Could anyone tell me roughly what I would expect to pay for bottom end failure?

I have a feeling my blob has gone

 

depends where you go for it fixing
I live in Colchester now but I'm from Leeds
and I take mine to hdc subaru in hebden bridge, Howard the owner is a top bloke and tells no bull**** and he knows subarus like the back of his hand
01422 846868 tell him Stuart gave his number ;-)

get all the parts your self and let him put it together
advance automotive in Bristol is prob the cheapest around

but your still looking around the 2k mark

hope this helps

stu

 

Cheers stu,

My car is currently in darlington, going to put it by Darren at DLM, but 2k in costs

 

Gutted for you matey hope it gets sorted as quickly and cost effectively as possible.

Just a thought, if you're chucking some money at the car and having the engine taken to bits it might be a nice excuse to chuck some forged bearings in... and pistons, injectors, fuel and oil pump, turbo...

 

Ha i hope so too mate, but I defo don't have 2k to put in the car right now. fml

 

Phone around respected tuners and see what's available. I'm not saying some take short cuts or some undersell themselves but there can be a couple hundred in it, and some can source used parts etc. Blackburn's not too far from the Leeds area, try giving Brian at CAMS a shout, he knows his onions and always seems to be building a beast of an engine.

It's always a good idea keeping an empty credit card (or a couple of grand in ISA) to hand for any car out of warranty, even the most reliable cars can go **** and drop a big bill on you.

PS if you're running a stock 2.5 make sure it's got a five grand limit and you've got Engine Tuner's number in your phone.

Edit - sorry just seen that your car is in Darly. You'll probably need to transport it anyway but it's a longer distance than I thought.

 

Buy a complete sti8 engine off matty@mbdevelopments off the traders section

 

+1

 

Running 2.0 engine.. Yeah your prob right about the credit card...

Tax due Aswell end of this month... Hmmmm

 

I hope it's not bottom end for you

I'd be nervous about saving cash by swapping the engine, as that could be weeks away from failure too...

 

I know bud, i would rather just get mine fixed... Guess I will have to see what Darren says then weigh up my options...

 

Let Darren sort it for you, he's local & knows what he's doing, he will advise on the most cost effective option. Who ever does it, let them supply the parts or if there are any warranty issues blame will be bounced around between the builder & parts supplier. I don't think anyone will beat Darrens price to sort it properly either.

 

Cheers mate - a post like this makes me feel confident in taking it to him

 

He did most of Harveys work, highly reputable, do a search for more info.

 

i had v3 sti done by Tim of subus. he's mobile and done a great job. he also did my neighbours bugeye wrx. i had sti 9 bottom end with acl bearings. £1600 all in. he will give other options as well open deck block etc which was less
his number is 07880661866

 

You shouldn't have to pay it comes free with rough treatment and neglect

 

Funny guy!!! Bet your fun at a party!

 

Lol sorry about that

 

you wont get much change from 2k mate,there is 2 bottom ends for sale on here at the min for not much more than £600 both from sti 8 subaru's-the strongest subaru made and capable of 450bhp in standard form

buy one,bolt your wrx heads to it and stick a new oil pump on and timing kit.....................job done

 

Cheers mate, wish it was that easy lol!

 

why is it not that easy then?

just buy this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/subaru-imp...item338691c26d

 

I honestly wouldn't know how to put it in bud

 

Take it to a specialist and throw them £400-500 to have them fit it. You're looking at £1500 to sort a knackered impreza engine if you don't want to do it yourself. Proper bullet proof rebuilds cost £3000+.

Impreza - cheap to buy - not cheap to run!

(but great to drive! )