{"id":70791,"date":"2021-04-21T18:51:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T23:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=70791"},"modified":"2021-04-21T18:55:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T23:55:14","slug":"1973-super-beetle-with-a-turbo-subaru-ej25-at-the-dragstrip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=70791","title":{"rendered":"1973 Super Beetle with a Turbo Subaru EJ25 at the Dragstrip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=70797\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70797\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"70797\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=70797\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-15.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1973 Super Beetle with a turbo Subaru EJ25 flat-four 15\" 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\/2021\/04\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-15.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-15.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1973 Super Beetle with a turbo Subaru EJ25 flat-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-15.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-15.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-15.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-15.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> and his \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vwsupersleeper\/\">Supersleeper<\/a>\u201d Beetle visited the 1\/8-mile drag strip at Irwindale Speedway for some racing. At first the ACT single-disc clutch wasn&#8217;t able to hold the power from the turbocharged 2.5 L EJ25 flat-four to the WRX five-speed dogbox. However after letting it cool down he was able to get some good passes with one being a 7.01 sec at 106.86 mph. John is wanting to upgrade to a twin-disc clutch.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Q7aG-2m37J0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYqUnouDuLVFS7Gvghwh5iA\">John Reynolds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Reynolds and his \u201cSupersleeper\u201d Beetle visited the 1\/8-mile drag strip at Irwindale Speedway for some racing. At first the ACT single-disc clutch wasn&#8217;t able to hold the power from the turbocharged 2.5 L EJ25 flat-four to the WRX five-speed dogbox. However after letting it cool down he was able to get some good passes&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=70791\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1973 Super Beetle with a Turbo Subaru EJ25 at the Dragstrip<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":70797,"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[352,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70791","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\/2021\/04\/1973-Super-Beetle-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ25-flat-four-15.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111481,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=111481","url_meta":{"origin":70791,"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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