{"id":94061,"date":"2022-12-26T16:27:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T22:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=94061"},"modified":"2022-12-26T22:05:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T04:05:25","slug":"timelapse-build-of-1983-subaru-gl-wagon-with-a-862-hp-turbo-boxer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=94061","title":{"rendered":"Timelapse Build of VSC&#8217;s 1983 Subaru Wagon with a 862 hp Turbo Boxer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=94069\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-94069\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"94069\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=94069\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vermont-SportsCar-1983-Subaru-GL-Wagon-with-a-turbo-2.3-L-flat-four-13.jpg?fit=2200%2C1232&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2200,1232\" 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=\"Vermont SportsCar 1983 Subaru GL Wagon with a turbo 2.3 L flat-four 13\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Vermont SportsCar 1983 Subaru GL Wagon with a turbo 2.3 L flat-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vermont-SportsCar-1983-Subaru-GL-Wagon-with-a-turbo-2.3-L-flat-four-13.jpg?fit=1200%2C672&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vermont-SportsCar-1983-Subaru-GL-Wagon-with-a-turbo-2.3-L-flat-four-13.jpg?resize=600%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vermont SportsCar 1983 Subaru GL Wagon with a turbo 2.3 L flat-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-94069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vermont-SportsCar-1983-Subaru-GL-Wagon-with-a-turbo-2.3-L-flat-four-13.jpg?resize=600%2C336&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vermont-SportsCar-1983-Subaru-GL-Wagon-with-a-turbo-2.3-L-flat-four-13.jpg?resize=1200%2C672&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vermont-SportsCar-1983-Subaru-GL-Wagon-with-a-turbo-2.3-L-flat-four-13.jpg?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vermont-SportsCar-1983-Subaru-GL-Wagon-with-a-turbo-2.3-L-flat-four-13.jpg?resize=1536%2C860&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vermont-SportsCar-1983-Subaru-GL-Wagon-with-a-turbo-2.3-L-flat-four-13.jpg?resize=2048%2C1147&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vtcar.com\/\">Vermont SportsCar<\/a> (VSC) built the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/vtcar.com\/cars\/vt21g\/\">Family Huckster<\/a>&#8221; 1983 Subaru GL wagon for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/travispastrana\/\">Travis Pastrana<\/a> Gymkhana 2022. The unique car is powered by a turbocharged 2.3 L Subaru Boxer flat-four built by VSC making 862 hp and 664 lb-ft torque.  Power is sent to all four wheels through a SADEV six-speed sequential transmission, VSC front differential, and SADEV rear differential. Read more about the car in our previous article<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/WeUde4bg00M\" 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\/@Subaru\">Subaru<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vermont SportsCar (VSC) built the &#8220;Family Huckster&#8221; 1983 Subaru GL wagon for Travis Pastrana Gymkhana 2022. The unique car is powered by a turbocharged 2.3 L Subaru Boxer flat-four built by VSC making 862 hp and 664 lb-ft torque. Power is sent to all four wheels through a SADEV six-speed sequential transmission, VSC front differential,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=94061\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Timelapse Build of VSC&#8217;s 1983 Subaru Wagon with a 862 hp Turbo Boxer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":94069,"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_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":[1156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leone"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Vermont-SportsCar-1983-Subaru-GL-Wagon-with-a-turbo-2.3-L-flat-four-13.jpg?fit=2200%2C1232&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":108253,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=108253","url_meta":{"origin":94061,"position":0},"title":"Travis Pastrana and Jethro Bovingdon Drive a 862 hp Subaru GL Wagon","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 29, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Jethro Bovingdon from Top Gear met with Travis Pastrana to learn Gymkhana lessons in the Family Huckster. 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