# 1995 Impreza STI swap - One Lap of America 2014 or bust! **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [October 26, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1995-impreza-sti-swap-one-lap-of-america-2014-or-bust/233508 "2013-10-26T02:34:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![stuiephoto](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stuiephoto/32/6070_2.png) [@stuiephoto](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stuiephoto)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1995-impreza-sti-swap-one-lap-of-america-2014-or-bust/233508/161 "2015-06-27T11:15:51Z")
> [@SRS BZNS](#): > > Get the C5. Life will be much easier, just get one with low miles and owned by a non DIYer. > > I sold my Subaru and my Lexus and bought stock forester and a 2000 Trans am. The trans am is probably the simplest easiest car I have ever worked on. Yeah. I think ill end up with a 02-04 z51 I really prefer the z06 body style but the added room of the hatch for track days is tough to give up. > [@llink78](#): > > Speaking of this. By friend has a 2013 wrx. 13000 miles. Last week a rod went. Currently getting a new motor at Northtown Subaru. I havent kept up a ton on the newer ones, but I know that the GR generation (08-14) stock sti’s (probably wrxes too) come with a tune that is super lean and knocks on a lot of cars from the factory. Combine that with a cast piston design that cant handle knock…well…you know what happens. I assume they are chasing fuel efficiency requirements. I dont see the boxer motor being competitive for another 5 years, even with direct injection. If the new focus RS actually has 340hp from the factory and is reliable, subaru is going to be in a world of hurt. I wouldn’t be surprised if they used it as an excuse to get out of the market. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/harvey/32/5069_2.png) [@Harvey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Harvey)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1995-impreza-sti-swap-one-lap-of-america-2014-or-bust/233508/162 "2015-06-27T13:06:47Z")
> [@stuiephoto](#): > > There was a subaru backed road racing team that went through a motor per race. Imho, the motors can’t handle the stresses of road racing. Between Harvey and I, we have blown 5 motors on track in the past 3 years. It’s sad that this motor let go. It’s hard to say what caused it without doing a tear down. I had a motor with drop in CP pistons and basically stock heads last a few years of abuse making over 350 whp, until I money shifted it. It has something like 10k miles on it that were mostly track miles. The next motor I believe oil starved, which I think is a problem when you start running sticky tires. The oil can’t get back out of the head into the oil pan without a dry sump or a scavenge system. I think that the motors are pretty decent until you get over a sustained 1.2-1.3 g’s. ---
**Author:** ![sasquatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@sasquatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sasquatch)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1995-impreza-sti-swap-one-lap-of-america-2014-or-bust/233508/163 "2015-06-27T15:53:52Z")
> [@stuiephoto](#): > > Yeah I knew it would happen eventually. > > And I’m not posting where I live online. > > I’ll end up with a c5. The other contender is an e36 m3 that eventually gets an ls1. I’m going to build a mostly street car for hpde and try and get on a chump/lemons team. Ill take ale that as a maybe haha in for a lsx e36 ---
**Author:** ![stuiephoto](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stuiephoto/32/6070_2.png) [@stuiephoto](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stuiephoto)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1995-impreza-sti-swap-one-lap-of-america-2014-or-bust/233508/164 "2015-06-28T14:57:05Z")
Here’s a video. I only recorded 2 sessions. I was still getting used to the car -knocked a second off my best lap in the session after this but then blew up. [https://youtu.be/D16-7ayP\_8M](https://youtu.be/D16-7ayP_8M) [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1995-impreza-sti-swap-one-lap-of-america-2014-or-bust/233508.md?page=8)