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Old 17 February 2014 | 10:48 PM
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Well bye bye mercedes hello hawkeye :-)
Jus swapped this evening for a late 2005 black hawkeye with prodrive spoiler nur spec backbox and hks ssqv. Covered 66000 miles.
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Old 17 February 2014 | 11:00 PM
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2.5?
Old 17 February 2014 | 11:01 PM
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How you finding that Nur Spec???
Old 17 February 2014 | 11:05 PM
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Yea 2.5
I like the sound of it but only driven for 30 mins so far lol
Old 17 February 2014 | 11:20 PM
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Coming up to engine rebuild time, well already past rebuild time
Old 17 February 2014 | 11:23 PM
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Coming up to engine rebuild time, well already past rebuild time
the one line that now bore the **** out of me
Old 17 February 2014 | 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Cpt Jack Sparrow
the one line that now bore the **** out of me

Not sure if all the engine builders would be quite so bored of it just yet
Old 18 February 2014 | 01:53 PM
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I've got a 2.5 WRX Hawk and you'll never guess what...

Its got 90k, on the original engine and driven hard using 95 Ron.

Amazing? NO!
Old 18 February 2014 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by RAPID STI
I've got a 2.5 WRX Hawk and you'll never guess what...

Its got 90k, on the original engine and driven hard using 95 Ron.

Amazing? NO!
And I bang my head as hard as I can on the front door each time I leave the house, and I don't have brain damage yet!
Old 18 February 2014 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by RAPID STI
I've got a 2.5 WRX Hawk and you'll never guess what...

Its got 90k, on the original engine and driven hard using 95 Ron.

Amazing? NO!

It is only a wrx though to be fair
Old 18 February 2014 | 03:39 PM
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2005 good find.cheeper tax
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Originally Posted by jay-sti
It is only a wrx though to be fair
Granted
Old 18 February 2014 | 03:43 PM
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And I bang my head as hard as I can on the front door each time I leave the house, and I don't have brain damage yet!
And you may never get brain damage.

My great uncle who is 82 years old has been smoking 60 **** a day since the age of 14 and does not have cancer or ill health.

So your implying every 2.5 Subaru has ever built will go pop?
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the 2.5 has the same ringland and hg issues as the sti......
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Originally Posted by RAPID STI
And you may never get brain damage.

My great uncle who is 82 years old has been smoking 60 **** a day since the age of 14 and does not have cancer or ill health.

So your implying every 2.5 Subaru has ever built will go pop?
the fact its a sticky and has numerous pages would suggest there is a massive problem, confirmed by all subaru specialists too.

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...-failures.html
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Originally Posted by tubbytommy
the 2.5 has the same ringland and hg issues as the sti......
But it does not run as much boost or ignition advance. Therefore cylinder pressure is lower, which may help with the life span of fragile pistons/HG.

I am not saying the 2.5's are good, but I think its b8llocks when some says the engine WILL go pop just because its a 2.5.
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Originally Posted by RAPID STI
But it does not run as much boost or ignition advance. Therefore cylinder pressure is lower, which may help with the life span of fragile pistons/HG.

I am not saying the 2.5's are good, but I think its b8llocks when some says the engine WILL go pop just because its a 2.5.
you may get a good one, but the fact is thousands havent and they fail and cost 3k to put right properly.

make up reasons that you hope your engine wont fail if you wish,the facts prove its rubbish.
Old 18 February 2014 | 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by RAPID STI
And you may never get brain damage.

My great uncle who is 82 years old has been smoking 60 **** a day since the age of 14 and does not have cancer or ill health.

So your implying every 2.5 Subaru has ever built will go pop?
Yep and I saw someone a few days ago with a nasty at the back of his mouth who smokes nothing and is not even at middle age yet.

But there are things you can do to prolong the lifespan of your engine and running it in 95 RON is not a good way to do it!

I'd beg to differ about the brain damage though mate, I bought a Mazda hatch with a chocolate engine myself

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originally posted by Kev from ScoobyClinic on www.M-Soc.com (midland scoobies)

The Gaffer, on 11 Feb 2014 - 11:21 AM, said:
Hi,

heres an example of what happens when using poor fuel..................




Can you see it ??



You can now, that’s what’s called a ring land failure and is due to detonation caused by poor quality fuel, eventually the broken bit rattles around, wearing the bore with debris until the engine is beyond repair, signs of this already show on the piston skirt.

The images shown are a piston from a 2.5 STI hatch that the owner admitted to running on 95 and sometimes 97 octane fuel, food for thought ......

cheers
kev

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Old 18 February 2014 | 04:18 PM
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See post 16, 2nd line...

Lol @ Mazda

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Perhaps we should start a thread about how many people have got a 2.5 that hasn't pooed its self?
Old 18 February 2014 | 08:21 PM
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Not sure wether to go black wheels or not now :-)
Old 18 February 2014 | 08:32 PM
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Got a photo of front end ?
Old 18 February 2014 | 08:35 PM
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Is that a GB 270 rear spoiler on it??
Old 18 February 2014 | 08:58 PM
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Is it a hawk???
Old 18 February 2014 | 09:22 PM
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Looks like a hawk to me the boot is a hawk item as is the front bumper I think the spoiler is a prodrive one the one where you look at it from the rear has 2 vertical supports either side if that makes sense lol

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Old 18 February 2014 | 09:31 PM
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As above the standard WRX is fine, its when you start mapping and fiddling that things go wrong...something well documented in that sticky thread at the top of the general page.

Anyway, congratulation on purchasing a fine looking motor.
Old 18 February 2014 | 09:41 PM
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Yea it's a hawk mate
Not sure on gb270 tbh
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Old 18 February 2014 | 09:42 PM
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Ohh it's prodrive rear wing btw :-)
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Originally Posted by RAPID STI
Perhaps we should start a thread about how many people have got a 2.5 that hasn't pooed its self?
Probably won't be too many posters on that thread
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