The Subaru Crosstrek is an excellent daily driver in a lot of ways, but it sure isn’t quick. That isn’t usually a problem in daily driving, but at altitude, you’re going to have problems because it also isn’t turbocharged. Subaru could, of course, fix that by offering the WRX’s engine in the Crosstrek, but for reasons no one can fully comprehend, it refuses to do that. If you’d like to do that on your own, though, Motor1 recently spoke with a guy who WRX-swapped his Crosstrek and said it’s about as close to plug-and-play as modern engine swaps get.
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