right guys, the bottomend is stripped. my shells are fooked, 3 sets out of 4!
1 has a piece which has shattered off, badly scored and has the eges of the shell kinked. (if that makes sense?)
The other 2 are intacted, but are a copper colour from the heat and drying out?
The rod on cylinder 1 were the ****ed shell was from needs replacing.
The oil pump had some play, and also i found that 4 out of the 5 screws on the bk were loose? 2 of which were wound right out?

well ive got the money for new parts so will be on wit it this weekend, think ive been quite lucky really as i would say "it wouldnt have been long before the rod let go and would have come thro the block.
all in all im chuffed and cant wait to get it bk together.

just thought id share my findings with you guys
Any advice guys as to what to be careful with when building bk up? whats this about some clearance in the bottomend has toi be right?

thankyou. wayne

 

There will be metal filings everywhere, make sure you clean all parts of the block, oilways, galleries and pipework thoroughly.

Suggest you replace the oil cooler and oil pump as a MINIMUM.

 

Download yourself a workshop manual - it will have all the data you need to do the build correctly.

Mick

 

New oil pump, big ends, modline oil cooler, oil filter and crank sounds like your bare minimun part list to rebuild that. The you need to get the clearance between the inside of the big end bearing and the crank right. if you need any help msn, pm or post in here.

 

thanks for the replies

matt thats what i was thinking, new oil pump,big ends, crank, modine, main bearings, filter, oil, all new gaskets and seals(including main oil seal) and 1 rod an rod bolts all 4, head bolts,

can any 1 tell me? i have another bottomend 1 rod is fooked? can i use a good rod from here?

also what are the RCM oil pumps like? any 1 got 1 fitted? are they money well spent?

wayne
p.s matt pm your msn please

 

Just price up all the parts like cranks, rods, bearings and shizzle and you may well find it's a lot easier to buy a ready built bottom end from Subaru. it's about 1400 quid for the sti one..

 

RCM pumps are modified, so they will not stick. Good pumps, i fitted one to my build. You could do it a lot cheaper than that. will discuss on msn

 

ok matey will chat on msn tomorrow sometime?(teatime would be best for me?) i just want the car bk the way it was for now, then christmas it will be treated to some new internals and what not. thanks for the help guys, youtube has some good tips on there 2, take a look sometime

 

Indeed a good deal!

 

right guys, well pleased. got my bits friday.

https://www.scoobynet.com/scooby.php...&photoid=18910

https://www.scoobynet.com/scooby.php...&photoid=18909

modified oil pump, polished crank,re sized rod, new oil seals, acl main and bigend race bearings, RCM 1.6mm haed gaskets, headbolts, graham goode timing belt, oil cooler modine, and of coarse some trust assembly lube.

https://www.scoobynet.com/scooby.php...&photoid=18907

heads ready to go on.

https://www.scoobynet.com/scooby.php...&photoid=18908

how it stood at 9:07 tonight, so all in all it went well BIG thank you to silent running for the budget build thread BIG thankyou to slipstream_uk for the workshop manuals

cant wait to crack on tomorrow night just a little worried about time timing

just hope it fires when its bk in
wayne

 

have alook at the group buys v9 crank and comp bearings £550 +12 postage have a look at the item no on e bay as well good place to get your bits

 

its built up already mate