Well after a few weeks of hard work with the help of Carl and Tez i got my car back on the road.



So with the changes made she needed a remap so off i went to meet Andrew to work his magic.

But it wasn't ment to be...

With the extra torque the engine was producing my wrx rods couldn't take it and decided to make a break for freedom and exit the block.


To say i'm gutted is an understatement.

I would just like to say thank you to Andrew for all his help and for getting me and the car back home.

Coops

 

F"ck me, sorry to hear this mate.

 

bloody bad news mate,so near to being back up and running too.

 

What sort of power were you running on your WRX to do that?

 

Cheers guys, i will be back with something stronger in there...

 

Powers not the killer the torque is, was running 286/308, was hoping for 330+ of each but my engine couldn't take it unfortunately

 

wow that makes me worry.I got 340 bhp on mine.Not sure about the talk would need to look at the print out.

 

Thought about spliting mine before it goes bang,but should we not just buy an STI?

 

I know where there's a tired STI lump going cheap...

LOL

dunx

P.S. Sorry to hear the cruddy news...

 

Nar, they blow up as well, get an sti gearbox then just uprate everything else as it breaks.

 

yes this is s**t news dude and hope you get sorted without too much bother

now what you really need is a 94' wrx if you want those kind of figures or more !!

sorry mate

give us a shout if you need a hand with out

Tim

 

Aw Dave mate, you must be well pissed innit!!!
Hopefully you'll find a stronger lump at the right price and get the old girl up and running before too long

 

The hole!!!!

 

Freedom !

Sorry !

dunx

 

oh deer that has let go hasnt it.how much boost were you running when this happened?

 

it takes a lot to keep us down but we will get there in the end
Get the tools back out oh and the beer yer

 

Never good mate, I had 3 bottoms ends go on 2 cars within space of 7 months last year, nightmare.

Didn't realise the wrx rods were that bad, on Evo's they replace the rod bolts for stronger ones when going for bigger power on the stock block, years of running stock power to then be remapped, higher temps, friction etc, eventually the bolts stretch, bearings spin, before you know it, its surged/lost pressure and nice hole in the block.

Everything happens for a reason, 2.1 stroker

 

sorry to hear this dave looks just like my engine does at the moment.

andy

 

come on dave, flex the plastic and lets build a monster, bout 1500bhp should be enough.

 

 

How about one of these mother *******

 

really sorry to hear this matey, hope you get there in the end.

cheers, shawn

 

It's slowly coming together: Thanks to Dunx and Arf.

Got an sti7 bottom end of Dunx and Arf is going to whip the heads of it for me.

I'm going to get the knackered motor out of mine and strip it to find out what the extent of the damaged and to inspect the heads.

Then i will strip the sti motor and rebuild it using some ACL race bearing, std crank and rods and some nice forged pistons, raising the c/r to around 8.5:1, which should help spool the turbo.

My wrx heads will have a little fettle but nothing major, bolt them back on to the block with some nice head studs.

Thats the plan at the moment but may change along the way, but time will tell.

I would just like to say thanks to everybody for the messages/txt and phone calls offering help and support, it's nice to know i have some proper friends out there cheers.


Coops

 

al have the bottom end ready for pickup sat morn mate,just let us know what time your coming for it and al meet you down there.

 

Dave check out the minimal extra cost to go 2.1, the crank is actually cheaper...

dunx

P.S. More help with the spool !

 

Cheers mate i will let you know what time on friday..

 

Been thinking about a 2.1 Dunx will have a look into it.

 

Tim

 

Me too !

LOL

dunx

 

if i was rebuilding the 2.0l engine i would defo throw a 2.5l crank in there.