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CLOSED-DECK, JE ULTRA SERIES PISTONS, CUSTOM I-BEAM BILLET RODS, AND A CUSTOM CRANKSHAFT, WITH 14MM HEAD STUDS HOLDING THE HEADS ON. THE MATTCHANICS-BUILT EJ25 IS A SOLID PIECE OF KIT AND NOW DISPLACES 2350CC!

At first glance — much like when we first saw the photos of Mitchell Lowe’s 1995 Subaru WRX STi — you’d be thinking that some bloke had gone and done himself a bit of a period-correct restomod, with no inkling as to the pure savagery lurking beneath the lightweight, alloy bonnet. Sure, we’re used to the sleeper concept here in New Zealand, but not often are ’90s WRXs modified in the engine compartment to an extent at which only a Group B rally driver from the ’80s would be mad enough to jump behind the wheel.

That’s what is exciting about