{"id":78935,"date":"2021-11-08T17:02:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T22:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=78935"},"modified":"2021-11-08T17:02:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T22:02:15","slug":"vw-beetle-race-car-with-a-700-hp-turbo-subaru-flat-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=78935","title":{"rendered":"VW Beetle Race Car with a 700 hp Turbo Subaru Flat-Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=78944\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78944\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"78944\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=78944\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"VW Beetle Race Car with a turbo Subaru EJ20 flat-four 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;VW Beetle Race Car with a turbo Subaru EJ20 flat-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VW Beetle Race Car with a turbo Subaru EJ20 flat-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-01.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Crowhurst and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wangerracing\/\">Black Wanger Racing<\/a> VW Beetle race car traveled to Santa Pod Raceway for Doorslammers and went 9.64 sec at 142.04 mph. The car is powered by a turbocharged 2.2 L Subaru EJ20 flat-four. The motor makes 700 horsepower and 700 lb-ft of torque on 2 bar of boost and a 150 shot of nitrous. David plans on upgrading the transaxle to handle 1000 horsepower over the winter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0VlQqyaVe3U\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=78945\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78945\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"78945\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=78945\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-02.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"VW Beetle Race Car with a turbo Subaru EJ20 flat-four 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;VW Beetle Race Car with a turbo Subaru EJ20 flat-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-02.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-02.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VW Beetle Race Car with a turbo Subaru EJ20 flat-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-02.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-02.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-02.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=78946\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78946\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"78946\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=78946\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-03.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"VW Beetle Race Car with a turbo Subaru EJ20 flat-four 03\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;VW Beetle Race Car with a turbo Subaru EJ20 flat-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=78947\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78947\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"78947\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=78947\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-04.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"VW Beetle Race Car with a turbo Subaru EJ20 flat-four 04\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;VW Beetle Race Car with a turbo Subaru EJ20 flat-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/VW-Beetle-Race-Car-with-a-turbo-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-04.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" 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(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video of David&#8217;s personal best of 9.512 sec at 146.19 mph<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwangerracing%2Fvideos%2F2444143575730211%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=338&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwangerracing%2Fvideos%2F1929262907268654%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=338&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRaD2PJPmtVXFc3NqpXLscw\">VeeDubRacing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Crowhurst and his Black Wanger Racing VW Beetle race car traveled to Santa Pod Raceway for Doorslammers and went 9.64 sec at 142.04 mph. The car is powered by a turbocharged 2.2 L Subaru EJ20 flat-four. The motor makes 700 horsepower and 700 lb-ft of torque on 2 bar of boost and a 150&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=78935\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">VW Beetle Race Car with a 700 hp Turbo Subaru Flat-Four<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":78944,"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":70,"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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_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-78935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beetle","category-bug"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101512,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=101512","url_meta":{"origin":78935,"position":0},"title":"VW Beetle Race Car with a 900 hp Turbo Subaru Flat-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Dave Crowhurst and his Black Wanger Racing VW Beetle returned to Santa Pod Raceway in the UK for Doorslammers 2023. 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The company built this VW 1303 without an air-cooled flat-four. Instead they swapped a turbocharged 2.0 L Subaru EJ20 flat-four. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a Porsche 915 five-speed manual transaxle. 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