Originally Posted by Alizarin

Also, how about another view on the whole 2.5i situation? Instead of a WRX swap, why not take advantage of the higher compression and go with a supercharger kit, or low-boost turbo? Running 7-8psi will give you a nice power boost, you might not even have to run an intercooler, you will still have power and torque off boost as well, and would probably be cheaper than an entire engine swap to boot. I realize that having a big e-penis and running 50 billion PSI of boost seems to be important around here, but if you haven't figured out that I sorta go against the norm of these boards already, you should pay more attention.