Even though fans have been literally begging Subaru for an STI version of the BRZ coupe, the Japanese have failed to deliver. Which means we're kind of stuck with the stock 2-liter boxer and its dismal 200 horsepower output.
In fact, some people have dynoed the flat-four mill and discovered it has way less than even that. What is there to be done? One option would be to install a supercharger kit, but for some people there's just no replacement for displacement.
Introducing the BRZ built by Weapons Grate Performance, who decided to completely replace the boxer with something a bit more… potent, an LS2 V8 out of a Corvette.
This is the ultimate sleeper to humiliate all the hot hatch owners who think their mapped Golf is faster than the Subaru. Save for the engine, very little has been done to the car. It even has a discrete twin-pipe exhaust system, but it doesn't have the muffler so it sounds really loud.
Even the stock 400 horsepower output of an LS2 would have been enough for this car, being twice that of a standard BRZ, though this bad boy puts out about 500 horses of power even before the nitrous system kicks in. Without bigger brakes and with a huge lump of steel now hanging over the front axle, the Subaru should be frightening to drive.
If some guys with a tool set and an elevator jack could install a V8 engine into the BRZ, why can't Subaru fit one of their six-cylinder units into the BRZ and give us something really hot to write about? Or better yet, give it the new WRX turbo!
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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