Chris_Heideman
Chris_Heideman New Reader
9/22/25 8:28 a.m.

2013 Subaru BRZ for sale, fun car to drive, and has been reliable for the few thousand miles I have put on it. Motor is from a junkyard and has unknown mileage, but it hasn't burnt any oil during my ownership. Car has 158k miles on the chassis.

Pros
-Clean interior for age/mileage
-Upgraded touch screen head unit
-Stainless Steel exhaust (that isn't too loud)
-FT86 Catted Header
-Koni Yellow shocks on stock springs
-Spare oil filters
-Spare front brake rotors/pads
-Clean title
-No serious rust, some surface rust on underside of car -- common for a car of this age

Cons
-Has a small oil leak on the front drivers side of the engine, could probably be fixed with some Hondabond
-CEL occasionally comes on from the aftermarket header (Code is P0420) -- Hasn't come on in around 1500 miles
-I accidentally broke the clip on the passenger visor, but still have it
-Paint/rock chips are consistent with a car that has 158k miles

Price is $8,500 on stock BRZ wheels with tires that have a lot of life left, or $9,500 with 17x8 RPF1's with RT660 tires from 2021(ish), but still have a good amount of tread left, and stock wheels. Located in West Michigan.

Chris_Heideman
Chris_Heideman New Reader
10/8/25 9:46 a.m.

Price drop to $8500 with both sets of wheels and tires. 

akylekoz
akylekoz UberDork
10/8/25 2:33 p.m.

What are your lap times at Gingerman?

Chris_Heideman
Chris_Heideman New Reader
10/9/25 8:20 a.m.
akylekoz said:

What are your lap times at Gingerman?

I have not driven this car on track, but I have a friend with pretty much an identical car, and he runs 1:48's on Hankook RS4 tires. I think a 45-46 could be possible on better tires.

taborbraian
taborbraian New Reader
10/11/25 6:09 a.m.

Curious about what year the junkyard engine is? Does the engine have a vin to run it through Carfax and find out?

Any pictures of the underbody?

 

 

akylekoz
akylekoz UberDork
10/13/25 6:37 a.m.

I'm just playing with the idea of selling my Mustang but don't want to be with out a sporty possible track car.

Chris_Heideman
Chris_Heideman New Reader
10/13/25 1:15 p.m.
taborbraian said:

Curious about what year the junkyard engine is? Does the engine have a vin to run it through Carfax and find out?

Any pictures of the underbody?

 

 

I bought the engine off a buddy who got it out of the junkyard. He said from looking up the VIN on that car, it was a 2013 and the chassis had 190k miles. The vehicle was in the junkyard from a collision. The motor burns no oil, and after 2000 miles the oil is still quite clean, so I find it hard to beleive the motor has 190k miles, it was also quite clean for supposedly having that many miles. I have attached some underbody photos to this response. 

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard Publisher
10/13/25 1:19 p.m.

In Michigan that's considered rust free, no?

dherr
dherr GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/13/25 1:53 p.m.
Tom Suddard said:

In Michigan that's considered rust free, no?

I was thinking the exact same!

taborbraian
taborbraian New Reader
10/16/25 6:12 a.m.

Thanks for the pictures. I'm going to pass on this one 

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