Jay762

ha ha yes I had seen this on the book of faces - had not seen the link though so thanks for that, now bookmarked Located Baltimore as well so lower flight time than Cali

The OP original post amended for clarity

Yup - distance is a deciding factor for me

Just seen this on facebook - short notice but don't know if any of our local members are available for an hour or so We are looking for anyone with a fast/loud car to drive past William T Fraser funeral home near Asda, Culduthel road, Inverness on Tuesday the 9th of May and make some noise. The funeral is for Dylan Kay (15) Who sadly passed away last Saturday. Dylan fought against Leukemia since he was 7 years old and developed sepsis which resulted in his life support being turned off with his family by his side. The family are absolutely heartbroken. He was a loving Son, Brother, Uncle, Grandson, Nephew and Friend. He was my missus little brother and uncle to our 3 kids, he will be missed very much. Dylan was the one of the nicest, bravest and strongest boys I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. He loved fast cars, so in honour of him we are wanting a line up of as many as possible to go by and give it some noise before his funeral at 12. The plan is to meet at Dows @ 11.15am and drive past shortly after. This would mean a great deal to his family so I'm asking anyone available to help out. Would be very much appreciated. Thanks for reading. Feel free to share

Wotcha and welcome - quite a few members for your part of the world

Yup I would be on a plane

@Mr B is down your part of the world pop across and see him - give your motor the once over as well

@Swelegacy can you post some photos just for clarity?

Ah didn't know that ok will follow that up then see if they are happy to ship international - mind you it will be probably cheaper for me to take a short California break with the blocks in my baggage

Wotcha and welcome!!

RA motorsports do a CDB engine off the shelf for about the same price - site appears to be down at the moment though

yup, I would have to see the cost as a research investment as I would be shipping the block back and forth to the US or buying one from them directly - I have seen billet blocks.... soooooo shiny

going slightly off topic but I was researching a US company that resleeves the standard 2.5 block and reckon their product / work significantly increases what the standard block will take power wise without going semi closed or full CDB conversion - I have a link somewhere I think... but was considering that as an option down the line also

Wotcha and welcome - we have forum stands at some of the shows and there are various regional meets - check out the forum section on this subject - if nothing local to you feel free to use the section to set one up in your area

The block I was referring to in this instance is the ej22 with a 2.35 kit and yes the machining work needs to be top notch

What a transformation - great result

Yes there are coil pack conversions you can do to newage items - yes the map could be off but when it was originally completed they would have test driven it / rolling road so chances are it is something that has gone defective since the session however as already suggested get it booked in for a diagnostic session - running mafless wont affect just two gears it would impact across each of the gears and only real problems it would throw up are engine running rich at lower revs / idle so nothing dramatic. ESL solution will retain the code functions and if you can get the ESL software it will list the faults for you as they have a code table included.

with that scoop you will need some bonnet pins - mahhhhhoooosive

Taking the staged approach is cost effective but as Tidgy says if you look at the end state total cost that is realistic - a good CDB stroker short block build capable of 700bhp will cost you about 7.5K with all named / quality components - you can use a lot of your existing engine ancillaries and replace / upgrade as appropriate. A point of note though is consideration for the other bits - yes you can generate the power but keeping your build alive means investing in protection - things like a dry sump system , air oil separators etc - this is where unexpected additional cost can lie.

Wotcha and welcome - plenty of wagon love on here

Wotcha and welcome - great backdrop shot there and in a cracking part of the country to test the chassis out

Wotcha and welcome - look at uprating ARB's and STI spec springs and dampers that should stiffen it up Consider some koni's as an alternative to OEM dampers with Eibach springs https://www.dcperformance.co.uk/uprated/koni-sport-front-dampers/subaru/impreza.html

Wotcha and welcome - great way to get back into it - awesome motor

wow - a little oil contamination then

Wotcha and welcome - feel free to post some shots of your motor - any issues, plans??