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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
The big reason is because you have one, and you like it. Or maybe you did like Scott and spent about a hundred hours or more doing little custom mods to it that can't really be parted out or moved to a new chassis, and that make your investment in a car more than just financial. In short, if you have a Subaru you really really like, and it's not a WRX or STi, I think it's justified to swap it if you don't mind spending the money. Especially if it will be a DIY swap like this thread was about.
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Put away the crack pipe.
It's way cheaper, less work, and you get a much better build to sell the TS and buy a WRX wagon.
Sell used TS: +$9,000
Buy 5MT WRX Wagon: -$11,000 (financeable!)
or Swap WRX motor and 5MT into TS: $5,000 (on a good day, without any expensive roadblocks)
Why waste $3000 to end up with a car with zero resale value that's a frankensuby version of a WRX wagon. Again, the *only* reason to go for that swap is if you're going STi.
And even then, I regret spending all the money and time on my car with the STi swap. Sure it's fast as hell now, but it would have been that fast for a whole lot cheaper, and a whole lot more reliable if I had sold it and bought an STi and built that up.