WANTED: Engine rebuilders

[Juffy]

Anyone here in the engine rebuilding game? I've got a 2002 RS Impreza with a cooked engine.

Alternatively, can anyone recommend a rebuilding place?

Thanks,
Juffy

[TORQ]

Tim Slako - West Racing / The Turbo Shop - Osborne Park ...

[smeghead]

PM Saf (Foofie Foofie) cos he's in da game.

[Aphex]

What on earth did ya do to cook one of those??? They're bullet proof.....

[Pkunk]

Jesus Christ Juffy!

Id poke fun at this point but it is all too easy

As has been no doubt suggested to you, get a front cut (of something, US 2.5 motor no doubt)... it'll probably be cheaper, but dodgier

[Aphex]

Bleh... US motor less compression due to the shit house fuel they use. Great for turbo but not so good for NA. There's a scoobie wrecker in Maddington.

Might be a good time to consider the RS to WRX conversion.

Clicky for the best scoobie spanner swingers in Perth.

[Juffy]

What on earth did ya do to cook one of those??? They're bullet proof.....[/b]

That's what I thought.

Long story short: thermostat failed, engine boiled and threw all the coolant out the overflow bottle while I blissfully didn't look at my temperature gauge. At least one of the two heads is warped, and she won't hold coolant. It's not seized, but I obviously can't trust the pistons/rings so it's either rebuild or new engine time.

Might be a good time to consider the RS to WRX conversion.[/b]

It's tempting, believe me. I've got various insurance issues which wouldn't be helped by an unofficial WRX conversion, but I'm going to investigate it anyway to see if I can pull it off. I've got a friend (Pk - you should be able to work out who) who's looking for a 2.5L NA for me, but if that route fails I'll go hunting for front cuts.

[Pkunk]

It's tempting, believe me. I've got various insurance issues which wouldn't be helped by an unofficial WRX conversion, but I'm going to investigate it anyway to see if I can pull it off. I've got a friend (Pk - you should be able to work out who) who's looking for a 2.5L NA for me, but if that route fails I'll go hunting for front cuts.[/b]

Ahhhh dooooo ittt

Karma: my drivers seatbelt just broke.... wtf. It will no longer hold any tension

*ponders if he should keep driving or not*

[Aphex]

2.5 turbo FTMFW!!!!


There's always front cuts comming in from Japan though. I looked at dropping an EJ20T in a Forest GX. Cost including harness was around 4k from memory.

[Juffy]

2.5 turbo FTMFW!!!![/b]

I get it, really I do.

I would love to have a turbo Scooby, but the realist side of me wants to know how much I'm going to get rogered by insurance if I do. I have a pretty chequered driving history (including 3 years totally uninsurable) and driving a non-factory turbo conversion just means they don't bother with lube. When I was in the market for my RS (3 years ago) I was quoted $3-3.5k/yr for a $20k WRX, although it would be better now.

I also do not want a car that spends half its life in workshops being fixed, which means I won't touch an engine if I don't trust who's selling it to me.

[NEVERL8]

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