Buying a secondhand motor can be risky, you never know how many k's they've done or how hard those k's were.

Rebuilding will cost more but at least you'll know it's all new shit. If you throw in a little more for pistons & rods (1500ish) you'll have something a lot stronger then STi ever produced.

But this isn't what you asked... I'd say a second hand mill would be anywhere from 2.5k up to 8k for a new 2.5 crate motor. That obviously doesn’t include any labour.

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