suby hotrod motors, Probably cost equal to a really good porsche 6 Options

[charliew]

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1699103

These motors are probably 15-20k once they reach the track. Just a offhand guess. As my son has spent 13k on a street motor with no tranny mods. Just motor, ported heads, bigger cams, 100mm bore, open source tuning with datalogging and utec piggyback, bigger injectors, bigger fuel pump, bigger oil pump, front mount ic, 8qt oil pan, true cold air intake and a 30r rotated turbo at 26 psi. Conservative tune about 425awhp. Also no water or alcohol injection yet.

[DBCooper]

At what point do you consider a Porsche engine to be a "hot rod"? My stock used WRX motor cost under $1000. With the aftermarket ECU and unrestrictive exhaust (cats removed) it should be around 250hp. So what would a 250hp Porsche six cost?

Is a 300hp Porsche six a "hot rod"? A used but totally stock 300 horsepower Subaru STI motor is $2500-3500. To compare, how much would a 300hp Porsche six cost?

And those Subaru's are stock, cool running, smooth idling, drive across the country and back engines. Best thing, as Wilson mentioned, you can abuse them, beat the hell out of them, even blow them up, and make it all good again for a couple of thousand bucks.

I suppose you could spend any amount of money on any engine, but question is always what you get for what you pay for. For me 250 hp in a narrow-body 914 is all I need. That might change later, but for now...