Need a wee bit advice folks, as some of you will be aware the arches and sills are badly needing done on my v1 wrx however i have found a clean v2 wrx with a goosed engine and i'm wondering how hard/easy it would be to transplant my v1 engine and mapped ecu in to the donor shell, cheers 👍👍

There's not much difference between a v1 and v2 , as they both run a phase 1 set up . So engine loom plugs (bay ) , interior loom plugs (ecu) inlet manifold/fuel rails and auxiliaries are the same .(straight swap)

Afaik the only things that might differ would be the speed sensor in the gearbox (if the v2 has a electrical speed sensor)

And the power steering pump or lines , I've not checked the dimensions but they can look visually different (square or circular reservoir) , the pump and pipes could be the same though 😉

Thanks for the reply bud but i've decided to just run with my v1 and go with the original plan of new arches and sills then a re-spray 👍

Good stuff , always nice to see one being saved 😎