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mine, when it works lol

running crap fuel will lol

phill, you do realise a strut brace is supose to be a solid bar to prevent flex between the top mounts? a flexi version kinda defeats the object lol

shame it melted a piston cos it detted its **** off, but mpg for the win,,,,,,,,,, vpower and momentum isn;t used because it gives better mpg, its used because it has better ron value so smoother more predictable burn

o and, DATES: 10 - 13th Sept 2015 (friday to sunday) with the option of arriving on thursday afternoon to pitch the tents etc

If i can may pop over for one of the days, depends on if car is ready

God damit haha

Midland scoobs meet first sunday of the month. Saturday is usually saturday social up at scoobyclinic Pretty active area for meets

£82 :o holy badgers butt crack

AS performance charge £450 + delivery for the conversion, give alyn a bell. Bear in mind its a proce for hte conversion, not inc the block. Mines going else where but its just becuase scoobyclinic uses a different machinist and its being done through them.

not really, when you look at the head end its not so open, if that makes sence lol the biggest improvement is the restraining of the top of the liner/bore

Track work is very different to road work, temps, pressures etc etc are all a massive step up. The bores/liners on the 2.5 are not very strong when compared to the 2.0 and being open deck they are prone to flex, ovaling and splitting. this is my 2.5 block being preped for machining and then converting to closed deck, compare the bores to this, Also the head stud location isn't ideal. As said mine is being converted to closed deck, It still has the same bore and wall thicknes, but is stronger due to the conversion. There are also alot of other considerations to consider as mentioned, heat is a big biog issue on subaru's when drive hard, oil temps can easily take out an engine. Zen found this out when they cooked their engine in japan time attack the first year over there), that was a purpose built engine and it still fried itself due to 130 degree oil temps. If your serious about using it on the ring regularly then i suggest you find a tuners whos well versed with race cars and speak to them about best route. Bear in in mind it wont be cheap

welcome :D a scoob is a scoob, turbo or no turbo :D

hopefully it will survive

If your gonna be tracking it i would seriously consider going down the 2.1 closed deck block route and supporting mods, fuel system (swirl pot) oil cooler, front mount, syvecs etc etc

2.5 is not good for track, too fragile :(

Wow, would not be my choice of car for regular track use thats for sure.

before you start driving it too hard get it on a dyno to confirm AFR is ok

hahaha :D

looking good mate, i see you have gone for the subtle colour of wheel choice,,,, hahaha

1997 wrx ra http://www.type-ra.com/subaru-impreza-my97-wrx-type-ra/ rarer than the STI but lower spec, so depends on how you value it, rarity or spec? 3-3.5k i would have said

unlucky :( lol

Welcome, In case you didn't know they do an STI version of the forrester ;)

Have you checked the fluid level as a starting point? Not sure if the 5 speed box's are the same as int he hawk but if so they are pretty bullet proof and theres a few cars running 450 on em without issue