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no engine bay piccies as yet. looks filthy. wanna detail it, but no idea how. well without taking everything apart anyways...

 

OK, so what is the cost of the parts to strip an Impreza Engine and rebuild with new bearings?

A simple refurbishment ....

I would be seriously disappointed if I had to pay more than £500!!!

The hardest bit is taking everything off to get the lump out - the actual lump is childs play ...... it's just an engine - you know, like the BILLIONS which have gone before.

 

dont blame you i went one better retired at 47 so much better lol
still respect engines are easy but things can go badly wrong leave it to the people who know what there doing. but you can learn by your mistakes and i used to take cars apart at 13 so anyone that tackles an engine on their own gets my respect, andy is totally dependent on his scoob one car family.

 

thats it micky. i dont work round the corner either. mrs cant drive yet, and cant afford to run another car as backup.

pslweis, get with the times, that part of the thread is over now. hopefully weve concluded the engine isnt going to go pop (me panicking as usual ), and its something less sinister.

keep up with the progress dear boy.

 

unfortunatley no cure today. mickyjeffs just text me. hes stuck in some real nasty traffic oop north, and has hardly moved in 1.5 hours on the m'way, so hes decided to turn back.

hopefully he may be able to come down wednesday afternoon (good job i work nights at least) and have a look then. at least yesterday with chris, hes put my mind at ease, otherwise id be dribbling to work tonight in second gear

catch you soon mick, no worries

 

Hopefully all is cool >?

 

not as yet. mickys coming down tomorrow afternoon about 3.30 when i get out of bed off nights. after listening to his advice on the phone, ive calmed down a lot now, and im trying to ignore the noise in general...

jase is still uber busy so i still cant get into scoobybits until next week at the earliest.

 

bump on this one lads...

micks just been down with his loverly mrs gill.

he jumped out the car, listened to mine for about 3secs on turnover...

one word "tappet"

i said.... thats it, no checkover, no need to listen to it from underneath or even with the bonnet up?

"nope"... tappet

so we sat and chatted for about an hour, and discussed all his mods to the sti hes currently working on. gonna go up to his for a weekend eventually, go out for something to eat, have a drink.

mick, your a gentleman, and im very appreciative of your time and travel costs.

sure il find some way to do you a favour mate

andy

p.s. all the best to paul and the kids mate

 

just been on the phone to jase again, and he was pretty straight forward with his advice.

basically to sort the tappets out, id have to get the engine dropped out and stripped. for the sake of this, gaskets, piston rings etc, would be changed too. in a sense a bottom end rebuild i think. so for the sake of all the hassle, it seems better to just put up with the noise, until say the tappets/hydraulic lifters do damage to the valves, and then just fork out for the whole lot to be sorted.

for the sake of changing just the tappets, it isnt worth the labour casts and hassle.

think i put that right. spoke to mick and andy (alloy) about this too, and they both agreed pretty much.

suppose if i do this, it gives me time to prepare for the costs, and also i would have the option of getting stronger internals. mick said to me, it could last another 30,000 odd miles before its a problem or it could last 5,000 miles.

il play the waiting game and just buy a louder exhaust i think

for now il get my knackered lambda sensor sorted out and keep tabs on the car.

 

mine goes in to the garage tomorro to get the exhaust and o2 sensor changed gonna get the noise checked out as well as it sounds the same as yours worst case again same as you ill take the bung out the nur spec

 

nah sell the nur spec to me. il give you my scoobybits system in part ex

 

whats the scoobybits system look/sound like?The blitz is a bit bonkers loud tbh and i start work at 6 am so im not too popular with the neighbours as it is

 

its a 4.5" backbox that mates with a 3" resonated centre. decat downpipe too. put it this way, its quite loud. but, in comparison, flix (chris) who lives in scunny came round. he has just a backbox and centre. standard downpipe, and his was louder than mine (full decat).

i want louder you see, sod the neighbours, but the scoobybits system is bloody good quality actually, just quieter. jap angled exit slash cut. view my scooby. looks nice polished up.

if your interested in a swap of some sort

just looked at view your scooby. have you a 2.5" centre or a 3" centre. does the blitz taper down on the backbox or 3£ straight through?