Long story short...my 2010 subaru wrx is without an engine my little brother "fixed it up" while i was away in marine corps and ****ed my engine up so it needs new engine and i cant afford it.. what would be best? spend the 3k on used engine or sell it as is for what i have left to pay.. $9,000.00 thank you any help or suggestions help

 

Any details on what exactly went wrong with engine? Unable to be repaired?

 

Well the mechanic thinks the motor ran too lean my brother put an access port himself and a cold air intake..so he said the motor needs to be replaced and i may love my car but i honestly dont know much about motors

 

Fix the car. One of your terribly fragile ringlands broke, happens to 50% of us. Not entirely your brothers fault.

Do a compression test. If one has low compression you know your f***ed
The intake was stupid unless it was a COBB, only because the maps the Cobb access port comes with can only work correctly with the COBB intake.