{"id":104712,"date":"2023-09-08T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=104712"},"modified":"2023-09-07T23:32:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T04:32:55","slug":"2003-beetle-with-a-2-5-l-inline-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=104712","title":{"rendered":"2003 Beetle with a 2.5 L Inline-Five"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=104716\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104716\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"104716\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=104716\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2003-Beetle-with-a-2.5-L-Inline-Five-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2003 Beetle with a 2.5 L Inline-Five 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2003 Beetle with a 2.5 L Inline-Five&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2003-Beetle-with-a-2.5-L-Inline-Five-01.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2003-Beetle-with-a-2.5-L-Inline-Five-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2003-Beetle-with-a-2.5-L-Inline-Five-01-600x600.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2003 Beetle with a 2.5 L Inline-Five\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2003-Beetle-with-a-2.5-L-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2003-Beetle-with-a-2.5-L-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2003-Beetle-with-a-2.5-L-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2003-Beetle-with-a-2.5-L-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2003-Beetle-with-a-2.5-L-Inline-Five-01.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reddirtbug\/\">Tim Thomas<\/a> built his 2003 Beetle Turbo to compete in Stage Rally. The red car is powered by a naturally aspirated 2.5 L 07K inline-five featuring Black Forest Industries mounts, Integrated Engineering intake manifold, and tuned by United Motorsport. The motor is paired to a Mk4 O2J five-speed manual transmission with a Wavetrac limited-slip differential. Tim reinforced the frame rails and lifted the suspension using Mk4 VR6 Jetta Wagon springs and Bilstein B6 shocks. The interior is gutted along with the factory electrical system. It holds a ECUMaster PDM, Mk6 ECU, FIA-spec roll cage, OMP seats, and six-point harnesses. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=104717\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104717\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"104717\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=104717\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2003-Beetle-with-a-2.5-L-Inline-Five-02.jpg?fit=1440%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" 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white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Cv8fmH0gKeX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Tim Thomas (@reddirtbug)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reddirtbug\/\">@reddirtbug<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FCPEuroMotorsports\/posts\/pfbid02Xvt7zfmfJUkaddW1KKsFHEhgEYXkUF74WnsAxqz8L8vjLMGVqHzumhsQMwgxKCMNl\">FCP Euro Motorsports FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Thomas built his 2003 Beetle Turbo to compete in Stage Rally. The red car is powered by a naturally aspirated 2.5 L 07K inline-five featuring Black Forest Industries mounts, Integrated Engineering intake manifold, and tuned by United Motorsport. The motor is paired to a Mk4 O2J five-speed manual transmission with a Wavetrac limited-slip differential.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=104712\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2003 Beetle with a 2.5 L Inline-Five<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":104716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[352,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beetle","category-bug"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2003-Beetle-with-a-2.5-L-Inline-Five-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C1440&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135526,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=135526","url_meta":{"origin":104712,"position":0},"title":"Ford Escort with a Turbo Inline-Five","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Adam Beard from Twin Engine Corsa discovered another unique engine swap. 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