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Old 2010-09-25, 11:04 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Kevin M View Post
Actually at this point, if you can do the heavy lifting yourself, it's still cheaper to build a swapped GC. A good, clean '04 STi is still well over $10k, a wrecked one is little more than half that and a clean GC/GM/GF can be had for $3k, though not necessarily a natural born RS.
Not sure you can really do it for under $10 in hard costs, but you still get a car that you might have insurance or registration issues with along with any issues arising from any kludging you might have done during the swap with a resale value probably well under your investment.

There is nothing wrong with that in and of itself, but it is a practical reality.
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