Why the hate?

Test drive it, and make sure you have a spare $1500 for any possible repairs.

At that mileage, don't bother modding/tuning it unless you want to drop $3k on a new engine.

Thanks for the input, if I were to buy it, it would probably just be my daily.

Pretty fun until you blow a ringland or the turbo. They're great cars otherwise, but the ej25 needs to be built to be reliable, at which point you may as well upgrade the turbo and do all the other ricer shit. God tier transmission though.

So it looks like the body shop is gonna total it, so i MAY end up walking away with an extra 2 grand.

So can i get an RS turbo?
Will it sound the same?
Same engine and transmission?
recommendations?

Im sure given time i could rebuild the engine if i end up fucking it

Clearly i am an amateur

there is no RS turbo

a quick google search would have told you that.

I'm like many subie owners here, >5000$ in repair parts, done all the labor myself etc. I just learned that you can do a 4.44 diff swap front+rear in the 5MT.

My question is, with an 18lb flywheel and lightweight pulley coupled with 4.44 final drive, Will my car be significantly faster than stock without needing to mess with the engine (which is stock but well maintained), or is it way more complicated than I'm thinking and is a waste of time?

OP here
i was hoping for a cheaper alternative, but i guess ill suffer as a poorfag

I don't see a point in the 4.44 gears for a DD when gas economy is already so shit and with the 5MT you're gonna get a 1-2-3 shift to 60 instead of the 1-2 stock. your car is faster to accelerate but slower in top speed in each gear, do some research with gearing.

shifting will be faster with that flywheel but you need to remember that the 5spd is not meant to be honda shifted. 18lb is not that much less than stock (iirc they are 24lb) I usually see people get the 14lb one so your gains from the flywheel may not compensate for the 1-2-3 shift. desu it'll be like when subaru revised gearing in the brz to be "slower" but more "fun". if you just did the flywheel you'll keep the 1-2 0-60 and have better response overall still.

premium isn't really that much more expensive. going off my local prices (low end on reg, high end on premium)

assuming you drive 15k miles a year at 22mpg average
Regular @ 2.40: $1636
Premium @ 3.00: $2045

if you can't afford 400 extra over an entire year just buy a civic or miata.

nah it really wasnt that big a deal, its not that much more, plus i wont be driving it every day, i just cant believe after all this time i never noticed anything about fuel type.

Side note, anyone know someone who imported a subaru from japan? i know right, listen to this jackass talking about importing one. But to be fair, the prices arent terrible, they are generally kept up with maintenance, low mileage, especially since i would be getting a 98-2000 instead. i know RHD but that just means i switch hands

>Inb4 25 years old only