Olly.Wrx

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My head gasket has now gone on my94 wrx and im looking at a forged rebuild but i dont know of any good companys in the south to do the work.

Could you guys please let me know which companys who are based in the south who would do a forged rebuild and have a good reputation?

The closer to west sussex the better.
Cheers for any help.

Jamie Bird

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enginetuner are in Plymouth, they're meant to be very good

Olly.Wrx

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I heard alot of good things about them but they are just to far away from me.Cheers tho.

R5_GTT_Steve

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Im in sheffield and there building me a 2.1 stroker, shipping it to me then im going to drop it in myself.

Olly.Wrx

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It would be hard for me to drop the car off as i will need to put it on a trailer and tow the car there as the head gasket has gone on it.So the closer the better really but if i have to tow the car all the way to Plymouth to get a good rebuild at a decent price then i will.

wimpy

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Give DSAutomotives a call on 01296 420000 speak to dave stone they are in Aylesbury Bucks they do some really good work

cakehead

i'm in the same boat mate. i couldn't find anyone local so went for a replacement . now wish i hadn't. had no end of problems with it. if you find someone could you let me know. i'm also in west sussex.

sonic93

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thats 3 of us hg on my wrx 93 im now going for forged build as no point just doing gasket on engine so old group buy for 3 engine rebuilds lol

happydude303

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right you have subaru 4 you in newbury , you have triton motorsports in Bournemouth and they built mine and it running reasonable power 390bhp in an open deck block, has been for the last two years they do mapping there as well and have rollers and i will say this they treat every customer well and will put there hands up and sort it out if there is a problem which goes a long way in my books because at the end of the day were all humans and humans make mistakes all of us even the roger Clarkes of the world but if you can get it down for the 2.1 at engine tuner you will have a big old smile thats if only i new that two years ago id be running 450bhp now dam but im still smiling : >

New_scooby_04

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If you want to stay in the South, you could give Paul at Extreme Scoobies a ring.

You might like to speak to David at APi as well. They're based in Warrickshire, but will send a trailer down to pick up your car.

Word of advice: Take it to somewhere reputable (most - if not all- of the above are well known and respected on here), not cheap: get the job done right first time, pay once!

Ns04

scoobygaz1

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Enginetuner done my 2.1 stroker last year very pleased with the service and the engine,I would give alan a ring worth a call at least.

mossi

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Cant reccomend David at APi highly enough, 01926 614522 he knows his stuff, and talks the talk, but can walk the walk , hes got my car at the moment, doing a partial rebuild due to a piston failure, just so nice to talk to someone who knows so much about these, and he sent down a trailor to collect mine ..

mervil

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Engine Tuner organized a truck to pick my Scoob up last year, £150 on the bill, not bad at all!!

Olly.Wrx

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Im going to get the rebuild done at engineturner.Im going to phone alan tomorrow and get it booked up for next week if i can.I can now see its well worth traveling the bit extra to get the job done the right the first time round,plus alan said he can send a trailer to pick my car up.

Cheers for all the advise.

fieldy1978

Hi Olly i'm in bognor regis and allthough i rebuild scooby engines for myself i'm not sure i fancy doing it for someone else. But if its conviniently close for you i dont mind taking the lump out for you and putting it back in!

Olly.Wrx

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Thanks for the offer,but engineturner is going to pick my car up on a trailer and do the rebuild,then all i need to do is pick the car up when its all done.I have spoke to alan and im very happy with what im going to get done.

belfastladdSTI

hi there i bought my engine from ac motorsport and they posted it to me it cost 2300. its forged pistons conrods race bearings sti head sets high flow oil and water pumps and oil cooler, its been in 2 years now and its a beast never a problem from day one and thats fitting myself look them up at ac motorsports they do remaps to ,, ok buddy

Westwood2006

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I would avoid subaru4u... if for no other reason than I think S4U Len is a complete ****!!

A couple of years ago I was asking about his 2.5 litre forged build. His development car had just inexplicably let go a few weeks prior to my MOT visit. A bolt had broken or something. Anyway, suddenly he said to me (and I quote) “you are a time wasting tire kicker”!

I had used him for MOT’s and mail order bits & pieces for the previous 3 years (I do my own maintenance) and was asking lots of questions about his forged engines .... as you naturally would when you are contemplating spending a 5 figure sum on a car. So that was that.

Then one day I rattled my big end and of course Subaru4U Len was the last person I was going to call!!!

I went to Dave at API for my forged 2.5 and 6 speed conversion.. Top bloke. Can’t recommend him enough. Friendly staff. Now Dave gets all my business.... including servicing.

+1 for API Dave!

Mus

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Good choice with engine tuner your in safe hands best if luck

stinger_sweaty

yep i would also have to say enginetuner too, they done my engine rebuild at then end of last year, they also arrange for a recover vehicle to pick my car up for £80, Alan Jeffry and his crew know subaru engines very well.

TimH

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From everything I've read, I have absolutely no doubt that Enginetuner do a great job, but, just so someone sticks up for them, so do S4U.

I imagine every company has the odd customer they don't satisfy for whatever reason, and I'm sure most have a skeleton or 2 in the cupboard, but everyone I know who've used S4U have nothing but praise for them

happydude303

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this goes back to what i was sayin about us all being humans and humans make mistakes but im a triton man but i have heard so much good stuff that if my enigne does give up ill be having one of them 2.1 straight away