took engine too work for cleaning. had a interesting chat with the top forman mechanic.made me aware the crank has been lightned an balanced before, as you can see in the pic, its had holes drilled for balancing and edges have been schamfered for lightening.

the rods and pistons also dont look standard, cant find ant part numbers on there. does have a UJ i think logo on there. nothing on rods, only no 60.


what marks does a standard 98 wrx import have on the pistons and rods??

anything like these pics?????

 

They look like completely standard WRX crank, rods and pistons to me. I've had two cranks through my hands lately straight out of blown engines and they both have been balanced with blind holes drilled in them. The rods are bog standard WRX, in fact the STi's used the same rods; and the pistons are standard cast items - forged ones will look smooth on the underside, no crosshatching.

 

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so everything is as it should be, i hope so, wouldnt have been happy if the pistons im taken out are better than ones i wanna put in

makes me feel more at ease now, strange thing is on the crank, u can see bur left from drilling?

 

As silent running said - standard crank,rods and cast pistons.
Fair bit of tarnish on the pistons and its usual to spend a fair bit of time de-burring the crank and crankcases prior to building it up (something they dont do on the production line).

Mick

 

strangly enough thats great news means i havent started this for nothing