can't take much boost,then the rods let go,then ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyBrat Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 best to just do an ej swap honestly. easier, cheaper if you get a donor car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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