My new project

[Spicy McHaggiz]

Waiting to pick up a cherry picker.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Are you replacing the oil cooler/warmer? It's a catch all for anything bad.

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

As of right now no, this may change.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

For sure double check it for any material.
the oem one is pretty expensive but you could always go to the NA version and use a sandwich adaptor for a nice external one. Probably would end up cheaper too.

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

Fuck google still.

Started to port and polish the TGV's and Intake manifold. Tuesday on my next day off I'll be having the sensor and motor holes for the TGV's welded. No pictures because it was 6 am.

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

Adding pictures without editing posts, fuck yea.

TGV deletes. 2-3 hours worth of dull ass ball files and an air drill. Welding shut the motor/sensor holes tuesday then doing a final sanding.

Stock for reference. (not mine)

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

Old motor out and stripped, new motor in the background. Rest of my parts get here in the next 2 days. AWWWW YEA

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

Cylinder heads are on the new motor. Since we had to make an emergency trip to IL this week, that's likely the most I'll get done.

 

[Yaj Yak]

do wrx's just blow up?

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Yup

 

[Yaj Yak]

well that's not cool. i thought they were pretty reliable.

i was wrong apparently.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Subaru is great at marketing but making cars....not so much

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

2.0L's never had this problem. lol

 

[slowchevy]

dunno shit about subarus. what's the difference between wrx and sti engines ?

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

Honestly not a lot. For 02-05 WRX's they ran a 2.0L. All Sti's and 06+ WRX's run a 2.5L. Heads are different to include cams. At some point the STI crank got a special treatment, and maybe different oil passages.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

08 and up got the coated crank...not like that was ever an issue though

They still use shitty cast pistons.

Other then having avcs and then dual avcs they're roughly the same. There was the whole topfeed/sidefeed injector thing but they're all the same now.

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

Want to coat my crank?

Just kidding, it's already done.

 

[slowchevy]

so you're sticking with a 2.0 if i'm reading into that right, amirite

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

06+ wrx's are 2.5L's. The block is a 2.5L 2011 STI block, crank, and rods. CP pistons. Stock 06 WRX's heads. Deleted TGV's. Ported and somewhat polished TGV's, throttle body, exhaust manifold, and debating turbo.

 

[slowchevy]

Ksusha (girl with the wrx on lw) has a vf52 and is super happy with it. Gogoggogoo

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

Her car came with a VF52 is why. I'll be completely set for a turbo upgrade in the future, just waiting for the right deal.

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

Motor is back in the car, in the process of reattaching everything. Intake/tgv's and wiring harness plus fuel rails need to go back in. We had timing set but the tensioner (that I just replaced) if bad and allows the belt to have slack, so I have to buy another one.

Likely not much work on it in the next 2 weeks, stupid fucking "exercise" at work.

 

[m_dogg]

Are NA 2.5 motors reliable?

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

No.

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

Nice .... I'm pulling my heads off and taking them to get rebuilt next week. Then my car should be good, hopefully.