philS scooby

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I do all my work im 22 not had one failure started on nd bikes quads now building my own big bhp impreza, after doing half a dozen.


As mentioned clean, clearances and I would only use thre bond sealent on an impreza engine and dont over tighting I normally use a bit of oil on pistons ect wen putting them in

mslorach

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Ditchmyster , I'll be following your progress very closely as I am just about to embark on my first engine build too. I'll also be on a tight budget and I'm going to do as much as possible myself, it may all end in tears but at least it will be all my own mess
I've subsribed to your project thread but I'd love to see some pictures of your progress too, will you be adding any?

ditchmyster

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I will but it won't be until i get back to uk as the lead for my camera is there so im not able to load any yet.

But thats how i feel as well, at least it will be me that screws it up and who knows maybe i'll learn something and get it right when i do my 2.1 stroker

p1kris

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If you're mechanically minded DO IT YOURSELF! I am a mercedes mechanic, so i paid a subaru specialist, no names mentioned, the engine rattled like a bag of spanners even when warm, then the place closed!

so i grew a pair and sorted it myself! piston clearances were way out! Tuners are more than happy to pass on torque settings and clearances!

Now im running a forged engine with acl bearings at 360hp. cost about £1200!

i brought a busted wrx engine to practice before i attempted it on my P1!

if you do it yourself - you know it's done rite!

kaa273

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so could someone with no knowledge of engines (well the basics anyway) be able to do upgrade rebuild, I would love to give it a go one day

ditchmyster

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I think so, as it does not matter what engine it is you still have to do some research with regards tolerances, torque settings, and to do this you need a manuel within which all the information is contained and it's full of pictures of how everything goes together, so as long as you follow that there should be no problems.

The internet is your friend, and it's alot easier to do thing these days as there are guides and video's of how to on just about everything, as long as you follow the instructions step by step again there is no reason that thing should go wrong unless you make a mistake but thats how we learn, it is of course cheaper to learn by the mistakes of others