http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/subaru-impreza...QQcmdZViewItem

 

my god! i dread to think what the reserve price is though!

 

Thats nothing like the "real deal", stay clear.

bob

 

Oh and STi5's all have open deck block's btw.

bob

 

Thanks Bob

 

That ad is seriously misleading ....... To the point where I think RCM should contact the guy, and make sure the ad is corrected.

I doubt RCM would want anyone to think the "engine" is one of their's, or bares any resemblance to the Icelandic engine !!

Wonder why the heads have been removed.


Mark.

 

Theres more bits too if you view his other items forsale

 

I know it's difficult to tell, but do the top of the pistons look like Omega's?

 

He doesn't say it's producing 650 bhp, he says it's capable of it

 

I'm not saying the engine is, or isn't capable of producing 650bhp.

It's being sold as being the same spec' engine that RCM/Halldor are doing 9 second 1/4's in, and it ISN'T.


Mark.

 

seem`s resonable to me , If you wanted to build it , he is not far away on his price, (don`t forget the VAT,)

Mark.[/QUOTE]
It's being sold as being the same spec' engine that RCM/Halldor are doing 9 second 1/4's in, and it ISN'T.

Be interesting to see the spec on that , any link`s ?

Have a good one
Tim

 

Would anyone knoe if this engine was built by turbosport in essex possibly. I have seen them advertising a similar spec although they claim 900 bhp with nos!

 

looks abit dodgy if u ask me!

 

Since no one generally knows what Haldors engine spec is then I will say its "VERY" misleading.

edited to say I do know btw.

bob

 

Get this months Jap Performance! There is quite a bit about the spec in it, thats if its all true mind and only the likes of haldor,Bob R and RCM are truely gonna know that. They say it kicks out 709 bhp@7500rpm and that does not include a 35-125bhp nos system either and oh, its still a 2 litre. Any truth in the power Bob?

 

I'd say it could make 650bhp.

How long it would do that for is another question though

 

one thing he says is about lowman & jones and if they worked on them heads it will be to a very good standard .i use them and are very nice blokes who have been in the business years

 

Seems it may be up to the job to me assuming it has been assembled correctly.

You don't need to spend a fortune to get that sort of power, well maybe just a small fortune but certainly not as much as some outlets are suggesting

Andy

 

I have seen the dyno sheets and thats true. ive also seen inside the engine and its most certainly a 2 litre.

edited to say it was on an engine dyno, not an RR, so probably more accurate.

 

seems a lot for an engine with no intercooler, no turbo, no engine management

 

Would you take the risk on buying a modded engine from someone with low feedback on Ebay for that much money ???

I'm sure the seller could well be legit, and even if he has all the receipts for the work done from the proper places etc... you'd still be taking a risk as you dont know what has been done with the engine since the work was carried out.

I think the seller would be better off trying to get the people who built the engine to sell it on commission for him and offer the buyer a proper guarantee with it.

 

the fact that the first thing he says is that team ice were the first impreza in the world into the 9s makes me think immediatley that it is bollocks.

 

The seller is perfectly legit' I bought a propshaft from him a couple of months back, privately. His car in it's original guise was featured in EVO when they did the Subaru Tuner piece, most of that work being carried out by Xtreme and laterly G-Force.

I suspect that he's selling up because it's taking longer than he would like, absorbing more money than he thought it would and he's still not going to be competing with people like Paul, Andy, Mark etc

 

Is it just me - or is in fact only the short engine with no heads...

...reserve starts to seem high in that case...

again IMHO of course!

Rannoch

 

Read his other items forsale and the heads are there with jun cams and theres some lightweight cam pulleys.

R.B

 

Those aren't light weight cam pulleys, they're vernier adjustable cam pulleys...

 

The unmodified version that don't work properly too !

 

Unmodified?

 

Kent pulleys as supplied via RCMS. The early type have small cap screws for triggering the cam sensor. They have resulted in a bad pick up signal on a number of cars.

 

Ahh, like mine then...joy another thing I'll probably need to mod before it runs

Oh well, better resign myself to going another year without driving my own Impreza