This thread is to gauge the interest in the above with the possibilty of starting a groupbuy.

I'm waiting to get an idea of price from the USA but as stated in a previous thread the ball park figure is £800.

I'm hoping that Harvey will organise the finer details as per hybrid FMIC.

Remember this is a short engine and it will be shipped by sea to reduce the cost.

If anybody has contacts in the USA and think they can beat the ball park figure please e-mail so I make enquires.

Anybody interested please add your name.

Mark A

Yes, please.

Richard.

Interested in a short motor or a short motor minus rods and pistons (ie block and crank) depending on prices.

Also interested in US STi heads if available.

Count me in :)

VERY KEEN!

Count me in:D

Also interested in price with no rods and pistons
as well!

Russell


[Edited by WUZ - 1/21/2004 12:13:02 AM]

count me in....

Also prefer block and crank, ie; no pistons or rods

Andy

I see a few asking for a block assembly ( block/crank ).

What rod / piston options are there for this engine, and what sort of cost would they be ??

To get an idea of how much a complete short motor would be with good rods and pistons.

I've requested prices for 10 short engines which I should have in the next couple of days.
If I can't get 10 people to commit then the price would rise.

Harvey YHM

Mark A

Should be keen....

Am interested.
Would prefer block and crank.

Im keen, have the cash.

But, no email at the moment, so send me a mail with updates, but until it comes back, Ill be checking this thread.

Edited to say that I hope people realise that these will be worth much more, once in the country. ;) So if you dont fit it or sell your car, its tsill gonna get you back what you paid. -IMHO.

[Edited by Hol - 1/21/2004 8:41:32 PM]

The price for the total short block assembly is very LOW. You won't find better price for only block and crank, so buy the assembly!

Mark.

Oops, just replied to the other thread US STi thread :rolleyes:

I'm in. Would it be possible to bring in 6-spd transmissions at the same time?

EMS- yeah I had a feeling that might be the case, I think at these prices you could just ditch the pistons and rods.

Does anybody know the limits of the stock items ?

Jlanng- Once I get a price for the engines I'll try for the gearboxes, might need a period of time for everybodies credit cards to recover ;)

Mark A

[Edited by Mark A - 1/21/2004 10:14:34 PM]

The limit of the stock internals appears to be well able to test Subaru gearboxes. Get those six speeds ordered.

You also need an extremely large (compared to TD04 or 05) turbo to blow big top end boost on one of these blocks. I suspect most people will not even tickle the engine internals, but we'll have to see.

[Edited by john banks - 1/21/2004 10:16:03 PM]

Some of the new rollerbearing Garretts look nice

Already talk of a bigger blower, eh John ;) :D ?

Yes, very interested in a gearbox, too. Frankly, it appears one's no good without the other.

Richard.

My first look for 6 speed gearboxes and I found some, hope you're all sitting down..........










$6000 (£3200) without the shipping and import tax :eek:
Same price as a replacement uprated 5 speed ;)

Mark A

[Edited by Mark A - 1/22/2004 12:37:44 AM]

they can be had cheaper..

dont even considering emailing me! You wont get a reply!

I'm possibly interested in a block.

First price I've been given is @ £775 from a Subaru dealer in the US. Adding shipping & 25% import duty makes the final price about 1k.

Mark A

I may also want one :D

Jan

[Edited by Mr J - 1/22/2004 9:35:28 AM]

27.5% import duty (10% and 17.5%) is near 1k without shipping! Need to find out how much shipping is goign to cost.

One dealer told me £450, another £150 and another £300. Thats going to be the killer

Thats why i didnt organise anything on the other topic. THey can eb had for about £700 in US, but shipping is a killer! :(

Anybody weighed a short engine recently ?

Mark A

£150 doesn't sound unreasonable

it will be more than £150 prob double that cant remember how much mine was i will check ...c

It shouldn't cost £300, especially if we're getting 5+ at once. After all, it doesn't cost a *huge* amount to get a whole car sent over from Japan

Anybody got a boat and fancy a trip across the pond.

I tried using the UPS cost calculator but it worked out as $540 for a 144Ibs package 30x30x20 inches.

This is a rough estimate until somebody can give me the weight and size or one of the possible suppliers gets back to me with shipping costs.

A UK supplier has also offered the above for a similar imported price. If you want details please contact me via e-mail and I will give you there details. I will respond to any e-mails tomorrow morning when back at work.

Mark A

Im looking to join this group buy if it goes ahead but need to ask a few questions first i have a 97 uk car and need to know if all the bits heads,cam,pumps,flywheel,sump,Etc will fit the new Short block? also i was going to upgrade to a td05, bigger fuel pump and injectors and a tek2 at the same time does this sound about right

One company told me with crate it was 125lbs. Another told me it was closer to 200lbs in crate

When its 200lbs - thats why it was closer to the £400 mark!