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Good, How would I kno which head gaskets to use? I don't kno much about that sort of thing. So to confirm cos I'm thick...........my heads will fit therfore my inlet manifold will fit, and my gearbox will fit, I can basically use all my original stuff off my V4 on the new sti 8 bottom end??
Good, How would I kno which head gaskets to use? I don't kno much about that sort of thing. So to confirm cos I'm thick...........my heads will fit therfore my inlet manifold will fit, and my gearbox will fit, I can basically use all my original stuff off my V4 on the new sti 8 bottom end??
yep thats what im just about to do as my sti4 shortblock has just done a big end.
not sure on the gaskets tho,but the genuine subaru ones are a must i am told.
you need to grid away one of the bolt holes under turbo that isnt used for mounting gearbox as the turbo water/oil banjo catches and doesn't fit flush. can post a pic tomorrow if it helps.
you need to grid away one of the bolt holes under turbo that isnt used for mounting gearbox as the turbo water/oil banjo catches and doesn't fit flush. can post a pic tomorrow if it helps.
Oh if u could put sum pics of it it would be a gread help mate! What would you use to block the breather hole up with?
Bloody hell, not as straight forward as I thort! Guna be sum headscratching at the unit wen I get this shortblock delivered! Any ideas as to what thickness head gaskets to use????
as said above you need to know if your heads are skimmed and work out compression ratio to get right size http://www.chainganger.co.uk/Page2/Page2.html
i followed this to work it out
What's the reason for having a re-map if I'm just replacing the short motor? I can't get my thick head around it
all the jap cars are mapped for jap fuel (101 octane)
obviously we dont have that here,so if you are forking out for another engine it would be silly to run it on the lower octane fuel and risk det etc.
alot of the jap cars have been running on uk fuel without being mapped since they arrived in japan,and this is one of the main reasons you here of so many engine failures.