-Clarkey

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Hi,
I have a subaru sport and getting bored with the power, hoever i cannot insure a subaru turbo as im only 18 but my insurance company will insure a conversion for some reason. so im just wondering the cost of a conversion to an sti engine and places that will do it. Obviously i need to change the brakes but is there much else i would need to change to handle a new engine.
thanks.

TonyBurns

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Full conversion will be more than the car is worth, you have to replace pretty much everything in a sport so its not cheap (clutch, brakes, gearbox, engine etc etc etc etc).
Try a different insurance co or wait a year

Tony

-Clarkey

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I understand it will cost more than the car but what sort of price am i looking at not needing the brakes. Thanks

jeffwrx

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For a start you going to need gearbox , rear diff, engine, wiring loom, ecu, exhaust ,its probably cheaper/easier to get a cheap wrx/sti , and swap all the bits over to sport, as you can find a wrx for less than a 1000 now , maybe less if crash damaged, , and it will cost you a lot more buying everything separate.

SC008Y_MAD

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This has been done before. A member over on Impreza Sport . Net did this to his impreza sport and turned it into a full blown STi. He had I think Scoobyclinic help do the conversion, but it was a lot of hard work and lots and lots of money.

The far cheaper and more sensible option is to buy a cheap WRX/ UK turbo2000. Or if the insurance is too much, then wait a while (year or two) when you have more experience and more sense. I got my Impreza sport when I was 21 and I sold it earlier this year and got something else altogether - its swedish.

TonyBurns

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Oh and the insurance will go through the roof for a full conversion, your looking at say 5k plus labour (you can get a decent turbo for 3k) then your insurance co will hammer you for the engine mods and uprated brakes, so your going to be out of pocket anyway.

Tony

GlesgaKiss

As everyone else says: don't bother! Get a turbo when you are 20 or something.

subaru-impreza-2000

Agreed, aviod coverting one yourself, it's way to much work and its going to cost you a hell of a lot, and when it comes to selling it, your never going to get anything near what you spent on it. Thats my opinion anyways.

bioforger

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Gotta the love the irrational 18yr old brain, wish I was 18 again

my94wrx

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get a couple more years driving under your belt first, before you start messing!

-Clarkey

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Ive found out i can get an Sti engine, brakes, diff, gearbox etc etc supplied and fitted for £2600 and my insurance will go up to £2000 from £1700 paying atm. wondering if it is worth it as its only way i can get a subaru turbo without massive insurance untill im 21 in 3 years lol.

belliott69

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not that i condone this but a lot of imports are registered as gl's, maybe think that route if you really want it that bad but if i was you i'd wait like i had too and got my wrx last month and am 21.

SCOOBYDC

as above i had an imported RA and ws registered on the insurer's database as GL when i called so i didn't question it was cheap to insure and all the fun, but i had a few more yrs on you

f1_fan

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Sorry, but I cannot see how converting a Sport to an STI can legally be cheaper to insure than an STI unless you don't tell the insurance co. the whole truth of course and more fool you if you don't. Madness in my opinion

-Clarkey

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when speaking to insurance comapany i simply told them it was a non standard engine replacement and they didnt ask anymore about it

bioforger

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Yea but that was a lie wasn't it as it's not just the engine u want/need to change.

Up to you, but if u smack it n make a claim the engineer will probably void it when he realises what has been done to it. And if u smack someone else then you will be in a whole world of hurt with the law

GlesgaKiss

You wonder how little would void your insurance though? For instance, I know lots of people who drive about with alloys etc which aren't declared. I've driven cars myself between 17 and 19 that had quite a few modifications without declaring any of them. I had a great time and never planned to claim anyway as I was TPFT on most of them. If I had crashed I would have just had someone recover the car ASAP.

However, looking back it was daft. Technically it is wrong. There is no middle ground, it's just black and white in the eyes of the law. If you crash you aren't insured, it's as simple as that. You could cause all kinds of havoc and there would be no one to cover the costs.

Edited to say - if you are anything like I was you will probably go ahead anyway, so good luck to you and I hope you enjoy yourself like I did. It's your risk though.

f1_fan

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Well it's up to you, but I just don't think it's worth the risk. If you injure someone in an accident and the insurance co. subsequently declare your insurance void things could get real nasty for you. Is it worth that risk rather than just hanging on for a year or two?