Dialema.... Mend It Or Sell It

[Montythegod]

Well, i face a dialema... been 3 months now since the engine gave up and I dont know what to do ....

Sell the scooby as it is all mods etc, just needing an engine ?

Put a rebuilt engine in it and hope it will last me another couple of years at 340 bhp ?

Problem is cash is bit tight at the moment, so cant go balls out on a 2.5 conversion and after digging about have found http://www.smrengines.com/ as engine rebuilders in london, who also sell on ebay and charge £1000 quid for a rebuilt STI engine.. and tempted as it is, is it worth fitting one of these into my 1998 scooby...

do we have any experience of them, them seem to have sold a lot of scooby lumps as per their feedback, so someone must have come across them ?

arrghh dunno what to do, suggestions ?

Edited September 14, 2009 by Montythegod

[granby]

Is it me or is there no contact details on the SMR website (think this is a legal requirement)

[Montythegod]

Is it me or is there no contact details on the SMR website (think this is a legal requirement)

thought this myself, this is why i ask the question .... link to one of their ebay ads :

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUBARU-IMPREZA-STI-9...id=p3286.c0.m14

take note the pre order mention..... but they have feedback..

Edited September 14, 2009 by Montythegod

[granby]

Yeah they do have very good feedback, might be worth posting on Scoobynet as well to see if anyone else has had experience of them

[granby]

Found this http://bbs.scoobynet.com/general-technical...ent-engine.html

http://bbs.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-general...ne-rebuild.html

http://bbs.scoobynet.com/general-technical...e-do-i-buy.html

http://bbs.scoobynet.com/wales-26/784244-n...eeded-help.html

Think i would pass

Edited September 14, 2009 by Granby

[Jamessti]

I would mend it, and then either sale it or keep. You will get more for it after a rebuild. I would either get Kent performance to rebuild it or get one of these, when you get the money engine tuner

Edited September 15, 2009 by Jamessti

[Deano 666]

I would either fit a second hand engine, or break it. you willl fetch more money in parts than a complete car. but only you can decide!

[scoobienut6]

Well, i face a dialema... been 3 months now since the engine gave up and I dont know what to do ....

Sell the scooby as it is all mods etc, just needing an engine ?

Put a rebuilt engine in it and hope it will last me another couple of years at 340 bhp ?

Problem is cash is bit tight at the moment, so cant go balls out on a 2.5 conversion and after digging about have found http://www.smrengines.com/ as engine rebuilders in london, who also sell on ebay and charge £1000 quid for a rebuilt STI engine.. and tempted as it is, is it worth fitting one of these into my 1998 scooby...

do we have any experience of them, them seem to have sold a lot of scooby lumps as per their feedback, so someone must have come across them ?

arrghh dunno what to do, suggestions ?

hi mate, i had the same problem. couldnt fine a recon lump anywere. i looked into smr until i looked on scoobynet then declined. ive gone for a bottom end rebuild instead. shes down at kent performance now, hoping to get her back any day now. all sti internals £1500 all in

[eureka]

hi mate, i had the same problem. couldnt fine a recon lump anywere. i looked into smr until i looked on scoobynet then declined. ive gone for a bottom end rebuild instead. shes down at kent performance now, hoping to get her back any day now. all sti internals £1500 all in

avoid a bargain at all costs you will need to choose your builder very carefully cheap is exactly what it is cheap!!!!!

[col_2]

sell the parts for cash.

then burn the car

then buy another one

[mikkers]

avoid a bargain at all costs you will need to choose your builder very carefully cheap is exactly what it is cheap!!!!!

Yep, buy cheap and you will buy twice.

[HOL]

Monty,

have you tried contacting the lieks of Zen and RCM to see if anyone is doing a 'Granby' and uprating from a working engine to a complete new one.