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Old 2004-02-16, 12:23 PM   #11
Nick Koan
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You could probably turbo it with low (very low) amounts of boost without doing anything else to the motor.

But if you wanted decent boost/power, you'd probably have to add forged internals and maybe get some STi heads.

By that point, you're probably pretty close to what a swap would cost.
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