Originally Posted by STI325V6

Warranty, you must be joking!

Originally Posted by rufazz

ha ha ha i read most of theses post and think have any of the negative commented guy actully built a engine ? seriousley have you lol

Its not friggen rocket science it taks a bit to learn but can be done read and trial read and trial

the hard part is in the tune but then again we did people learn to tune guess what five of perts top tuners all taught them selfs with a little info

apparantly the 13bt is the most hardest engine to build to understand thats why no ones wont to touch them except for a minor few lol.

well guess what my first rotor i built went 10.60 ha ha ha and people said i coulnd not do it

my first turbo v8 went 640 rwhp and i was told i was stupid in attempting

so guess what im going to have a crack at a dislexic engine the boxer forged pistonies etc if i blow it up well boo hoo

how hard is it to get block machined get crank checked file some piston rings and away you go

seems like people are trying to make some thing sound harder than it could be,its his cash encourage him to do some thing cool

its looks way scarer to me pulling theses engines out rather than assemble a block and heads

Originally Posted by tukangbaso

we're lucky this day and age that there;s so many info on how to do it just by googling it.
i reckon you should give it a go and the main thing is measure it first and always crank it over by hand make sure nothing is touching where it's not mean to be other than that it will just run like a donkey but it won't blow up.
i;ve rebuild a few 4 bangers but never a boxer so it will be interesting to see how it goes and if you need some tools that you might only use once i might have it somewhere and you're always welcome to borrow it

Originally Posted by BALISTC

As Dan mentioned, why not rebuild something a little less expensive, like an EJ with a spun bearing or something similar?

You'll spend less than a grand in gaskets and bearings, a little machining on top of that, and then swap it yourself into your car. If it works, you've then got yourself a fresh engine! If it doesn't, then you've not lost too much.

The problem with building an engine yourself is, if it fails, you could potentially wipe out engine parts with it.. And if you fork out for the best parts money can buy you'll have some expensive paperweights! Just as an example, I'm assuming you'll have a billet crank, and this could be damaged in a matter of seconds if you don't install and clearance the bearings correctly.