My engine which was built by Ashley Wilkes has reached 50,00 miles so I'd let Ashley know

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Hi Paul. 

Lovely to hear from you and what great news. 

If you ever want to leave me any feedback on the Subaru forums - that would be much appreciated. 

Thank you so much. 

Ashley. 

On 4 Apr 2026, at 15:18, paul king <[email protected]> wrote:



Hi Ashley.

 

The Subaru engine has reached 50,000 miles with no problems.

Thought you'ld be pleased to know.

 

Thanks
 

Paul xxx
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Nr Brook,
Ashford,
Kent TN25 5xx

Thanks for sharing, its great to know that if built correctly they can last the longest.
I recently bought an old 2 stroke Vespa PX and any time I asked someone about reliability of top end conversions, they all came back and said "it depends on who built it"
I have never heard that expression used with cars but bikes, a whole different breed.

Glad to hear the engine is holding out and staying strong!

Good to hear it going strong.

Built well they are very reliable (even the 2.5 lol). Built badly and yikes, It's also normally when you push em hard they loose that reliability, pushing 500bhp isnt gonna do 100k miles without at least loosing some of that power