What do you reckon we are looking at to buy one of the shelf, because going to need the complete thing, top end, turbo and ancillaries for the 2.5.

Might be false economy to buy a second hand ej20 one ....Look at trails and his gearbox

 

You can buy a 2.5 short block and bolt on all the ancillaries from your own car including the cylinder heads, but it would need a remap

 

Cheers Granby

 

Hi all,

One of the guys from Hants Subaru has just been other to give his diagnosis and verdict.

Good news its not the bottom end apprently, the noise is coming from no3 cylinder. The oil also smells stongly of petrol so another indicator. They wont know what it is till they get it in workshop, but looks better than it did at least.

Apparently no3 cylinder going is a common problem because of the fuel rail and it beign the furthest away.

I'm going to get it trailored to the garage in the morning to see what extent of damage is.

Steve

 

Fingers crossed for you Steve & yes no3 cylinder is the weakest link

Just a thought were you running the car on SUL with octane booster or has it already been remapped for UK fuel

 

good news its not your bottom end...keep us informed as to the actual cause and what your options are

 

Running it on Tescos 99, I will speak to Tim see what the mapping was. it was remapped for uk fuel and the induction kit, I think it was bob or pat that did the map I will find out.

Going to invest in the inline fuel rail mod now and also invest in group of decent gauges so can be aware of stuff more in future.

 

Will do

 

have a look in the group buys, Carl Davey (iirc), has created some awesome looking kits.

it may be worth posting on 22B.com too, you should get lots of help there...

 

Good to hear that it doesn't seem as bad as you first thought hope its on the mend soon

 

Perfect excuse for an STi 2.5 though

See what santa brings me

 

HA HA HA



It still corners better than Granby's

Only jesting M8

 

Noooooooooooooooooo how did i miss that one

 

Now I need to have the bay stripped, good time to get this done

How mucg did it cost, do you know if they do an exchange service or postal

I have just see scooyclinic do this repainting job now also

Cheers

 

ive got one can i play

 

It was £175 + vat this didn't include the gaskets but it did include all new bolts, altogether it was £234 with the gaskets, they do do a postal service, not sure how much it is tho
I am very pleased with it, it looks great, and as I said before the service was excellent I would highly recommend them.

I looked into getting it from Scoobyclinic but it would have cost more as the gaskets were much more expensive and it was too far away to collect so with the postage it wasn't the best option for us, also not sure you get the new bolts

 

Thanks ....For that price it needs to be excellent
i'll paint it myself when it comes off

 

That is an option, I was worried it might peel off again if we did it ourselves

 

Whats everyones opinions on the rebuild options

1/ rebuild using STi 9 crank etc with forged pistons and current v5 heads/ turbo - get a remap.

2/ build using a 2.5 short block bottom end, and current v5 heads/ turbo - get a remap.

next thing is STi 8 intercooler or go with a FMIC

hopefully my clutch/gearbox should be up to the power hike and Turbo should be sufficient without upgrades

fueling mods so it doesnt run lean are my main concerns, with reliability over ;power gains being main rebuild criteria I guess

While its out considering putting on headers


Your opinions welcomed

 

P.S. I'm not made of money like Granby

 

Call me for a sensible no obligation chat l'll talk you through the options and the reality of a 2.5. conversion

David APi

 

£175.00 !!


They're only £75.00 from APi proper job too. Gaskets to fit less than £20.00 carriage is £10.00 add VAT.

£175 + + + indeed someones having a laugh.

David APi

 

Hi David,

I am working from home tommorrow, will give you a call. Many thanks

Steve

 

I wish I had known that

I was recommended Roger Clarke and compared it to Scoobyclinic and it worked out altogether cheaper than them, so went for it.

Oh well you live and learn

 

The patient has gone into today on a trailer to see what the damage is. sounds like the whole bottom end and rods are shot

will update when i know more.

Now who was it that said on the Squadrons Secret Mission ".. Thats definitely not mechanical its something like your heat shield rattling ..."

Come on .... Own up

The Ian's get a prize for saying in jest, sounds like your big ends

 

Great whats my prize then

Sorry to hear it is the bottom end though, hope it's sorted soon

 

You both get one of these

Ian doesnt need to save now

ADJUSTABLE REAR SPOILER SPORT WAGON COMPACT Subaru IMPREZA '95 -10/2000

RAFLMAO

If i do it via next day courier, you can both get them fitted this weekend

 

are you gonna go for the jdm sti9 bottom end?

ian needs to get that spoiler to fit a blob not a classic

 

i thought in true chav nova/saxo boy fashion he should try and graft it on and make the classic one fit

 

Not sure what price options are yet, but whatever is strongest and most reliable really, if costs a few quid more then so be it, dont want a tempremental fuusy engine that is so highly strung it s a nightmare to live with. needs to be reliable and useable over out and out power. I cant afford to rebuild another one to go pop.

I learnt a lesson with our Williams clio we used to have, it was great running it at 190 brake and 50 nitrous jets on top of that but, after 4 engine rebuilds, 2 gearboxes, 3 clutches, 1 engine fire and about 10 sets of driveshafts you know you have left the path of common sense