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@WNGD posted:

Gauges show mileage since the Speedster build was completed, not necessarily what's on the motor or tranny or frame (a re-build doesn't mean zero mileage).

I find that if you ask how many miles were on the 2003 Subaru Legacy that went into a new Speedster build, you don't get an answer. It's a matter of "true mileage unknown"

I'm slow, but I think I'm finally starting to understand.

Are you saying that the mileage on a motor or transaxle prior to being rebuilt is relevant to you? If this is what you are asking, I can understand why you get "crickets" to the question.

If you are buying a new (rebuilt) Subaru engine from (say) Outfront Motorsports, nobody knows the history, mileage, or any other particulars of the engine prior to its rebuild. Ditto Rancho - nobody has any idea what particular car this mainshaft came out of, or that 4th gear. Any OEM parts in the rebuild are likely from a bin of known good parts and could be from several (many?) different vehicles.

As far as I know, almost nobody is going down to the salvage yard and buying a 1996 Subaru core engine, then taking it someplace to be rebuilt.

I understand the hesitance to call every rebuild a "new" engine, as a rebuild from Autozone or NAPA might not be as good as a new OEM "crate" engine. However, even there, you're never going to get information on any of the particulars of this particular engine, because they're doing the same thing (reusing used parts that are within specs). You order and receive an engine, you send them back your core and they rebuild it for somebody else.

A hot-rod engine builder with a good reputation checks every single component before using it, upgrades when needed, and makes improvements to the stock configuration. In my mind, that's better than a new engine, because it makes more power and addresses the shortcomings of the stock configuration. I'm just gullible enough to believe that the aftermarket can fix things OEMs would rather gloss over.

I know there are hucksters out there, and maybe I'm too trusting - but I'm not seeing a guy who doesn't know the complete history of his rebuilt Subaru engine as being evasive.

Last edited by Stan Galat
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