VAL113R

Hi

Not posted or been on the forum for a while so a little out of touch with prices etc.

Last night driving home one of the rods seems to have gone in the engine. The car is running circa 370bhp and I knew it was going to go at some time. I used to drive the car a lot, but recently it sits on my drive most of the time as I have a few other cars.

Anyway I am in the predicament do I fix it, sell it as it is or strip it for bits? I've spent quite a bit of money on the car over the past few years and already had the engine out to do the head gaskets just over a year ago. I have a mechanic friend who can help me do the work, but it is the cost involved in fixing the car that's putting me off.

The options I've got is to put a whole engine in, then get it remapped again. Fit a built block and get it remapped or rebuild the engine myself and get it remapped. I've seen whole engines from £400-£1000 but obviously don't know the condition of them. I've seen built blocks for up to £1200 (2.2 forged pistons, rods etc)

The car is a 1993 WRX

So what do I do? Do I fix it, sell it or strip it?

How much would I get if I sold the car as it is? (see below for list of parts)

How much would I get for each of the parts if I stripped it?

cheers

Walbro 255 Fuel Pump
Nismo 550cc Injectors
Custom Exhaust From Turbo Back Titanium Back Box
Harvey's Ported Headers Wrapped
Hybrid Front Mount Intercooler
Blitz Induction Kit
TD05 18g With Samco 90 degree hose
Apexi Power FC
Apexi AVCR
Datalogit Kit
4 New Coil packs
SX Fuel Regulator
Helix Catch Can
Face Lift Sport Bonnet
Sti 5 High Level Spoiler
Aero Splash Guards
Face Lift Grille
Face Lift Front Bumper
Face Lift Rear Bumper
Face Lift Crystal Side Lights
Face Lift Crystal Head Lights
Face Lift Crystal Fog Lights
Crystal Side Repeaters
Crystal Front Repeaters
P1 Style Front Splitter
Fox 18" Alloys Repainted In Gloss White (Polish up nice, but 2 are scuffed a little bit)
Falken FK451 225/35/18" (Plenty of tread left)
Subaru 4 Pot Brakes
Whiteline Rear Drop Links
Whiteline Rear Adjustable Anti Roll Bar
Apexi Carbon Fibre Front Strut Brace
Sti 555 Limited Edition Front/Rear Seats
Nomad Racing Indiglo AFR Guage
Nomad Racing Indiglo Boost Guage
Nomad Racing Inidglo Oil Temperature Guage
White Dial Kit
Kenwood KDC-W7031 Stereo
Kenwood AMP
Kenwood 12" Sub
Infiniti Front Components
Infiniti Rear Components
Custom Boot Install
M1-ATX 90W Intelligent Car PSU
VIA EPIA ME6000 LVDS Motherboard
Gain 7" In Dash LCD Monitor VGA/Touchscreen
10GB 2.5" Hard Drive
Windows XP Genuine Licence

banny sti

iTrader: (68)

It is too nice to strip and sell in bits, get yourself a 2.5 bottom end for about £1300 and job done.

Banny

Slick81

iTrader: (1)

Thats is a gorgeous motor mate!!!

You`ve practically got everything you need to make a really quick car with a 2.5 in there. Dnt sell it!!

VAL113R

Thanks for your replies guys. The problem is I am on the limit of my standard box already. I've had to replace it before as the box went last year. I just fitted another standard box as it was only £400 compared to a dog box/hybrid/6 speed. I'd need to budget another £2k plus for a box if I went for more power.

New_scooby_04

iTrader: (4)

What he said mate. Gearbox will be an issue, but it'll be an issue if you rebuild to current spec anyway!

Nice job; looks very nice and if you can do the rebuild yourself, put the money save towards a new age 6 speed.

Ns04