4G64 Turbo Kits

[noahwins]

All the lore I've read says the USDM G63B blocks are identical to the 1G DSM, execept they don't have oil squirters. Which a machinist can add. Looking at a piston and rod set I have and based on absolutely nothing but vague memories of a comparable set from an old boosted Subaru 2.0 with a TD05-16G, they look beefy enough to take a little intercooled boost from a small turbo like this kit offers without having to lowering compression by a point. And if you're worried about knock add a thicker gasket and/or an alcohol/water mister.

How cool it would be if we ever got the turbo Tredia or Cordia. After the gas crisis, I imagine emissions and CAFE standards were too much for them to be viable in the market in the U.S. Plus Americans never got why performance stuff on econoboxes when we had V8 pony car for roughly the same price. Hot hatches like the GTI and GLH were novelty niche cars in the 1980s.