hey wassup everyone, im pretty new to this forum as you can see.. at the moment i dont have an STI yet but ive been wanting one for quite some time.. as of now, i drive a 89 CRX SI.. for some reason ive been leaning towards on getting an 07 STI.. i guess you can say out with the old and in with the new.. im actually planning to take a look at one within the next week.. anyone have any pointers on what to look out for or any tips as im looking at it.. anything would be great.. thanks in advance.. hopefully i do pick one up soon...

 

Stay away from the 07 sti if you can, the engines are not the best in that year.

 

awww crap.. what exactly is wrong with them?

 

they came with a bad stock tune. you may run into issues. however, the gear ratios are a little different for the 07's and can get a faster 1/4mile times.

 

its there any way to fix this?

 

i have an 07 and dont have any issues yet but i did just get it. someone said they had issues and i dug around a bit and didnt really find much of anything. i looked up motor problems and it came up with the whole rod bearing issue with the 08-09 wrx and sti. the car runs amazing and if it does have to do with the tune im sure some sort of engine management would clear any issues up i dont see why not!!!! awesome car imo but thats just me

 

http://www.iwsti.com/forums/2-5-lite...sti-motor.html


see nothing being smart cant prevent for the most part!!!

 

http://www.iwsti.com/forums/gd-gener...07-stis-2.html

just do some research!! some people know what there talking about but like the above link to iwsti some people are idiots and will tell you a car sucks and have no idea why there saying it

 

ok so, so far i have found out that these motors are common to have a piston ringland blow.. and that the stock tuning is bad.. now im wondering.. is it still worth getting knowing these problems? i have noticed that most of everyone has like stage 1 or 2.. can someone tell me what this is exactly?

 

motor problems are rare and few and the bad tune can be fixed with an ap. stage one generally means that your car is stock with slight tuning modifications stage two typically means that you have some sort of tuning accompanied by a turbo back exhaust basically means you have changed your entire exhaust out from the turbo back hints the name turbo back exhaust! if you lost a motor and have warrenty then youll get a new block anyway...and if you dont like that option theres always the option of dropping in a built motor!!!! which i may do if worst comes to worst on me 07 which runs great btw

 

hmm very interesting.. i think i just might go with it.. it is still going to have the warranty.. ok so 1 more question.. does the motor problem come up or happen when you are driving the car a certain way or is it just random.. when i get this car.. i dont plan on smashing out on it.. just plan to cruise with it.. so basically im asking if it will occur if i like smash out like 24/7...

 

welcome to the club

good luck getting a subie

 

thanks.. hopefully i have a good experience with it

 

random question... do you work at a Safeway gas station?

 

me? nope.. work at a kragen