initialD

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hi all , finally the time is nearly here wen i book my 02 wrx in at tfs racing
i blew a piston ring a year ago and hav been savin and savin and savin and saving anyway i hav a budget of about 3 grand and its exspected to make about 350bhp with my mods . its my daily driver so i dont want anymore power than that really "4 now anyway "
i dont really want to go down the ej25 route as im running standard wrx gearbox . but i hav been lookin at sti engines as they are stronger and would handle the 350bhp easily . the thing is i would prefer to hav my engine re-built so i know its all new and up to me to look after it ! but for 3 grand wot could i do really ? cheers

BRAVEHEART_STI

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get a new bottom end direct from subaru ( sti one obv ) or have someone build the bottom end which could be more expensive than 3000 , im sure bottom ends from subaru are between 2 and 2.5k for short blocks ?

matth76

Ouch! What caused your car to originally blow a piston? Was it mapped in some way before the piston went?

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long story short , started smoking bad from exhaust every now and then , took it to get boost guage fitted at local garage and they said the turbo needed replacing ! so i took their word for it as it was showing the signs . i took it to tfs racing and ended up getting a brand new vf34 turbo along with 550cc injectors ,walbro pump and an ecu tech remap by jolly green monster . it made 301bhp!! 340+ was expected !! started smoking alot worse and alot more often , topped out at 120mph and the boost was goin do-lally !! so took it bak to tfs , had chuffin from the oil filler !! wen my old turbo was removed he said it wasnt that bad ! the dodgy polish mechanics didnt fit the boost guage correctly so the boost reading was wrong making believe the turbo had died ? think it was in limp mode before i added more power pushing it over the edge ????

Anger

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2.1

Stew fitted mine

Midlife......

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Personlly I'd get David from API to pick it up, rebuild your bugeye block with STi or equivalent internals and get it mapped by Pat Herbourne on one of his visits there.

Shaun

Paulo P

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Get a 2.0 sti short motor I bought a low mileage one for mine from a 2005 sti and it should be good for 450bhp with the correct parts and it was cheap

£3k should be plenty to get the job done Get A quote from FB as well though, he isn't far away and he does a cracking job and I bet he's competitive on price Just don't jump the queue if you use him, I want mine done

initialD

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sorry mate whos fb ? and where is he based ?

Paulo P

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FB tuning based near High Wycombe just off the M40 He's also a mapper so it's a one stop shop and you won't be disappointed.

Richard is on 07595 493581

initialD

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ok ill hav a look cheers for ur help

Midlife......

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FB is Fiesta Boy.......LOL

Like API a one stop shop for a drive in and drive out solution...like Alan at Enginetuner and RCMS

Shaun

initialD

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tfs also the same as he arranges jgm to do the mapping , very well known mapper tried and tested . but yea obviously api a bit too far if any probs with it will b a nightmare gettin it bk to him etc

Anger

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Simons monster is being built by Stew, Simons there most days.... is Simon going to let anyone build his new beast.... i think not

Paulo P

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No problem Just shop around and hopefully you find the right deal

initialD

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frank in stews monster ? is it being rebuilt again ? he was a bit dissapointed with his times last year right ??

jura11

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Hi there really you must shop around and if you are find right deal,will be just good for you.
And about the second hand engines,you never now what you are buying,i'm pretty scare buying engine from some sellers(not from here,but sometimes you will find wolf in sheep),due this i was ended in fully rebuild and 2.1 stroker...


Jura

Anger

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Stews is going on the rollers today mate, i ment JGM's new car there building aswell

initialD

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oh , what spec is jgm do u know ? and will u find out stews dyno results ?? if so id b interested to know wot he made ? hopefully i bump in to him at wheels day on friday ? av a chat

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anger, just been browsing surrey scooby forum and seen the pic of ur engine bay stew done for u sweeeet m8 can u tell me what kind of paint was used on ur inlet manifold please ? ive wanted to do mine blue for ages ! cheers mate

MattyB1983

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You can pick up 2003/4/5 STI short blocks for not alot money. Hunt out a low mileage one and you'll be safe at 400 all day long so 350 will be more than fine. Just have a look at what Banny puts his through daily.

Anger

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Theres a car repair and bodyshop right next to TFS that did it for me, think it was about £40 any colour i wanted mate

I need to clean my engine bay again, its got a bit dirty since that pic on Surrey, Stew did a great job with the engine swap and changed loads of bits to clean the engine bay up

initialD

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lol right next door ? perfect eh job done then that wot u call conveniant

Paulo P

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Exactly and that's just what I've got I'm looking for 450 from mine and the build cost including turbo should come in at under £3k.

So far I've bought a 34k old 2005 sti short motor (£900), used ARP head bolts (£100), ported and polished sti 3 heads (£275), Nismo 740cc injectors (£200) & complete gasket set with Cosworth 1.1 head gaskets (£400)

I've obviously got other bits to go with it but it isn't that bad