jblanco325

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Ok so, my good friend has given up on his 05 WRX project car and offered to sell it to me. So he can focus on his new family.

I was curious how much it will like likely cost me, if it would be worth the headache, alternative build, and/or general thoughts?

So the car was a long term project of his and he put a boat load of $$$$ into rebuilding a bored 2.5L high displacement motor (300+ on 4psi), with everything aftermarket on the motor. I mean everything. The rest of the car was fairly untouched as he wanted a sleeper.

So the fun part: The transmission blew while he was messing around just after breaking it in and parked it, roughly 3 years ago.
He planned on keeping it as a project and never really got around to fixing or even closet to finishing it. The car would need a few more bits, i.e. better matched turbo, fuel upgrades, radiator sorted, and some other bits he forgot. Also while it sat, rats got to it and chewed a wiring harness.
He wasn't sure the full extent of repairs/damage or what exactly it would need to be road ready as he moved out of state.

I'm kind of on the fence about the car. I really want an epic ride to mob around. But, I could never smog it and don't really want to spend more than 8-10K fixing it (with my expenses/my budget). And I really don't want a car I could only use at race events, cars are meant to be driven.

So thoughts?... was that clear?

jblanco325

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throw a 6sp in it/ fix the harness and be done, till something else breaks?
Or a full sti drivetrain-motor swap?