The engine in your car is the ej205. Down the road they changed the wrx to the 2.5l engine that was the ej255. The sti on the other hand has been the ej257 in the US since introduction.
Yes, but you know the level of fabrication required to make that happen was insane. They literally had to chop the firewall and position in back in the chassis 10cm. Then there was the transmission tunnel modification and rear end modification.
What's a disgrace?
Hi...why??...what's wrong with the engine it has in it? Somethings you will lose by some bodgey engine swap are covered by other replies.You will also lose any insurance claim with the vague possibility of overcoming that if the car fully passed by the appropriate enfineer. You will devalue the car after spending thousands to less than what you paid for it and reduceyour market to a few 'stupids' as mentioned by some. The engine costs are only the start. Speeding and reckless driving fines come later.
Zax and Stilleto don't think you are even making a dent. It's such a nice looking car....could someone buy it from him and save it....then he can by a Skyline already built by a company that knows how to build Skylines...of course maybe then he'll 'click'on replacing the Skyline six....maybe with a 2.5 Subaru.
Subaru auto is quite a good transmisison...It sounds as though this very nice looking bugey is not long for this world. Once stuffed by manic "anything Subaru can do I can do better' there's no coming back. That crack running under the car might be sypbolic. My advice stems from the car being too good to ruin ..Sell the car to someone who appreciates it and buy yourself an old Maserati or Newish Alfa manual gearbox model and let this one rest in the arms of someone who loves it and will care for it.
