djmisio85

What's a closed deck engine as opposed to a normal engine? Iv heard theyr stronger

cheers

mike

bushiwarrior

well in simple terms (without getting all technical)mate when you first join the navy your a newbie and your exposed to the elements this is open deck, and when your around a while they will let you work inside the ship this is closed deck hope this helps lol

Explanation with pics here.....

Subaru Block

djmisio85

Thanks, very quick reply
Probably the easiest technical explanation ive ever seen.

Now to follow on from this, which imprezas come with this as standard???

wrxsti280

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might be wrong but i think most ra models come with it and i think some of the sti models, i was told that the version 1 sti comes with it, but i'm not 100% certain on that, would be nice though cos ive got a version 1

myblackwrx

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even the first wrxs came with them (not all).
example my 93wrx is meant to have a td05 16g turbo but no ,it's got a vf12 (second stage turbo from a legacy) so in the early days i think they just grabbed what they had on the shelf

black subaru 06

this just gave info on the 2.5 block i have a 555 sti closed deck block any info on this

wrx_driver

This thread shows you how to tell if it's closed deck or open deck:

Does anyone know for sure? - Type-RA.co.uk - Forum for Subaru Impreza WRX Type RA, WRX STi, Spec-C, S202, Type RA-R

GC8

Only the early series cars had a closed deck block.

T5OLF

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A friend just had his Bugeye rebuild with a closed deck block made from a non closed deck. It involves welding up the block deck and re-machining - very trick

merlin24

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As said above - Early Vers.1 had CDB and the STi V2 RA were CDB.
I have also seen a couple of cross over blocks ( Vers.2 - 3 ) which were open deck with Bore Squirters.

Mick

black subaru 06

mine is a ver 2 sti 555 with closed deck bloke

bigarf

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where did he get this done is there somewhere in the uk that does this.

slipstream_uk

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My ver 2 STI V-Limited has a closed deck fitted, had it confirmed when I put on stronger head gaskets and bolts on


**pics pinched from Does anyone know for sure? - Type-RA.co.uk - Forum for Subaru Impreza WRX Type RA, WRX STi, Spec-C, S202, Type RA-R **


You can tell if the block is open or closed by looking for hash markings behind the alternator belt - if these markings are there, it's closed deck.

T5OLF

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Pennine Subaru at Hebden Bridge (yorkshire)