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Ah right, my folks picked up theirs a few months back after having xv's for years and seem to like it, even if it is a tad technical for them haha

Welcome, how you finding it?

Welcome, seen a few of these conversions, tis pretty cool 😄

nee bother 😄

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looks too short for that, let me speak to the garage tomorrow and see if hers has one like it.

looks possibly the shape of a jack? did it come witha can of foam instead of a spare? If my wifes was here i could have a look, but its up at the garage.

Got any pics? can also put your vin in here and it should give you soime more info, https://legacypic.uk

Clinic do all my work, had several engines in several cars from them, wouldnt go anywhere else 😄 They do have a fairly long time frame, 3 months ish, but worth the wait. As far as replacement, the 2.5 is known for doing HG in stock form, so a replacement could well suffer the same issues, which then leads you down the rebuild route. As far as spec goes, as said, really depends on what you want and budget. Past 3 builds i've had, my old type r, current sti hawk and the wifes are all basiclyh the same spec, closed deck converted forged 2.5's. iot's my personal prefered choice but as i mentioend, not cheap. Best bet would be give them a ring for a chat and discuss options, outline prices etc Some more info and pics of mine.

hate to say it but if you posted saying your headgasket had gone i would have said you will need a full rebuild including full bottom end. my wifes forester did the headgasket a couple of months back, option was to do the bottom end or not. in the end we decided yes to the bottom end, sure enough when it was stripped they found problems with the crank being scored, worn bearings etc etc would have failed pretty quick if it was just the headgaskets done. You need to decide what your gonna do longer term, are you planning on keeping the car? if so, its then a case of decided what you want from it, are you wanting to go for more power? a rebuild will be done the same way, but the spec of the parts going in will change. You also wont know exactly what condsition the engine is untill its stripped and assessed.Worst case the block could be destined for the skip. Then its gonna be looking at if your budget will run to it. The engine being built for my wife's forester is speced to run 500bhp and is north of £10k, spec being closed deck converted 2.5, nitrided crank, uprated rods and pistons, uprated heads incluidiong valves, valve springs etc etc etc the list is about 2 pages long, it's also high due to the old block and crank being toast, in fact i think the only thing left from the origional engine is the head castings lol

chuck your vin in here and it will give you as much info as you'll be able to find out. https://legacypic.uk/

Sorry you got bad news, but ghlad to hear its now sorted 😄 get some pics up 😄

welcome, get some more pics up 😄

MOT history shows its still ont he road, at least still has a valid MOT. 112k miles and only minor was for a worn tyre. as far as where it in couldnt tell you im afraid