Because wanna be racecar, fail....

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250Kmph 10200rpm limiter bash backfire gear miss overrev @ ~620hp atw = blender

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That looks like modern abstract art ;)

Im not trying to be rude.... but 16k and they build you an open deck block??


[QUOTE=dazdavies;835497]A couple of the ones i've had.

This was a stock 3.54 R160 Diff this happened at around 500hp

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This was the failure that made me learn to do things myself.

I spent roughly $16000 for a motosport company in the UK (TSL) to do a build for me and it failed on it first trackday.

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Wow. Some epic ej explodes. I know chris has a good one. The old external combustion engine...

[QUOTE=VUSSUTE;835535]Im not trying to be rude.... but 16k and they build you an open deck block??[/QUOTE]


Your point is what exactly? Don't jump to conclusions.

It wasn't a 500hp build so it didn't need a CDB for the power levels I was aiming for. I'd also much rather have a build using a 2.0L open deck block than I would a build using 2.5 semi closed deck block. Have you seen how thin the cylinder walls are on a stock EJ257?

It's one of those BS myths that seem to do the rounds that you need a CDB or SCDB for any kind of build. Its usually the same people that tell you that you need aftermarket cams for 350HP

Had mine not been sleeved i wouldn't have a 2.5 of any sort in my current build.

But to put your theory to rest, the $16K included new crank rods and pistons, Tomei headers, new Vf34, head porting and polishing, tuning dyno time, an ecutek licence, machining and labour. Comparing that to some of the receipts I've seen here for builds it was a bargain.

The 207 wasn't around back then so reusing the stock block halves with aims of around 350hp was not unreasonable. The costs of converting a CDB at the time just werent worth it for the power level I was aiming for.

It was also 16 years ago too and I knew fuck all about Subarus then. The whole mess led me to learn how to build them myself so in a way I'm glad it happened.

Next!

luckily nothing in a Subaru yet [I]**touch wood**[/I] but had a small failure on my MPS which could have been a lot worse.

The high pressure fuel pump internals failed due to the shafts incorrect tolerances causing excess lateral movement. Sent the part back to the manufacturer who gave me a full refund and a free replacement set of internals.
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It failed at WOT but thankfully the ECU / COBB AP put the car into limp mode when a dangerous lean AFR situation was produced. So no engine damage, just a long drive home from the Motorplex...


[QUOTE=dazdavies;835546]...the $16K included new crank rods and pistons, Tomei headers, new Vf34, head porting and polishing, tuning dyno time, an ecutek licence, machining and labour. Comparing that to some of the receipts I've seen here for builds it was a bargain...[/QUOTE]

That is a pretty conservative price list by most standards :cool: don't want to think about the money I have spent on cars over the years.

only things failed on my car atm were
vf34 bearings failed huge amounts of play front to back
stock intake pipe . now has a avo one

and a shitty walbro 255 sucked in air and would not go over 1bar with out surging . replaced with a dw200

touch wood nothing more :)

custard is love custard is life

This thread is missing someone ;)

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Crunched 2nd on a 5 speed

Snapped a rear sway bar mount

Broke a cv joint


That's about it in the 8 years I've owned my GC. Always learnt from mistakes and replaced failure parts with stronger items.