Yes Tom, I love my Sony engine
I'm not so sure, Ron. Does that mean that no one should convert to a 2+ liter a/c motor unless he can do the work/build the engine himself? A stock 1600 VW engine will work just fine in our cars, but some of us feel the need for speed and/or mod con's. An engine swap that makes sense for one guy may not make sense for someone else, but for the guy paying the freight, it's the right move if the improvements mean a lot to him.
Jim, I didn't say it is was a bad idea to put a Subie engine in a speedster (I wish I had done this from the start). It's a good idea, but expensive if you have to pay someone else to do the conversion.
Excellent. Most Excellent.
I hate when otto car wreck messes with the shirt I right!
You have all the good advice here you can use -- maybe a tad too much. Best advice: go see one and drive it. Go to the builder, and look him over carefully. Ask a lot of questions. And then remember this:
Torque and HP are like money: you can never have too much, and no matter how much you have, someone else has more . . .
Oh, yeah, and torque is addictive.