kevin wrx

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have my 95 wrx import just want a standard engine rebuild who is the best and fair priced to use..

marcevs72

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look at at least £1500 plus parts as your previous post about snapped cambelt.

ditchmyster

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Where are you?

kevin wrx

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romford

kevin wrx

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essex lol

kevin wrx

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im thinking if valves havent damaged pistons then just replace heads

ditchmyster

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Umm, think you will be lucky to get away with that, but you won't know till you get it out and strip it,which will be £500 on its own, can you do any of the work yourself?

giz1978

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1500 is a bit high you can get recon for 600
for that money i would want steel con rods and sti pistons at less
shopp around m8
t6customs sells recon std blocks for 600 to 700

ditchmyster

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Not being rude, but there is NO WAY you can recon a subaru engine for less than £700 let alone sell it at that price..

The full seal and gasket kits are £400 alone.. factor in the original engine cost and labour..

Are you sure they are not just opening them up bang a set of bearings in and bolt it back up.

kevin wrx

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i can do most myself as worked in a few garages,so removing engine and the heads is not a ptoblem just finding someone to do me a recon with new crankshaft,even thou my engine never missed a beat or used any oil up until belt went,all i can put it down to is a failed idler but when i changed belt 4 months ago all idlers sounded fine and was no noise coming from the idlers or water pump.

kevin wrx

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i take it thats a short block with nio heads for 600 and new crank but even then sounds to cheap

stevemort

you CAN NOT rebuild a subaru engine cheaply if you want it to last save up and do it properly

kevin wrx

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i want it done right and am bying a run about while my cars in bits as there is no ruch but want to no wat everyones thoughts are

stevemort

for what it is worth you should take a bit longer build it with CDB,new oil pump,cosworth baffle etc,so you can boot it with confidence

kevin wrx

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not to worried about big power as carry my family around in it,so car is standard anyway apart from exhaust and dump valve

ukpaisley

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wms-deals4u on Ebay Top stuff at a good price.

MicaDan

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+1, Williams Motorsport is the seller. He is doing some work with JGM at the moment. Highly recommended.

ditchmyster

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I think his engine is a cdb anyway, you should diy it mate you can get a new sti crank rods and pistons and bearings for around £7/800 or you can buy a 2.1 stroker kit for £1400. there are cheaper ways of doing it as well, like a second hand crank, as long as it has not failed it will be fine, with a fresh set of bearings, yours might even still be ok, no reason why it should'nt, come to think of it i have a set of pistons for a Ra which is around the same year as yours, you can have for the cost of postage.

kevin wrx

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cheers my cranks fine but am thinking if i have to change pistons im gonna renew the crank as wont be in to much of a rush to get it back on the road,how much postage would you say it will be thanks.ive had the car 13 months and wont ever be able to afford to buy another scooby,so gonna stick with it and dont give up.

kevin wrx

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i was on ebay and a new crank with shells is 545.00 pounds

TonyBurns

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If you renew the crank then you really want one of the twin scroll items, these are cross drilled for better oil flow, but you may have to have your block machined to fit it....

Tony

kevin wrx

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if im right in thinking that if the cylinder walls are all good will i get away with replacing pistons with new rings...

kevin wrx

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i mean replace pistons and rings

marcevs72

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just strip and get everything checked,you could be lucky and bottom end perfect so just set of heads,gaskets etc and away you go.i looked into sorting the bottom end out on my engine but its definately not cheap to do it properly.i will eventually build a forged lump when funds become available but in the meantime standard engine going in.

MicaDan

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This is a possibility if the bores are ok. You need to measure the bores for taper and out-of-round as there will be a certain amount of wear. If it's in spec you can get away with a hone, if it's out of spec you'll need a rebore, hone and a size larger pistons.

edit - what's the mileage on the engine?

RICHARD J

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Don't try to do this on the cheap taking short cuts, you will regret it big time . Call Nick at Advanced Automotive for a top notch job at a reasonable price.It doesn't matter where u are he will arrange collection of your engine once removed.

Minjeeta

Read posts by 'The Voices' before proceeding any further...

Secondly, I'd get advice from relialble sources about what you should do.

I'm sure the old classic engines were non interference, so the valves and pistons could not mangle if the belt went...

If you've got a 95 engine, I'd ask the question, because boxers went from SOHC to DOHC in 96, so your engine might not be goosed...

merlin24

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They are Interference engines - full house here on a Version 2





Mick

ukpaisley

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Strip it , assume it was not knoking then new bearings. Replace with clean the bores, and check for size. New pistons STI or forged items, new Rods, again STI items , decent set of MHG's and then its good for 4 to 450 BHP and you have a recon engine. You could get a set of heads from Fleabay or on here to do a swap, plenty of people have old sets of WRX heads they will be giving them away afte STI V4 upgrades.

addi monster

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kevin all the advice in the world at the minute counts for nothing (all good advice though) you need to get it out and strip it and find out whats broke what ect then we can advise you the right way to go,.
steve,.