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Proppa tidy install that mate , nice work Jay 👍

Well just over halfway through the first week of uk lockdown and living with 3 female's is starting to do my nut in . So big thanks to Pat Seager for making a slight detour on the way home and dropping the overbored and thrust converted cdb ,2.5 crank and bearings 😊 It's my birthday tomorrow, so might make a start then pending on how early I start drinking 🤔 But at least for the next 2 weeks I now have something scooby to do 😎

It's only day one of uk lockdown and I'm starting to run out scooby things to do 😏 The wife is chasing me around waving a list of "diy jobs ,I've been putting off for ages " 🙁 so although I originally wanted to get a few things powdercoated, I've found some hi temp enamel paint and made a start on painting the cam covers. Not the finish I wanted but better than making a start on the diy list lol . On a plus note , pat Seager does a lot of one off's and makes stuff that is out of production now .he has a few bits to make for a london power station, that can't be imported atm , so is currently still working as a "necessity business " . Which means He seems to think that my block will still be done this week , not all heroes wear capes 😊

That's precisely the visual difference I was trying to explain 😉 Does the new one fit the cam sensor engine loom plug ? I've never tried to swap cam and crank sensors so have no idea if they do the same job with the same fitment. Just knew they looked visually different. Can you send the seller a message, asking them why they appear to have sent you the wrong sensor

Lol , think I should've called it something like ...."a few pics of my never ending project " 😊 I'm all good thanks fella , considering the current situation with the virus 😷 Hope you n yours are well and keeping your distance from everyone else. I'm self employed and lucky enough to have at least 2 month's work converting a couple of ww2 office's on a disused air field, there's only 2 other people I see every day .So social distance isn't getting in the way of work but works getting in the way of my scooby stuff 🙄 The over bore is done and hopefully pat Seager will have the thrust conversion and light deck clean done this week. Seeing as the pubs are shut , I spent most of yesterday cleaning the bay with a toothbrush to keep myself occupied 🤪 Not exactly filthy in the first place but it looks good for a 26yr old car . Still got the 6 speed bellhousing and sub frame to clean , then I'll probably prep and paint the cam covers .

On classics the camshaft and crankshaft sensors are visually different, one has a cap over the sensor pickup (looks like sealed unit) the other has a sleeve and a center piece. Difficult to explain and might not be the same on newage , you could always check if the both cam and crank sensor plugs fit the sensor you have . If so remove the old one and check they look and measure up the same .

I'd say to ask the seller or contact rota UK directly and ask them if the fit a standard sti of your year. If your buying the tyres separately have a look at "black circles" , I've always found their prices hard to beat 😉

As stu said 👍 Crankshaft sensor is directly above the crank pulley , at the front /centre of the block under the alternator

Try swapping the two misfiring cylinders coilpacks over to the two cylinders that don't misfire . If the misfire doesn't change cylinders when you swap the coilpacks to different cylinders and spark plugs are the right heat rating/ gapped right . Here's a few things I'd probably try ... Check and clean the engine loom earths and the multi plugs at each end of the loom. Also main engine earth on starter motor bolt . Check securing tabs on coilpack plugs are working and they're a nice snug fit (plugs dont wobble on the packs ) . Check pins on coilpack plugs are clean and free from corrosion . Check the Tgv's are operating properly. Check ECU grounds are making good contact. Maybe a smoke test to rule out a intake manifold or inlet track air leak . Hopefully its something simple and best of luck with it, fella

I think speedline Turini's suit scoobs well in gold , the ones on my old bug sti were 18's but they do them in 17's and they clear brembos. The v1sti has 17" rota boosts but need 3mm spacers to clear brembos but both sets are 5x100 .

Lol I just thought if they were v1sti option wheels , you could've sold em and used the funds elsewhere on the build . Sorry of I got ya Hope's up stu , I'll try not to post on your build thread when I've had a beer again 😂😂

Dropped the cdb , 2.5 crank ,king bearings and pistons off at the engineers. Hopefully he'll fit me in within a fortnight to complete the thrust conversion and 93mm overbore 🤞 Had another parcel turn up yesterday with the arashi upgraded ball bearing 20g core 😊 seems to spin much more freely than the journal core . On the journal core 20g they recommend a 11 blade hotside wheel , as this aids spool but looses a bit at top end . The ball bearing core has a 9blade hotside wheel to flow better at top end . Got a few things to do , "de threebond" the sump , disassemble, check ,clean and reassemble the rcm oil pump , then a few bits of ally to polish and bits to paint , to keep me busy . But I can't wait to get stuck in with the build and see what this arashi uprated core is like

Lol after just posting the pic , I've zoomed in and they look different 🤐 What a rollercoaster for ya ,sorry bud 🤪

The wheels I'm on about ,were a optional extra for the 94sti version. I'm just not sure if yours are the same as in this pic of a 94 sti with them fitted If you think they're the same ? I could probably find out if they have any markings on them to identify them . I'm not interested in them myself , just thought I'd mention it for your sake 👍

Nice work 😎 Are those rims v1sti wheels? If so they're fairly rare ,dont know how much they sell for but the last set I saw were up for £1k 😲

I used to have a similar looking thing , it was a remote for a amp that powered my 2kw sub .

Coming along nicely, bud 👍

Already got the stuff to fit the heads but I think this lot is the last of what I need. 🤔 so I'm gonna find the time to drop the pistons, block ,bearings and crank off to Pat segar tomorrow . Then hope he can fit me in soon 🤞 2x millers running in oil . Premixed coolant Millers cfcs . 4 jdm black oil filters n sump washers. Mahle 2186 stroker pistons. 2.5 sti end thrust crank. Full set of King race bearings. New crank sprocket & key . Although the previous mahle pistons had fresh scratches on them , they were recent and nothing to do with the pistons themselves and looking more like debris in the chamber being the cause of the marks. So I'm still impressed with the quality and it looks like they've widened the bore of the piston ring oil feeds compared to the ones I bought 8 years ago .

Haven't touched the scoob but . I did have a couple of big boxes turn up from Asperformance though 😊

I assume you've got 4 individual coilpacks (one on top of each sparkplug) ? I've only ever seen 2 types of individual coilpacks on imprezas ,92 to late 96 had two wires on the coilpack plug and later newage coilpacks with 3 wires on the coilpack plug . Most foresters have the same engine set up of a impreza of same year , can you post a pic of the coilpack on here . As you'll probably find there's a impreza one the same and that would help widen the search

Dont really know much about the later na scoobies but all those codes are for things at the back of the engine bay /rear engine loom . Seeing as your getting high and low voltage issues it could be a intermittent fault (Like a loose /corroded plug or earth ) . On the older turbo versions theres a engine loom multi plug near the battery and one at the rear of the engine (where engine and gearbox meet ) . Theres a earth on the inlet manifold (near where the fuel pipes join the engine from the fuel filter) and another earth bolted onto the starter motor fixing bolt . Making sure they're all connected, clean and making good contact , might be good place to start .

Think Alyn at Asperformance has a few options of bearings ACL , king ,mahle and even old skool race clevite for big boy toys 😊 acl or king race bearings are fine for the 750hp rated rods in mine ,as I'll never want anywhere near that amount of power anyways As for the bb 20g cartridge I'm sure it will perform well and hopefully for longer too, lol . I'd be happy with a responsive 380hp on the 2.1 stroker , although I doubt my 565cc nismos will allow it 🙄

Tbh I asked for acl but Alyn's delivery got returned back to the states before it arrived at his , so he's waiting for his acl stock to come back again lol . I have used king race bearings before, on the v7sti ej207 rebuild , they measured up and performed fine and I only chose acl as I've used them more often over the years . Are you on about the high spec king bearings? (Possibly called "ultimate") As most race bearings are at least tri coated to protect and aid bedding in, hence why not many engine builders do a long 1k + mile running in period anymore 😉 I rushed home hoping to find a big box of scooby stuff when I got home ,even though it's not due till Wednesday 🙄😏 Did get a email from arashi ,saying that my ball bearing 20g cartridge is in in transit though 😊

Spent a bit of time cleaning off the old three bond liquid gasket from all the mating surfaces with a Stanley blade, as the engineers hot wash doesn't break it down .Then cleaned up the timing belt belt tensioner bracket and p.s pump bracket . When stripping the v4sti heads down one of the spring seats (washer that stops the spring wearing the ally head casings) was slightly damaged , so I've removed one from the v1sti heads to replace it with once I'm ready to fit the heads . I've got loads to do but until the new pistons arrive pat wont start work , as they run 3 thou (3 thousand'th of a inch) clearance. subaru have different A and B sized pistons from the factory. So even though the mahle 2186 stroker pistons are well made , he wants to measure each one and machine the bore to suit . Hopefully by midweek the pistons, 2.5 nitrade crank ,king bearings ,bottom end gasket set ,oils ,filters and fluids should be here 🤞 Then I can drop the cdb ,pistons, crank and bearings off to pat and he can fit in the 93mm overbore, hone and thrust conversion. Arashi have updated me on the new ball bearing tdo5 20g billet and they're waiting on some bearing cases too assemble it 😏. So it's still not been posted yet but they'll send me the tracking info once it's on it's way 😊. I'm looking forward to seeing how well a bb 20g on a 2.1 ltr as I was impressed with the journal core version.... well right up to the point it started blowing smoke everywhere 🤐 Once the blocks in Pat's shop , I can then concentrate on cleaning all the threebond and oil off the sump , clean and inspect the oil cooler and teardown check ,clean and reassemble the rcm oil pump . I just hope the engineer can find the time too squeeze me in , so I can make a start on the rebuild soon 😊

Tbh the a4 is only a cheap 05 plate daily but it has fsh and 56k , So my excuse was "we'll have to keep the service history up and get a garage to do it "😉 The main reason I don't service all my vehicles is "I don't like working on dirty engines" but having such good service history the dailys bay is quite clean