I've deceided to sell my 1998 V4 Type R. I purchased the car in December 2010, shotly after the headgasket went on the 2.2 engine, once fixed, several months later the liner on no.4 cracked. I deceided to build a new engine back in 2011 which then spiraled into re-vamping the most car. With lots of help, advise & tools off Drew.
The full build thread is located here
http://nesf.forumotion.co.uk/t11128-...-vamp-it-lives
Please take the time to have a look as it will give you a good idea of the time & effort went into the car.
I took the car out for as short run yesterday (10miles) to make sure everthing was okay with the build & it quickly became apparent, it was awful to drive (to me), & was no longer a daily driver, & due to a change in my personal life have no time of a weekend B road racer.


Engine~ completed 10miles, 6bar oil pressure on start up & 3.5bar when warmed up. Compression ratio, 8:6:1
2ltr ODB with CDB insert. Honed, decked, cleaned & painted.
V8 Crank
CP 92mm pistons
Scat rods with ARP bolts
ALC bearings
RCM oil pump
11mm ARP Head studs
RCM block bolt & gasket kit
1.7mm Cometic gaskets
V3/4 STI Heads, decked, valves re-seated, re-shimmed
HKS filter
Samco Inlet hole take offs all blanked off
Spec R custom made 3 port catch tank
Alloy radiator with samco hoses
AFP 20g New cartridge, seals bearings & turbine shaft (ran close to 380/360 on the 2.2 engine)
HKS FMIC
Running Apexi ECU

Exhaust~
GT Spec headers (2 bolt)
H & S slip jointed up pipe
Magnex downpipe
Ninja 2 cat back system
All wrapped & wire locked & sealed

Fueling~
Billet rails with custom made brackets
550 ph2 injectors, with ASP adaptors
Braided hoses
Earls connectors
Fuelab regulator
255lts pump
Billet inlne filter
Innovate LC-1
New fuel filler pipe powder coated

Suspension~
BC coilovers
Polly bushed front end
STI Pink trailing arms
Whiteline 27mm rear ARB
Whiteline 24mm front ARB
Whiteline stowt mounts
Whiteline front drop links
Whiteline rear drop links

Drivetrain~
Standard DCCD 452
Competition Clutch billet flywheel
Competition Clutch 4 PUK uprated clutch
Short shift
Super pro linkage bushes
Group N mounts
New front drive shaft oil seals
New front CV Boots
New Rear diff cover from RHD Japan
New front wheel bearings

Brakes~
Front AP 6pot (CP7040)
Front 356 discs
Ferodo's DS2500 front pads
Rear standard with pagid pads
New brake shoes

Bodywork~
Seibon bonnet
Carbon rear spoiler
Carbon fog light covers with air intake
Rear arches rolled & sealed & painted
Underside fully stripped & undersealed
Powder coated front & rear bumper supports
There are a few small pin dents on the body, but nothing excessive, & no rust.

Wheels~
Inovit STV-1 18" wheels in bronze
Hankook 215 35 18 5-6mm tread

Interior~
Honda integra Recaro front seats
Charge temp digital gauge
Apexi Handhead commander
Innovate LC-1 Digital gauge
Digital boost gauge
Shadow oil temp & pressure gauges
KS3 knock detector
Snap off steering wheel boss
OMP steering wheel
Pioneer AVH P4200 touchscreen head unit
Focal front Mids & tweeters
Focal Rear 6x9's

Miscellaneous~
Newage PAS Pump with remote bottle
Billet pulleys
Washer bottle boot mounted
Powder coated cradles
Wrinkle coated inlet & cam covers
New battery
Carbon fibre radiator slam panel
Carbon fibre fusebox cover
STI Strut brace
Carbon fibre fuel flap
LED Side light bulbs
Philips super bright headlight bulbs
New OEM wind deflectors
Thats about it, theres probably some bits i've missed, but will update as i remember. I have receipts for just about everything i have listed, just about all the parts are new. The car has no TAX or Test or Insurance & will require running in & a re-map (it has been mapped by Andy F since it was imported).
I'm looking for offers close to £6000 as possible, but could negotiate a deal by modifing the spec, or looking at part ex against a New Forester STI. upto 15K, if it dosen't sell as a whole i'll break it for parts.
A few pictures.















I have hundereds more pictures which are all in my build thread,
Thanks for looking
Mark
Located in North East (Sunderland)

 

Very nice pal!!

GLWTS!!

 

I AGREE TO THE MAXit's a lovely motor.SJ.

 

Bargin

 

£6000 are you serious ???

Got to be worth much much more than that bud.

 

That looks like a lot of car for not a lot of money, how easy were the dc5 recaros to fit?

 

If u break I be interested in the recaro's.

 

I'm not sure if they came over with them fitted when imported, or if Ross the previous owner fitted them, but they are very comfy, shame the rest of the car isn't .

 

Now this is a very tempting car indeed, who put the engine together mate?

 

6k hmmmm glwts. I would love it, but if the missus dont get a holiday this year i'll be sleeping with the dog lol

 

The CDB insert was done by the company that Alyn @ASP uses, they also decked the heads & reworked the under bucket shimms, AMEC engineering honed the block & gapped the rings to suit the CP pistons, apart from that it was all put together by myself. As i have been burned several times in the past with so called engine builders, either not fitting parts i asked for or doing a **** poor job to say the least. Some maybe put off that i built it myself & not by a top engine builder, but at least i know everything was measured & checked several times prior to being assembled.

 

I just fully read through the build thread and realised that it is self built and whole lot of time, effort, and money has been poured into this car

I take it the engine is currently being run in at the moment?

 

good price there mate :] and a lot of mods for 6k :]
if you do deside 2 brake,,i will buy your alloys,,and I could give you my 17" rotta alloys of my type r and cash ;]
these r the alloys on mine

2.5 hybrid new build type r

 

Thanks for the comments, & pm's, i have a gentleman off here traveling up from London as i type, so hopefully it goes to a fellow scooby lover & not end up in loads of pieces.

 

lovely car imo and far to cheap

 

Has it sold? If not what is your number? I want the car!

 

I am toally shockedthat this car is still here and not parked up on a new owners drive.SJ.

 

Many thanks for the comments, yes i agree the price is low, but to be fair, the engine is untested, & not built by a top engine builder, hence the low price, & yes its a bit of a gamble for the buyer,otherwise it would have been 7.5k & not a penny less. But if it all holds together, which there is no reason why it shouldn't, they have bagged themselves a bargain.
Anyway the car has now sold to a nice gentleman from London. Nice to meet you today.
Mark.

 

awesome car. would have tempted me back into subaru ownership. Someone got a bargin.

 

Shame it's ended up at hurst cars!

Don't know what's been done to it now...

 

Yes and £9k from the £6k he paid for it.

:'(

 

LOL yeah good old "Taliban max" up to his old tricks!!

 

The car was taken in as a "fresh build", it's a massive risk factor running it in and hoping all goes well. So a total running in costs could be anything upto £1500, even potentially an engine rebuild if things don't go so well. Saying that, so far so good. Done 600 miles. Life can be a gamble and business is also a gamble. You win some and you lose some.

However it is a calculated gamble. Gambling 6-7.5k car yet to be run in is a big gamble, it's not your typical online poker game. This gamble is left for people like myself to run in, have it mapped, ensure everything is ok prior to the car being sold. Not everybody is cut out for taking these risks as it can potentially cost far more than one may anticipate, hence this is always left and risk factor is taken upon people like myself.

Oh i didn't see anyone rushing to buy it knowing it was a fresh build that had only covered 10 miles.

Max, Hurst Cars

 

The car is Max's to do with what he wishes now, i was happy with the deal we made, yes the car was sold at a very good price but not many would have took the chance on a feshly built engine that had yet to be proven (although i have no doubts it will perform once mapped). I was well aware i could have ran the engine in had it mapped & sold it on for alot more.
Best of luck with the re-sale Max.Someones gonna get a good n, but slightly over priced IMO.
Mark.

 

Yes Mark. It's difficult to trust people nowadays but you seemed like a very decent chap hence my purchase. A pleasure meeting you pal. So far so good. Plumbed a bit into it on fuel, oils, sorting the brakes out, 4 wheel alignment, the idling issues, put it through an mot and taxed it today. Just got some motul 300v in for servicing once i have done 1200 miles which should be next week at some point. Done 950 miles now and the engine seems to have settled really nicely (not anywhere near as loud as it was in the first 500 miles before dropping the running in oil).

It's a bit of a chance, never been a gambler but this is more exciting. Let's hope all goes well. Off to see Simon @ jgm next week for mapping.