{"id":92250,"date":"2022-11-04T10:43:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T15:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=92250"},"modified":"2022-11-14T13:57:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T19:57:08","slug":"subaru-ej205-teardown-rebuild-timelapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=92250","title":{"rendered":"Subaru EJ205 Teardown &#038; Rebuild Timelapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=92434\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92434\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"92434\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=92434\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Subaru-WRX-with-a-turbo-EJ205-flat-four-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C786&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,786\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Subaru WRX with a turbo EJ205 flat-four 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Subaru WRX with a turbo EJ205 flat-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Subaru-WRX-with-a-turbo-EJ205-flat-four-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C674&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Subaru-WRX-with-a-turbo-EJ205-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Subaru WRX with a turbo EJ205 flat-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-92434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Subaru-WRX-with-a-turbo-EJ205-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C337&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Subaru-WRX-with-a-turbo-EJ205-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C674&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Subaru-WRX-with-a-turbo-EJ205-flat-four-01.jpg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Subaru-WRX-with-a-turbo-EJ205-flat-four-01.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/Hagerty\">Hagerty<\/a> received a 2002 Subaru WRX with 300,000 miles. The team determined the car was beyond saving but the turbocharged 2.0 L EJ205 flat-four deserved a new life. So they removed the engine and rebuilt it. Watch the entire process in the video below. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/neZBQeql940\" title=\"YouTube video player\" 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\/LpJnesuSMCw\" 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\/c\/Hagerty\">Hagerty<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hagerty received a 2002 Subaru WRX with 300,000 miles. The team determined the car was beyond saving but the turbocharged 2.0 L EJ205 flat-four deserved a new life. So they removed the engine and rebuilt it. Watch the entire process in the video below. Source: Hagerty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":92434,"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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrx"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Subaru-WRX-with-a-turbo-EJ205-flat-four-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C786&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":119437,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=119437","url_meta":{"origin":92250,"position":0},"title":"Subaru WRX with a Turbo EJ207","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 13, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This 2002 Subaru WRX originally came with a turbocharged 2.0 L EJ205 flat-four making 227 hp (169 kW) and 217 lb-ft (294 Nm) of torque. 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