rolled subaru
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Talked to Elroy at Subaru today, and he said that all subaru's will automatically kill the fuel when they are overturned so the car would not have been running upside down. He said the only problem that could have occurred is oil getting into the cylinders and hydrolocking when the engine trys to start which could of course bend the connecting rods. However, since the car started no problem that obviously didn't happen. Therefore, coming from the expert, nothing is wrong with the engine.
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Well after doing some research I have decided the way to get the best results out of the swap is to actually go through the work of swapping the entire STi wiring harness and ecu. Without doing this the AVCS will not work, and this will cause worse gas mileage, rougher idle, more turbo lag, and a little less power overall. So AVCS is definitely a benefit, and you can only make it work if you swap the ecu or buy a standalone unit. Since I have the entire donor car, and all the electronics are in perfect working order it seems like that is the best way to go.
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Do it and let us know
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STi Scott;237933 wrote:
Well after doing some research I have decided the way to get the best results out of the swap is to actually go through the work of swapping the entire STi wiring harness and ecu.I guess I am confused....What other option were you considering?!?! You have a complete car, with complete harnesses, and complete hardware....
STi Scott;237933 wrote:
Therefore, coming from the expert, nothing is wrong with the engine.It is impossible to say there is nothing wrong with a motor that was in a car that rolled. Internally, it seems everything is ok (which was assumed after hearing it was driven after the accident), but don't forget the force that is applied to a car when it is rolled.... There can be physical damage to the transmission housing/block/heads that aren't causing driveability issues RIGHT NOW, but that doesn't mean there is 'nothing wrong with the engine'. Be smart, and look over everything VERY well and disassemble whatever you are comfortable with to make sure you aren't creating further headaches for yourself down the road.
My $.02
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Sti atv
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According to the forums I have been reading I have 2 other options... 1. Use the WRX ecu which requires a tune obviously and some other things but the AVCS won't work then or 2. buy a standaloneunit which I don't really want to do either.
I agree though, I do plan to look over the engine/tranny/etc. to see if anything is wrong. I worded that wrong though earlier. Basically what I was trying to say was that Elroy was very confident that nothing was wrong. Hopefully he is right lol
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if you have the sti ecu why would you use a wrx ecu?
utec ftw
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SPANISH-RICE;238121 wrote:
if you have the sti ecu why would you use a wrx ecu?utec ftw
Well the whole point behind using the wrx ecu is so that you don't have to swap in the entire sti wiring harness. If you swap the sti ecu you also have to swap the wiring harness.
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Man up, swap it

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Ok the STi is for sale. Long story short the stock market sucks and I can't afford to buy it anymore so here's your chance. If you are interested lmk and I will tell him. Asking price for the car is $10,000 obo. Again its an '05 with 45k miles on everything except the motor and clutch only have 8k.
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STi Scott;240199 wrote:
Ok the STi is for sale. Long story short the stock market sucks and I can't afford to buy it anymore so here's your chance. If you are interested lmk and I will tell him.** Asking price for the car is $10,000 obo**. Again its an '05 with 45k miles on everything except the motor and clutch only have 8k.STi Scott;240199 wrote:
That's true I guess it doesn't really matter. I have already told a few people so I'm sure the word will get around anyways, but I bought it for $6,000.am i missing something?
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D S ohM;240209 wrote:
It'll never sell for that price on here...but good luck with teh sale.That's just a starting price, make a reasonable offer and he might take it. However he has already had an offer for $8,000 so it would have to be higher than that. He doesn't need the money right now so its not a big rush to sell it.
zbrown;240211 wrote:
am i missing something?He was going to sell it to me for that price because we are good friends and he wanted me to have the car so I could make a project car. He is well aware that the car is worth more than $6,000. If he were to list it for sale for that price it would sell immediately.
He doesn't really want to deal with the car for the most part so he told me to sell it for him so I'm gonna help him out. If you have an offer let me know. Best offer will take the car.
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