What can I replace my 99 STi05 engine with?

[STi05]

Hello all. I am a new user to this site but hope that it may help me.

 

Here's the deal, I managed to totally ruin dad's STi05 engine, whilst not driving particularly hard at all. The problem is in the bottom(?) of the engine and I have been quoted a hefty price for a rebuild. I would like to find alternative engines that can fit into the STi engine bay keeping in mind I need a RELIABLE engine that will not costing too much in labour to install.

 

Currently it is 100% stock, and I am wondering what engine may fetch the most in terms of resale price (eg. is the ej25 really rare in the STi 2 door body, therefore increasing resale value?)

 

Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated

 

Thanks

[Warp3]

We may not be too much help to you as we never got the WRX in the US until 2002 or the STi until 2004. However, I do know that the turbo engines use a different crossmember than the N/A engines, so unless you want to swap that out, you'll want another turbo engine (plus switching to N/A would mean different exhaust routing).

 

Even more of a pain would be the harness. Putting in anything other than the original engine may require a different wiring harness, which is by far the hardest part of an engine swap (that's a lot of wires to splice).

 

BTW, I assume by STi05 you mean an STi version 5 (which would match up with the 99 model year you mentioned). Also by EJ25 are you referring to the 165HP USDM N/A 2.5L, the JDM N/A 2.5L (which has more horsepower than the USDM version) or the 300HP USDM STi 2.5L Turbo?

 

You might also want to try forums like ScoobyNet (http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/) which is in the UK and whose users would have more firsthand experience with the GC8-body WRX/STi models.