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Can you not go through your insurance? Autowindscreens etc should be able to source one

Do they mean the ECU is locked? your not a million miles away from engine tuner.

COuld be worse, i stripped 3rd gear of all its teeth on the mountain pass on the isle of man hahaha

hybrid means its parts from different turbos, really need to measure the housings to find out

glad its sorted, the subaru diesels don't seem to have been that much of a success so rare as rocking horse poo :(

neither of my engines have been and they have both been crackers. As you say opinions seem to vary on whats right and wrong, my advice is go with what your builder says.

2.5 will be drive by wire so loom is different. You can swap the bottom ends but then your looking at alot of making sure things match, like head gasket thickness etc. Very good mod, but def a case of best to build/spec from crank up, mismatched parts and it will be crap. Also standard 2.5 its pretty !Removed! and suffers from head gasket and ring land failure. Built right they are prob the best subaru engine you can get though

Disconnect the actuator and keep it under 3000rpm :)

I had an sc46 on my forged 2.5 hawk and would be my personal choice, prob come in around 460-480 but mega punchy which would be better to drive than a 500bhp car on the road. was on low boost

only issue at the min is exchange rate means prices once landed are dreadfull, Decent type r is currently about 14k landed :o From what i gather they are now at the age in japan where the rule change regarding the shaken (their MOT but alot stricter) so they are alot easier to keep on the road so becoming popular again add that to the exchange rate and no more bargins :( Glad i got mine when i did.

hahaha

given how watered down they make the UK STI's, im actually pleased. They will do a proper job then you can just get them imported :)

lamo, theres some truths coming out here that i think may get a few folks in trouble,,,, hahahahahaha

not far off, type R and RA were suposedly 4.7 in stock form, iirc low 4's were reported by some magazines even in stock form.

being greedy are we? lol

haha :D

looks good. Never got what made suabru chose the names they do, first thing i clocked was levorg is grovel backwards haha

prob a good job she's not on here, or i suspect the whining would have stopped but pain started,,,,,, hahahahaha

hmmm, only a clutch? not the gearbox? lack of effort,,,,,, hahahahaha

hmmm, good effort haha

I was the same mate, i lasted 3 weeks before getting another one. trust me keep it :) needs be have some mods done lol

no, no, no and and finally take yourself outside and have a word,,,

So since getting the car back after the engine was sorted and mapped i've had a bit of a niggling issue. Every time you give it the full beans the cars wee's itself across the back window hahaha (Now im pretty sure its the car and not me anyway) Short version of the issue is the valve for the rear wash wiper isn't strong enough to hold the water flow when accelerating. So after having a chat with kev plan A is to wire in a old boost control solenoid in the wiring to open when the washer is activated. Not a major issue but thought it was amusing that the car was happy enough to wee itself with the new power hahahaha

mid 20's :o your not trying hard enough,,,,,,,, hahahaha Echo whats been said above, regular oil changes (3k), keep on top of servicing, if an issue arises don't try to drive through it, drive very gently and off boost and get it looked at, and if you decide to mod it then find a decent tuner and stick with them, you'll get varying opinions of who's good and bad so its a bit of a mine field

decat, refit ind kit if you want and map would be a good start point