NaSTi 2004 STi Build

shit dude it got towed that fast? ive seen cars sit along the beltline for weeks before being towed

im so fucked. Nothing like owing money on a car that doesnt run and is impounded. FML.

jesus, that really sucks. I'm sorry Matt,

Mike

damn broski that sucks..

in all seriousness man, stay motivated

240sxguy wrote:

That sucks, maybe you should bring your car over to my house so they can spend quality time together in their broken-ness.

So what happened?

can mine join?

matt this fucking sucks dude

Holy shit... sorry to hear this

So exactly what happened? Seeems between you, me and tony we likely have a properly functioning STI motor LMAO.

Looking foward to yanking mine out and fixing it.

idk whats wrong... i was driving along minding my own when it just died. I coasted to a stop and checked the temps and what not, tried to crank it over and it would just barely turn over... I just put oil in it about 15 minutes before this, and it was running and idling fine. I did have a mis on the number one cylinder randomly, i wonder if it let go...

Bummer man.

also like i said when you were priming your turbo.. it wasnt hitting on all four cylinders..

Damn Dude. Between you, Tony, Logan, and Evan, it reminds me of a line a guy I know used to use when he was asked to race - "Everybody's shit is down." How long before Preston's STI takes a dump?

If you call MPD they should be able to tell you where your car is. Most likely its stored by whichever towing company has the city account, which I think is Schmidts. The BS of it is they will charge you a storage fee to get it out of there.

Keep us posted!

moparkid wrote:

How long before Preston's STI takes a dump?

Hopefully never, when I put my exhaust on I flash tuned it immediately with the access port and didn't beat on it, I waited to do the ECBS and intake until it was on a dyno getting tuned.

NaSTi wrote:

idk whats wrong... i was driving along minding my own when it just died. I coasted to a stop and checked the temps and what not, tried to crank it over and it would just barely turn over... I just put oil in it about 15 minutes before this, and it was running and idling fine. I did have a mis on the number one cylinder randomly, i wonder if it let go...

Matt

You know that seems awfully suspicious of something being wrong electrical more then it does motor wise? Did you synce up all the belts and made sure you grounded everything after you recent changes to the car. Also how old is the battery in it. I'm not questioning your intelligence or anything, but I know after builds its not uncommon to miss something simple. Also for the record most of the time I've had chatastrophic internal issues I've known it with ugly metal sounds....


Mike

maybe one of your custom grounding wires broke! lol

I had no light and it was 2am... so i could have something under the hood i didnt see... i think Tims was able to locate it and i believe it is at Schmidts. Hopefully i can get it tonight. They will have to tow it to my house.... so there is some more money. And my plates are expired, but i renewed online so i have no registration information.. I hope its in the car. And they let me get it.

If you registered online they should be able to see that somehow, Also if you want to stop by work I can let you use my AAA card.

Funny enough, I was thinking about an electrical issue too. Seems unlikely to just die like that without other failiure.

Moparkid, for some reason my car still runs! lol

Evan

NaSTi wrote:

I had no light and it was 2am... so i could have something under the hood i didnt see... i think Tims was able to locate it and i believe it is at Schmidts. Hopefully i can get it tonight. They will have to tow it to my house.... so there is some more money. And my plates are expired, but i renewed online so i have no registration information.. I hope its in the car. And they let me get it.

You had no lights? I can almost certainly promise you this is an electrical problem.

Mike

well i had dash and headlights, but i meant flashlights...

STiedVR4Guy wrote:

If you registered online they should be able to see that somehow, Also if you want to stop by work I can let you use my AAA card.

I didnt even think about it but Brittany has AAA too.. she have woke her up but i didnt even think about it

well its home. Thanks to Preston for AAA. I was able to get it started and its knocking really bad. It was super loud too. Now im def screwed because i know its blown and i dont know if i should fix it or sell it broken....

Sorry matt, I have been doing a TON of research on this very topic and you have a few options. You won't have much luck at all selling it not running.

Don't run it at ALL unless you want to make the damage way worse. Scored head and cam journals for one.

I say rebuild it, and either keep or sell.

Evan

This sucks dude. In my opinion get a sbox for a daily, start to tear down the engine so you can figure out what you can salvage for a new block. At this point there is no way in hell you will gain anything from selling that car as is.

You could also consider selling the aftermarket exhaust to get funding for a used working block to get her running, once its running, sell it as stock and move on.

OR, you could consider parting the whole thing out to pay off the loan but idk how well that will go since most of the car has 130k + miles...

Shit, well I was hoping it was something simple. I'd figure finding a good used short block and build around that for now. I'm really sorry Matt.

Mike

Dang that sucks. New shortblock can be had for around $1800. Drop the pan first and see if there was a pickup tube failure. If it's knocking really loudly and the engine was starved, you might need more than a shortblock.