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Sorted, sorry it took a while, had some real life shot going on so couldn't look until now. Should be banned and all posts gone.

do yu know how far it is to your nearest specialist?

to give you an idea, go to clinic's facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/scoobyclinic.chesterfield scroll down a bit (2nd and 7th of april) and they are doing a similar thing to an RB-5 and shows the extent of what they are having to do.

to do it right is a big job, if the inner arches are rotten up to the suspension towers then its going to be big rebuild job. 6k maybe there or there abouts as it gonna need taking back to the bare shell, rust cutout, new steel welded in, then built up, before being sprayed. im assumming the full respray is a full strip and respray, glass out, interior out etc etc, short version, its a duck tonne of work hours to do it as i bet they have priced it based on finding alot more like sills and such needing to be done as well.

4k ish at a guess, but prices are all over the place

try importcarparts, failing that you may have to go aftermarket.

is it this one? https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202104231722459?make=SUBARU&model=IMPREZA&radius=1500&advertising-location=at_cars&include-delivery-option=on&postcode=de59tu&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&sort=price-desc&page=7

really depends on condition, are the arches rusty, is there ware on the seats, whast the service history like etc etc

looks like a nice drive out

noice noice 😄

Ah, secondary air system is total garbage, takes water in and the valves in it eventualy rust and fail. Bad news is you cant just turn it off in the ecu, you need to get the valves removed so they dont jam in the wrong position.

secondary air pump, black round thing? sounds too high pitched to be bottom end in the video

4k for a second hand engine? jebus. give scoobyclinic a call, they should be able to advise if the prices your being quote are about the right ball park or if they are just trying to price themselves out of not doing it

could try scoobyclinic up at chesterfield, they can do it all so no one place to another etc

whent he turbo lets go small metal shavings/filings (even though looks ok to the eye) frequently get into the oil, they then get fed to the bearings and cause them to wer and then fail 😞 can you see if you can find a second hand engine? if not then your options are very limited 😞

yeah, cowboy watch haha

welcome, they are rather adcitive 😄

just bite the bullet and get it rebuilt, the 2.5 in stock form is a bit of a lemon and you could swap it and it fail 2 weeks later again.

oof, what happened? the sti 6 speed is a propper monster strength wise, seen plenty running well over 600

Could be it was, they do get alot of heat on them so can be damaged when removed.

Depends what your plans are, be aware the 2.5 isnt the most robust engine so you will only be able to ahcieve 300 ish before your pushing the limit. A turbo from an sti (non twin scroll) will be a nice upgrade, but bear in mind above and you may need supporting mods, plus it will need mapping for the turbo.

Was it a like for like swap? COuld be the maf or could be something else, need to plug in and see what the EML is

US version here http://www.sucross.com/

ah, explains the issue then. hmm

is it a uk or import?