2009 STi, low compression

[JoeWRX]

I know this is a bit of a long shot, but here goes...
Hi all, I'm putting up my 2009 STi for sale, current mileage is at 52xxx. I put it up for sale on craigslist several weeks ago, but soon after I discovered a small puddle of oil under the intake. Surprise surprise, low compression on cylinder four. I'm making this post with the thought that someone might want to take care of the rebuild themselves . If there is no interest within the next couple of weeks I'm going to take care of it and keep it for a while longer. I'm looking for 24000 OBO I can't stress OBO enough . The car runs fine under normal driving, but if it sees a good amount of boost it will spit up a bit of oil. Car has been tuned by Mayhem Tuning here in Reno, and (used to) make 355whp on 91 oct and 20 psi.

Title in hand.

(Forgive some of the language in the following description, I just copied it from the CL ad.)

Engine

P&L Motorsports GT3076r .82 Rotated Turbo Kit (external wastegated)
Rotated up pipe (Ceramic coated)
Rotated 3 inch downpipe (Ceramic coated)
Perrin Equal Length Headers (Ceramic coated)
3 inch intake/K&N Filter
Precision Wastegate 46mm
Halman Pro RX Boost Controller
Magnaflow 3 Inch Catback

Perrin FMIC w/ Blow Thru (Piping powder coated satin candy teal)
Grimmspeed PnP Intake Manifold (ceramic coated)
Grimmspeed TGV Deletes
Grimmspeed Air Oil Separator
Koyo Radiator
Tial Q BOV

DW1000cc Injectors
Walbro 255 fuel pump
Perrin Fuel Rails
Aeromotive Fuel pressure regulator
NGK One step colder plugs
Killer B Motorsports Oil Pickup and Baffle

Dress up:
Subtle Solutions Radiator/Alternator covers
Perrin Radiator hoses
Perrin Coolant overflow tank
Perrin Battery Tie down
Prova Radiator Caps

Suspension:

BC BR Series Coils
Whiteline 22mm F/R Sways
Kartboy Endlinks
Whiteline H-brace
Cusco Rear Lateral Links
Cusco Rear trailing arms
Whiteline Rear Lateral Toe arms
Whiteline Street Anti Lift Kit


Wheels/Tires

Stock STi BBS Wheels (Powdercoated white)
245/40/18 Bridgestone Blizzaks


Drivetrain:

Kartboy Pitch Stop Mount
ACT Xtreme Duty Performance Street Disc Clutch
Kartboy shifter bushings front and rear
Kartboy short shifter
Whiteline Diff bushings
Group N Motor mounts
Group N Transmission mount


Brakes:

Powerslot slotted rotors F/R (Installed less than 500 miles ago)
Stoptech SS Lines F/R
Stoptech Street Performance Pads (Installed less than 500 miles ago)
Grimmspeed Master Cylinder Brace

Interior

Defi Advanced BF Oil temp/ oil pressure/ boost pressure
AEM UEGO Wideband
Custom triple A-pillar 60mm pod (JPM Coachworks Alcantara Wrapped)
Gray Sparco harness bar
Prova Si Drive knob (Black)
Prova D shaped Stearing wheel
WC Lathe Werks Burnt Titanium Shift Knob (Blue/Bronze)
JPM Coachworks shift boot, e-brake boot, cluster hood, armrest cover (Black alcantara/Red stitching)

Exterior

Rear Hatch “De-badged”
JDM Rainguards
JDM Carbon fiber backed Subaru emblems Front/Rear
R205 Side badges
Painted tails
Subtle Solutions Plate delete
Authentic V-limited Front Lip


Things NOT INCLUDED with the asking price:
I can work with potential buyers if you want any of this stuff.

Chargespeed full carbon fiber lip kit
R205 rear diffuser
Blacktop Aero rear diffuser
(2) Bride Gias II Carbon Kevlar seats with Black logo (With Bride seat bases)
Red Sparco harnesses
Black Enkei RPF1's 18x10 +38
265/35/18 Advan A048 (Track wheels/tires)
Gun metallic Advan RZ's 18x10 +35
265/35/18 Dunlop Direzza Z1 Star Specs
Cobb AP V2 (Never installed)


721C437D-0E8C-4764-BCC4-ED5A6FD8F843 by jgardner9000, on Flickr

[Brandong]

Nice car! I'm assuming that you have stock internals since you didn't list any aftermarket on the add.....If I was you I would just have the rebuild done and keep the car. Cory could rebuild it and re tune it and I would bet that you could do close to or over 400 whp with like 22-24 psi fairly conservatively on pump since you pretty much have all the supporting parts already......it's just would be sad to see the car go for that low of a price after all that money and work you put in for some other lucky person to just have to have the block rebuilt and a tune to have a really fast car haha

[JoeWRX]

I had the car up for sale before it blew up. I'm done with it either way, it's just unfortunate that it went when it did. I'm really just looking to cut my losses at this point. I will most likely be ordering a basic short block next week, as no one really wants to buy a blown up car (shocking, I know).

[Brandong]

We'll good luck to ya. Cory at Mayhem does good builds so if you are looking for someone give him a holler. He might be able to help you sell it as well cause he knows a lot of people in the Subaru and Evo community. Great job on the car for what it's worth, it looks great and has a lot of quality parts on it which shows you really put some time, thoughtfulness and effort into it.