Doubt anyone still goes on here
Anyway, here we go;
Back in September I had the car retuned on dedicated e85
Got it back and there was something not quite right with the idle - sounded like a miss.
Should have taken that as a warning for the events to come...
2nd gear pull 3 days after getting the car back, almighty bang and a hasty pull over.
Car towed home for assessment.
Stripped down and cylinder 4 - found 2 valves got in a fight with the piston and ultimately I lost;
Carnage is the best way to describe it. Not only toasting the head and piston - the valve debris made their way through the turbo mincing the exhaust wheel and cracking the compressor wheel in the process....sigh...we will rebuild
In a nutshell;
- S20C EJ207 short motor
- S20V V7 JDM "big port" heads
- ARP625's
- JDM/Spec C Long Runner Manifold
- Blouch Rebuilt by Grant @ Per4mance
- 11mm Oil Pump
- Killer B Sump Package
- PW FMIC
Few pictures for your troubles
MMS assembled the short motor/heads and I've done all of the other work in the garage which has been a good learning experience.
Engine dropping in over the weekend and looking forward to starting it up 🎉
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2005 WRX STI
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