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29 November 2011, 05:08 PM

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Thanks for the advice mate but can't see it being a huge issue for me

Whilst the engine is out and apart it is receiving ACL race bearings, forge pistons, forge rods, ARP head bolts, cosworth head gaskets, liners pined, bores honed, TGV deletes and a few other choice bits and bobs

Lol - silver lining and all that! Gonna be a bit of beast by the looks of things. Apart from the dent in the wallet I suspect this is the best outcome all round!

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30 November 2011, 08:59 PM

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LOL, that's roughly what I did to my brand new 2.5 short engine, bought cheap off ebay.

Defo the way to go mate, at least now I have piece of mind that I have a strong reliable engine.

The hawkeye had two common engine weak spots, one being the head gasket and the other being the choclate pistons. So basically cured to downsides to what seems like a almost perfect car

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Lol - silver lining and all that! Gonna be a bit of beast by the looks of things. Apart from the dent in the wallet I suspect this is the best outcome all round!

Indeed mate, silver linning. But you are correct on the downsides, huge dent in wallet and the desire for more power will only see that dent getting bigger lol

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30 November 2011, 09:59 PM

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Plus it takes AGES before that awful feeling of distrust in the car starts to fade.

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30 November 2011, 10:17 PM

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Plus it takes AGES before that awful feeling of distrust in the car starts to fade.

Could not agree more mate, I knew if I didn’t spend a little of my hard earned cash now I would be constantly paranoid that it will come back to haunt me at a later date. Plus the distrust in the cars reliability would mean I couldn’t enjoy her to her full potential.

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01 December 2011, 09:55 AM

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I'm still paranoid two years on.
Every noise, every dip in any gauge, I'm constantly checking, checking..........

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01 December 2011, 04:46 PM

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Well, all I can say is that you are very philosophical.

DO remember that Imprezas often destroy their bottom ends AFTER a headgasket change, so while the engine is out, good idea to swap the big end bearings out for new ones.

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I'm still paranoid two years on.
Every noise, every dip in any gauge, I'm constantly checking, checking..........

That's possibly the best way to be mate, aslong as your not so paranoid that it stop's you enjoying your car to the full!

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