{"id":65136,"date":"2020-12-18T18:02:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T00:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=65136"},"modified":"2020-12-31T18:31:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T00:31:01","slug":"1973-super-beetle-with-a-turbo-subaru-ej25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=65136","title":{"rendered":"1973 Super Beetle with a Turbo Subaru EJ25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=65144\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65144\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"65144\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=65144\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1973 Super Beetle with a turbo Subaru EJ25 flat-four 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1973 Super Beetle with a turbo Subaru EJ25 flat-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65144\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1973 Super Beetle with a turbo Subaru EJ25 flat-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYqUnouDuLVFS7Gvghwh5iA\">John Reynolds<\/a> spent two years and a lot of work creating his &#8220;Supersleeper&#8221; 1973 Volkswagen Super Beetle. The car is powered by a turbocharged 2.5 L EJ25 flat-four making 517 horsepower to the wheels on E85 fuel. The motor features a custom exhaust manifold, water-to-air intercooler, and Garrett G25-660 turbocharger. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a 2009 Subaru WRX five-speed manual transmission converted to 2WD and upgraded with PPG dog engagement 1st-4th gears. Other upgrades include a 1975-1979 Super Beetle steering rack, 2000-2006 VW Golf brakes calipers, Porsche 930 axles, and QA1 double-adjustable shocks. Listen to John explain how he built his Subaru-powered Super Beetle below and view more photos of the project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vwsupersleeper\/\">@vwsupersleeper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/1xyE8oU-s4c\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0KnBX9vWsxY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/8vvjddx0Fac\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" 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href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=65157\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65157\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"65157\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=65157\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-14.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1973 Super Beetle with a turbo Subaru EJ25 flat-four 14\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1973 Super Beetle with a turbo Subaru EJ25 flat-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-14.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65157\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-14.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1973 Super Beetle with a turbo Subaru EJ25 flat-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-14.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-14.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-14.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-14.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYqUnouDuLVFS7Gvghwh5iA\">John Reynolds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Reynolds spent two years and a lot of work creating his &#8220;Supersleeper&#8221; 1973 Volkswagen Super Beetle. The car is powered by a turbocharged 2.5 L EJ25 flat-four making 517 horsepower to the wheels on E85 fuel. The motor features a custom exhaust manifold, water-to-air intercooler, and Garrett G25-660 turbocharger. Power is sent to the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=65136\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1973 Super Beetle with a Turbo Subaru EJ25<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":65144,"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":0,"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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[352,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beetle","category-bug"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111481,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=111481","url_meta":{"origin":65136,"position":0},"title":"1963 Beetle with a Turbo EJ25","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1963 VW Beetle originally came with an air-cooled flat-four producing around 40 hp. 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