damscoob

im desperate to get my hands on an engine for a classic wrx as soon as possible, it does not matter if it is a uk or import engine even with or without heads just as long as the block is a good one, i need this asap as the last 2 i bought have turned out to be a load of crap, please somebody help me, thanks

L55 REP

iTrader: (1)

if your going to buy a second hand short block your better off getting one from a scooby specialist breaker and ask for a warrenty

but then again price up buying the short block then all the labour/parts/etc needed to rebuild to a full block
then price up a full engine,

try Awesome imports in Avonmouth
good bunch of lads and cheap too

Rally fan 555

iTrader: (7)

jap performance parts got a full engine v6 Sti for 2K - to give you an idea, ebay cheapest I saw was 1.5K for an engine. HTH.

I havn't seen a std WRX engine, but would guess at cheaper than the Sti ones...........

DYL 4N

What you done with the old ones mate? I'll have them off you if you wana sell them. Bit of money for the new engine??

L55 REP

iTrader: (1)

you can get 2nd hand wrx engines from £500+ but its how good they are you got to gamble on.

damscoob

thanks for your replies, but i will be building the new engine myself as it is for a customer, i dont mind if the engine has a blown head gasket or needs new shells as long as its a good base to work with, anything will do as it will be fully overhauled with new everything for less than the cost of a new or recon, (its handy being able to do it all yourself) the last 2 i picked up turned out to be totally shot when stripped down, one had a crack in one of the liners and the other had snapped a rod which had made mincemeat of the inside of the block

The Trooper 1815

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https://www.scoobynet.com/private-fo...-of-parts.html

damscoob

thanks for that, i have pm'd him about the blocks

L55 REP

iTrader: (1)

make sure you buy a new crank and bearings rather than getting your crank reground and oversize bearings.
every one ive heard of thats had a reground crank has fooked up withing 10-15k miles

damscoob

its all done now, ive built a new engine using a shed load of parts i had lying around, i didnt realise i had so many bits hiding in the lockups (time for a stock take methinks) so panic over, customer picks up his car tomorrow, wooohooooo!!!