Originally Posted by subaruwrx

I did the engine swap in my OBS. I would buy the engine and swap it all out myself. I know I would need a few other things. I got the (JDM) engine and trans for $900 and I spent a total of about $3k on that one.

I have money for the HG job, and I was thinking I could just do it myself and save most of that money. The problem there is that Im busy, lazy and slow and it will take weeks for me to do it. I could take the same money and the same weeks of time and put a turbo motor in. I see 2.5L STi or WRX engine come up occasionally for $2000-$2500. After I spend a couple more thousand on the wiring and misc parts.

I guess youre right. The smart thing to do is just get it fixed. Its been such a good car and Id probably just introduce reliability issues if I start swapping things around like that. It would just be so cool to have a bad *** SF.