cost of engine rebuild...
10 August 2007, 02:43 PM
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cost of engine rebuild...
a little premateur, but im preparing for the worst, when i can get my car to scoobybits next week some time.
thread in gen tech abouts my engine "think i have a leak" bit misleading but read the thread.
anyways if the engines on the way out (60k on this particular engine) due to piston slap perhaps, whats the general cost for a standard replacement engine? nothing fancy, just a standard replacement. if i cant afford it, the cars going basically.
help appreciated...
andy
thread in gen tech abouts my engine "think i have a leak" bit misleading but read the thread.
anyways if the engines on the way out (60k on this particular engine) due to piston slap perhaps, whats the general cost for a standard replacement engine? nothing fancy, just a standard replacement. if i cant afford it, the cars going basically.
help appreciated...
andy
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10 August 2007, 06:32 PM
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Andy:
If you can't follow Pete's advice then call David at Welcome to the API website for alternatives.
Won't be £500.
If you can't follow Pete's advice then call David at Welcome to the API website for alternatives.
Won't be £500.
10 August 2007, 06:44 PM
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if i was you in all honesty i would have your engine rebuilt completely. I had an engine problem with mine and replaced it with a low mileage sti engine.. Only to develop further faults about 3-4 months later. The only way you know your going to have a good engine is if you have it rebuilt properly. I bit the bullet and did it with good parts, costs a lot of money but you know its done right and there shouldn't be any similar problems later. API are the best from all accounts if you want someone else to do it.
I guess the short way of what im saying is.. do it cheap.. do it twice!
I guess the short way of what im saying is.. do it cheap.. do it twice!
10 August 2007, 08:26 PM
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Youre not having much luck are you Andy?
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10 August 2007, 10:41 PM
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a nut is a nut, a bolt is a bolt, a torque wrench is a torque wrench
You can either build an engine or you can't, a subaru engine is not some complex beast that only a specialist magician using fairy dust is capable of building.
The fundamentals are so similar that they really haven't changed all that much since the internal combustion engine was first designed.
I admit that a good reputation helps as does care as the engines are under more stress more of the time than most, you don't want Joe Bloggs to just throw it together but it's not that difficult to do yourself if that way inclined.
And it is in fact a 'simple' engine - it is simply is made up of nuts, bolts, bearings, pistons etc the same as any other engine.
If it was a Gas Turbine spinning at many thousands of rpm then you might have a a point - but its not. I'm sure there are quite a few owners on here who have attempted this sucessfully
You can either build an engine or you can't, a subaru engine is not some complex beast that only a specialist magician using fairy dust is capable of building.
The fundamentals are so similar that they really haven't changed all that much since the internal combustion engine was first designed.
I admit that a good reputation helps as does care as the engines are under more stress more of the time than most, you don't want Joe Bloggs to just throw it together but it's not that difficult to do yourself if that way inclined.
And it is in fact a 'simple' engine - it is simply is made up of nuts, bolts, bearings, pistons etc the same as any other engine.
If it was a Gas Turbine spinning at many thousands of rpm then you might have a a point - but its not. I'm sure there are quite a few owners on here who have attempted this sucessfully
10 August 2007, 10:46 PM
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a nut is a nut, a bolt is a bolt, a torque wrench is a torque wrench
You can either build an engine or you can't, a subaru engine is not some complex beast that only a specialist magician using fairy dust is capable of building.
The fundamentals are so similar that they really haven't changed all that much since the internal combustion engine was first designed.
I admit that a good reputation helps as does care as the engines are under more stress more of the time than most, you don't want Joe Bloggs to just throw it together but it's not that difficult to do yourself if that way inclined.
And it is in fact a 'simple' engine - it is simply is made up of nuts, bolts, bearings, pistons etc the same as any other engine.
If it was a Gas Turbine spinning at many thousands of rpm then you might have a a point - but its not. I'm sure there are quite a few owners on here who have attempted this sucessfully
You can either build an engine or you can't, a subaru engine is not some complex beast that only a specialist magician using fairy dust is capable of building.
The fundamentals are so similar that they really haven't changed all that much since the internal combustion engine was first designed.
I admit that a good reputation helps as does care as the engines are under more stress more of the time than most, you don't want Joe Bloggs to just throw it together but it's not that difficult to do yourself if that way inclined.
And it is in fact a 'simple' engine - it is simply is made up of nuts, bolts, bearings, pistons etc the same as any other engine.
If it was a Gas Turbine spinning at many thousands of rpm then you might have a a point - but its not. I'm sure there are quite a few owners on here who have attempted this sucessfully
10 August 2007, 10:51 PM
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Re-building an engine, any engine is simple ... those that say otherwise are looking after vested interests.
Good god, there are plenty of girls around these days parading as men
Could not weild a screwdriver if their lives depended upon it You would not manage if it were the 1960's or 70's ... then, men were men and knew how to strip engines down and rebuild them - de-cokes were common.It's about time men were men again and able to strip an engine and re-build it while listening to a footy match on the wireless!!
10 August 2007, 10:57 PM
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bugger me sideways - i'm off outside to shot myself in the head before my world crumbles around my ears. I agree with Pete and he agrees with me, i really must be doing something fundamentally wrong but i stand by both our comments
There is an awful lot of bull**** mystic crap posted about the arcane art of the rebuild - but honestly, with care, attention to detail, time, a good toolkit and space to work it really isn't rocket science
There is an awful lot of bull**** mystic crap posted about the arcane art of the rebuild - but honestly, with care, attention to detail, time, a good toolkit and space to work it really isn't rocket science
10 August 2007, 10:59 PM
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I'm with Pete on this one, if you can build an engine you can rebuild a scooby lump. I was rebuilding bike engines at 16 and porting heads and rebuilding mini engines at 17 all thanks to Dave Vizard 
Those day's seem to be long gone and the youth of today (and some adults) take there cars to a specialist to have parts fitted and mods carried out.
Those day's seem to be long gone and the youth of today (and some adults) take there cars to a specialist to have parts fitted and mods carried out.
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I must have missed the point here ! If you are saying the scooby engine is no more difficult to rebuild than any other engine then I agree with you.
Some people would have you believe that a Subaru engine is a specialist only item !
Some people would have you believe that a Subaru engine is a specialist only item !
10 August 2007, 11:07 PM
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Drifting in the breeze with whichever view seems to hold sway at the time???
10 August 2007, 11:09 PM
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Must be the first time 3 or more people have agreed with Pete.
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10 August 2007, 11:09 PM
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As long as the crank diameter matches the bearing diameter then there is no reason at all why a reground crank shouldn't be ok ......... is it case hardened at all??
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Nope,watching the telly at the same time as this thread 
I don't care what anyone says,whether other people agree or not. The Subaru engine is no more specialist than any other engine.