The gearbox in my MY00 WRX has finally decided to throw in the towel. Stripped 2nd on an OEM clutch.
The motor is roughly 210 000kms old, and the turbo has leaky seals as the exhaust will occasionally spit oil when revved after idling for a while.


So here is my dilemna.

I love this car to bits, only thing I'd trade it for would possibly be an 03-05 STi. Won't consider a bug STi

In its current form (if it had a working gbox), I can accept my car is probably only worth 12-14k tops. I've already put a bit of money into it, and almost have it set up the way I want it in terms of handling and looks... just need the power side of things. Link to driveway thread

After 2 years of owning it, and about 70 000kms, I can say I am happy with the car. I know what has been done to it as I have done most of the servicing/parts fitting etc by myself, with the odd bit of help (borrowing his tools ) from the old man.

I had planned to simply replace/fix things as they wore down etc, but I am considering doing the lot at once.


I've come to the conclusion that rebuilding & keeping my 5spd is only going to lead to further dramas, and in the long run it will probably be more cost-effective to go with a 6speed. This conversion is worth between $4-6k...

My future plans for the car were to purchase a new 207 and build it steadily, then drop it in once the time came.

But it has occurred to me that it could work out better for me to buy a full GD STi wreck or halfcut, transplant it all myself, and sell whatever I don't need.

Can anyone advise how much I could pick one of these up for and where from?


Cheers,
Jeremy

PM Kris aka SKU81 on rexnet, he brings im heaps of good cuts etc all the time.

You'd prob be looking at $16k for a full JDM car (in cuts with all the parts)

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Doug from STechnic deals in front cuts as well as JWS unsure if they stock AUDM though you will need to confirm.

Its worth mentioning that you'd be looking at a fairly recent and complete model for that price

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Yeah Kris usually brings in fairly newish cars for that price so I'm told.

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some of kris's prices from back in sept:

How hard would it be to splice the loom from a newer model with my existing GC setup???

Who has done a similar conversion...


**edit, found a useful thread on the matter. AM auto over east for the loom.... anyone done this before?
http://www.perth-wrx.com/vb/mechanicals/35429-my05-sti-into-gc8-shell.html

Wouldnt Kris include everything including ECU, wiring, dash and interior etc?

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Yep you would more than likely get the wiring loom and ecu, but to me i would rather put a 2nd box in, sell it and buy the 03-05 STI. Seeing as it will cost you $16k for the setup + sale of your car $12k minus cost of 2nd box $1500 gives you $26500 - could get an 03 STI for that or throw in $2k extra for an MY04 STI or $4k for an MY05 STI.

Well thats how i see it!

The Gc would move swiftly with any late model conversion....But $16k!!

There was reliability before 6 speeds.....

Alternately save your bickies, Buy Tidee's 4.44 Sti box & rear diff ($1200).

NEW factory 207 bottom end ($2900 with gaskets),
recon your heads ($1k)
New oil pump ($150)
add an ecu ($1k),
add some cams (<$600)
Add a china spec Td05-18g ($600)
Tune $500........



End result will be a reliable daily with 280-320hp at the hubs.....With the ability to have the wick turned up if you want more grunt.

Plus The motor is brand new.

P.s It will be damn quick!

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Um where and why didn't you mention this earlier

Or is that typo for water pump?

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