If anyone is interested I have a completely built 2.5 short engine. It has an inserted top deck with 14mm studs and integral dowels. There is a new later nitrided crank installed and Williams steel rods with Mahle 100mm forged pistons. Competition bearings and ARP bolts. I don't mind taking it apart in front of a prospective buyer but I can assure you it is built correctly to exacting tolerances. Sadly I am leaving my Subaru and moving into a new area of boxer engines! It cost me almost £3000 to get it this far but Christmas is coming so no reasonable offer refused.

What you looking at realistically for this 

That's an interesting name. £2500 or as close as possible. Don't forget that's not exchange. And it's built ready to drop heads on. 

Very tempting if I'm being honest, wasn't looking to build one till next year so am a bit hmmmmm, piggysniffer is what my daughter named me when she was small due to all my twitching and sniffing, or "sniffing and piggering" as she called it, which then got shortened to piggysniffer lol

ok had a word with Santa and he says he'll throw in a pair of 0.070" mls gaskets and take £2000

anyone out there want the bargain of the year??

Prob wanna get a bit more detail up, who did the CD conversion, who built it (self or tuner) etc etc

Thanks for that.

Alyn at AS Performance did the inserts vapour blat and ultrasonic cleaning. Supplied and tapped for 14mm studs.

Hammond at Deeside did the rebore and hone. Crank from Subaru UK. Rods from Andy Williams Holywell. Bearings from co-ordsport.

Built by me Graham Hickman with 35 years engine building experience.

Ok, give me a little time gonna see if I can swing it somehow

Hi graham, excuse my ignorance but will this take normal 2.5 avcs heads

yes it will

but

you will need to drill out the head bolt holes very slightly to 14mm (ideally 14.2mm)

 

What sort of power has it been built to make. I k now heads turn is etc will effect figure.

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I have used this spec up to 500bhp/575 ft.lbs no problem.

Gonna speak to the wife when

i get in, fingers crossed she'll be sympathetic to my needs ..

Gonna speak to the wife when

i get in, fingers crossed she'll be sympathetic to my needs ..

This could be public humiliation on a grande scale....

This could be public humiliation on a grande scale....

Only if the Mrs gets your login details [emoji23]

Only if she says no ! Lol

Ok, plan b..... Mother...

Yer, wife not cool at all, didn't even ask what money was for, so have asked me ma lol. Will know one way or the other shortly 

Fingers crossed nice project there for the new year😀pity partners arent sympathetic to our hobbies and needs ha ha or both..

She's ok tho with her new sofa comin tomoz lol

@happy hector you have mail

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Ooooo the suspense cant wait to hear how this goes, just get on the rum again mate 😉