hi ya boyz and girlz
Does anyone no tha best place to buy the 2.5 litre short block from?
And does anyone wanna do a group buy ?
spoke to xtreme scooby's today and he said if we got enough people
he could do them for bout £900+vat
anyone up for it ??????????????

 

how many people do they need for that price?

 

I'd be very interested at that price.

 

Mee too but im a bit unsure about what else you need to complete the conversion

 

if it is that price, i will buy one now as my bottom end has just died.

 

in laymen terms, am I right in saying you bolt the bottom end or block onto everything else.......job done lol

 

Thats about the size of it.

But you will need a remapable ecu if you don't have one already.

 

if you've got an STI (for its heads) then pretty much. it'll get you going anyway. then turbo, injectors, fuel pump, power fc, headers, 3" straight through, FMIC lol

 

You don't need STi heads, UK heads are a direct fit.

 

Im in for that money. would like to know what MY and varient it is though.

thats a few now, can we get in sharpish please?

 

yeah but they're cack.

 

So that's just over £1050.... now that's a good price

Can they offer a gasket set and how much is carriage? And as above, how many are needed?

Tony.

 

Could be interested in this, again need to know what else would be involved??

Mike

 

At that price I would also be interested , again how many does it need to be a goer then?
Cheers Dave

 

most importantly what kind of timescale we looking at here? if it can be arranged in less than a month i am definitely in...

 

Tone,
Don't bother with an EJ257 gasket set!!
If you buy the EJ257 set, you end up with head gaskets too thin and a load of Ver 8/9 stuff (all the internal block seals, tumble generator gaskets etc)

The gaskets you need are:
Head gasket - spec'd to the heads to get the correct comp. ratio
Water pump gasket
Water cross pipe gaskets
Cam shaft seals
Sump oil return 'O' ring
Cam cover seals - Depends on MY
Inlet man. gaskets - Again depends on MY

Probably missed a few

 

I spoke to Knowlesy at xtreme about this group buy today and he said it would need between 20/30 people to go ahead obviously the more people the lower the price will become.

I'll give him a call tomorrow to see if he has a price yet.

 

Cheers Iain... i'll probably pick you brains more at some point. And i'll read over your thread again too .

Tony.

 

between 20 or 30!

so its not really a goer then.

more likely 5 to 10 is a better price to ask for

 

i spoke to them today and this price is a maaaaaassssiive saving on their regular one...

come on guys i'm sure there are 20 blown bottom ends on SN at the mo'!

 

at that price I would take one , just to have as a spare in case my original block dies.

 

I make that 8 already, only another 12 more people needed

l70byb
T-uk
RoRu
TyPe~~R
tath
Peanuts
Myk
Big Bear

 

*Probably* me too.... if that price is right (and shipping isn't £500 )

Tony.

 

AFAIK shipping is included in the price.

 

l70byb
T-uk
RoRu
TyPe~~R
tath
Peanuts
Myk
Big Bear
Tone Loc

11 more needed.

 

Just a thought, if you can make to 20/30 needed speak to ron at axis power racing. He supplied the last 2.5 group buy im sure he can help , and the prices were nearly the same.

Neil

 

Axis's stage two engine works out about £1150 plus shipping and taxes (block above is £1050 inc shipping and vat) but includes forged CP pistons instead of the standard items.... wounder what deal they could do on 20 of those then?????

May e-mail them on Monday if nobody already has done.

Tony.

 

Have you tried Crawford because I have been looking at their 2.5's with forged pistons. The forged piston option is far better IMHO and definately worth the extra money while your doing the job.

Colin.

 

I second the Axis power racing suggestion. Fitted one in my P1 sometime ago - no problems at all. Came with cross drillled crank and high pressure oil pump too.

 

I'm interested... if someone can (pm if you preffer..) tell me EXACTLY what I need in addition to this block to fit it into my V5 STi. Cheers.