Hello everybody! ive been a memeber for a while now, reading some interesting stuff on here, just aint posted nothin till now. I own a 2006 hawkeye sti ppp, an it smoking like a pig so im about to rip it out an have a full rebuild. i would just like anyones comments on how far you should take it as fars as pistons an rods an cams are concerned? its runnin 305 standard power at the minute but im lookin for 360 when its rebuilt an been mapped ect. ive seen some mahle pistons on ebay that seem very reasonable at £380 and rated to about 500bhp. the cars done 111000 miles, mostly motorway miles, so im wondering how much things will be worn when its opened up. any comments would be aprreciated, thanks folks!

 

Speak to David at API or rich at FB tuning they will be able to point you in the right direction and they offer IMO clear cut and honest advise without the need to over sell you something you won't need / use.

 

sounds good mister. thanks.