Beetle Subaru EJ22 Swap
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In this video I cover some of the major tasks involved in putting a Subaru EJ22 engine in my 1974 Beetle.
Backstory:
Here is my 1974 VW super beetle that has been in my family since 1983. When I restored this car back in 2016 I put in a rebuilt 1600. The stock engine worked well and drove it for about 30K but always wished it had a little more pep and could keep up with other cars on the highway.
In AUG 2020 I found and purchased a wrecked 1997 Impreza from an online auction site. It was the perfect car, it had the non-turbo EJ22 engine, decent mileage (109K miles), and it was wrecked so I didn’t feel guilty gutting a perfectly good car.
I tried to re-use as much as I could from the donor car, I have linked a parts list spreadsheet to all the parts I purchased for this build.
Music:
“Welcome Back” & “Let Yourself be Huge” by Cloudkicker
Big thanks to Ben Sharp AKA Cloudkicker for giving me permission to use his music for this video. Check him out.
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Parts list spreadsheet:
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The patience it takes to carefully remove the electrical stuff, test it and then reinstall all of it onto a car not designed to accommodate it.
Also, the knowledge to source and install the correct parts to bring it all together to life.
Much respect.
You've answered the question probably every Volkswagen air-cooled engine owner has asked himself if he's replaced his own motor.
Excellent concept beautiful work thanks for sharing.
can be done to vw bus / van too also with porsche 6 cylinders to vans and trans from some porsches can be used for a 5th gear
One who never owned a bush frog can not truly comprehend the transformation.
Courage. And BALLS does it.
Excellent work young man!
Fantastic man. I as a 72 year old drive and love my 2008 Subaru WRX 2.5.turbo, beautiful ride and sound.
That feeling when u start the engine for the first time is incredible! Good job man! This video is awesome!
I had a VW Bus PASS me on a hill north of Roseburg Oregon , I was in my empty log truck with a 425 cat and rolling 70, fucker walked by me like I was standing still. It was Subby powered. And I liked it!!
I always wanted to get myself a kombi and do a Subby swap on it. Sadly it's never going to happen, but it was a nice dream.
Thats badass! Awesome job dude sounds much more lively. I bet it puts a bigger smile on your face when u drive it now.
Takie serducho w garbusku.
To jak spełnienie marzeń niejednego gostka.Tobie sie udalo.
Super.brawo TY
Nice swap! I spent many years playing with high-performance air cooled VW engines and always wondered about a WRX engine swap in a Karman Ghia.
Man, that would be a SWEET Ghia conversion
Hay man nice job I have a 73 super that ive done An ej2.0 turbo swap in its been two years and I put crazy miles on this car 300hp to the tires its an absolute blast to drive. Again great job and welcome to the Suba Beatle family
Thanks man! What kind of mpg do you get?
I get 30mpg avg cruzing at 75 to 80 on freeway I have done sevral 1000 mile round trips with not one issue :)
Hell Yeah Man!!! Huge difference on HP from the original engine to the EJ22. You taught me a future engine swap.
That job is intense but you made it look easy. The before and after acceleration runs brought it home how much the swap changed things. The electrical end of things would be my unicorn. Electronics is not my strong suit. Great job and another beetle still on the road !
Nice report ! The best part is your love for your beetle .
This beetle has been in my family since the early 1980’s. It was my moms first car.
Wow such a clean finished look. Good job!
Well done man! This video is awesome.. had a vision and ya nailed it.. at this very moment lifting my 1600 back into my ‘72.. must say I wouldn’t mind a sub engine going in instead 😂. Greetings from Oz.
I've seen some people do those swaps on vw beetles here in Brazil, it's pretty sick
Nice work! I did my conversion back in 2008 with the ej25 SOHC engine. Retained the factory fuel injection as well but I mounted 2 radiators in the front fenders and a third behind the grill of my 71 Super.
Learn something new everyday. I never knew Subaru had a flat 4 in its vehicles. On top of that, what a bad ass swap! Great idea...
Just curious... what did you think was under most Subaru hoods? A few got the H-6, while even fewer got the I-4.
This is so sick, I am currently putting an ej25 in my baja project, I would love to get more info on this build
Thanks! I’ll try to get some videos up detailing my build. I have a google spreadsheet of all the parts I used for this project linked in the description that may be of some use to you.
@@3DPrints4TC awesome, do you have an Instagram?
@@chaysegauthier9497 I have one for my Etsy shop, gonna start posting there more @3DPrints4TC
To have an old car with a modern engine is so cool🤙
That is a Beetle that I would like to drive every day❤❤❤❤
Love this. All the best with this amazing build
I love the build. But, if I was going to put a radiator on a bug, I would have put a heater control box in with a manual water valve to make it bearable in the winter. Maybe an old Jeep control box would fit somewhere.
You should absolutely be in luck, as most of the guys doing this swap mention how the Subaru generally prefers a heater core in order to keep its cool.
Came for the swap, the music helped
Would love to try this- I have the mechanical skills but the wiring is so daunting to me
just wars dude.
@@marty0715yt yes Han
I think you can buy the wiring already done which is what I’d probably do. 🤣
When I was a teenager, my I lived next door to a guy who worked on old VW's like this. He could make a hot-rod air cooled VW engine and they sounded great, this seems like it might be less work.
Fantastic swap and the cooling system is brilliant !
Thank you for that amazing ENGINE swap video!
Awesome ! congrats from France !
🏳🏳🏳
Hi Noel thinking of swping a Peugeot 505 GTI executive with a Subaru engine....ever been done before in France? The car has character it's underrated actually.
Respekt für die Leistung und Hingabe das Ergebnis ist echt wow.
That EJ looks beautiful in that car!
What a swap 🤤
Congrats bro, have a pleasure with this magnificent beauty.
Nice video
Interesting muffler design, I wouldn't have thought to have the banks totally separate. Sounds good.
Great work, very nice. Congratulations!
From Brazil.
I’m going to do this in a couple of months hopefully it will be as smooth as possible. Great video I’m pumped now 🤙🏻
You built a little sleeper there! Nice!
Just the wire harness gives me tics. 🤪
Great job, looking forward to seeing more of it. 👍
Awesome job. Sounds GREAT! I've wanted to get a Type 1 for a long time, and an EJ22 swap would be perfect for it!
Excellent work 👏 👍
Awesome job.Thanks for sharing the parts list. I'm thinking of doing mine🤙
Que trabajo bien echo, felicitaciones, tuve un VW 1600 y también un Subaru 2.0 que sonido del Impreza, me encantó.
Awesome swap dude 2 of my favourites mashed together 🤙🏻😜🤙🏻
What an awesome build man. Hope to see more videos with it
Excellent!!
from Japan with all my gratitude
That car is now a rocket!!!
My god!!!
Great work, sounds and runs great :)
That was great. How satisfying that must have been. Lots of complexity..
I saw you pass that WRX at the end! Lol. I bet the were looking out their window!
I've been wanting to do this but with a Karmann Ghia and drop a turbo in it
Awesome job sounds great 🤙🤙
Bravo mate for the excellent work.
For future reference there is a port on the rear of the right hand head under a plate with two 10mm bolts.
That will accept a distributor from an EJ18.
This will remove all the ecu and allow carburettors for a real easy swap.
Cheers Matt
I have the same set up in a jet boat running on LPG (propane)
Funny enough I just bought a Yamaha jet boat last month haha
That is wild. You will love it mate..
I’m just finishing the build. 13 foot aluminium with a Hamilton jet on the back.
Funnily I am wiring the distributor at the moment.
It’s only taken me 12 years. Kids will do that to a plan.
I had the same engine set up in a Brumby, which is a Brat in America.
It had ej18 pistons in it too, to make good use of the 100 octane LPG.
Absolutely screamed.
Have fun mate.
Matt
Please tell me if I am being rude.
Another suggestion for you.
As you have good clearance under the hood, a Toyota SC14 blower gives around 6 pounds of boost with stock pulleys.
The computer thinks it’s all ok if you upgrade the injectors and keep it cool. I did H2O injection.
It spun all 4 all the way through second gear.
Remain having fun.
Kitbashing on a 1:1 scale. I love it!
This is very cool. Did you use the Beetle's stock transmission?
Next I'd like to see someone get the all wheel drive system into a Beetle! Someone will do it eventually. LOL
Peccato che non si possa fare anche in Italia questo lavoro, solo per la pista.
Per Chi ha voglia e un po di soldi da spendere e tantissima passione è un immensa soddisfazione
Wish we had a complete video!
Hi from france , congratulations , great work !
How Crazy this custom. Congrats. Put It down,.change tires and Brakes. You'll need !!!
I'm so jealous, I've always wanted to do that. Good job
thanks for your help with me all brothers and subscribers 👍👍👍🙏🤝🤝🤝
Well done a truly sensible conversion
you unlocked BEAST MODE!
Good work, love the sound, it has that Beetle spirit still :)
Dude that is sick good job
Subaru engines are so beautiful
Haha ... its always a pleasure to see people actually drive machines like that on official roads .. if you put that Bug before a German 'TÜV' engineer (Roadworthiness Authority) .. you'll be locked up for severe mental cruelty . Cheers 😯🍸
my exact thoughts... I expected a TÜV-engineer knocking at my door just for watching this... I almost failed the last inspection because my hood dampers were out of date... no joke
'merca! lol Harder to get away with in CA, but here in WA we don't even have inspections.
Awesome I need to finish mine
mad lads. thats super awesome! ni baru betul luar setinggan dalam banglo
Cool project, like it a lot
Schöner Umbau - tolles Video👍
I feel so satisfied.
Love to do this, to my 68 Baja,, but in my area, no one does this type of work
¡Gracias!
I cheered when you first started it up!
love the EJ swap!! nice bro
the electronics and wiring with that engine is probably a nightmare
Really great job you should be very proud from ireland.
Bravo, well done
Awesome build....
Electric cars may be the future, but you have to have the soul of a toad not to appreciate a gearhead conversion like this!!!
Fantastic job mate.. 👍
Awesome! Good background music too.
Thanks! Cloudkicker is one of my favorite bands, and he’s a single guy that does all the music and doesn’t copyright it.
Good Job!
Very cool, nicely done!
Very creative!
Good job! Congratulation!
Awesome video thanks for sharing really thinking about a ej in my super beetle I hope you do more videos on this just subbed up
Will be adding an in depth overview here shortly.
great work, congratulations
nice sleeper
Great build you did ! Did you get the rear hood back or was it to tight ? And how did you do widh the cooling system, are you have two pumps the get the wather circle as it should ?
Magnífico!👌👏👏👏👏👏
Belo projeto amigo
Bravo! Great video! By my reckoning, the adaptor plate to the clutch assembly had to be custom machined. Was that the key to this engine swap?
I've seen this type of conversion done before, on Classic Car Rescue. (TV show).
You are a beast good job 👍🏼
You should look into the subigears tranny swap as you are already irs.
it was simply EXCELLENT
Respect 😎
Had v8 corvair coupe. Always ran hot. Had olds 455 in corvair van too.
Excellent job 👏 👍
Wow, some great work. Just change air filter place, do it catches fresh air, not hot from engine bay
Well done, great job, 👏👏👏