oh yeah?
I am playing the waiting game again...
So not much progress as of yet.
I am waiting on a 2004 sti shortblock to come in the mail (25k miles on it). The old bare block was pretty much completely shit on! Head stud threads were destroyed and helicoils and timeserts failed. So need a new bareblock to start again with.
I am then going to swap out all the parts from the old block to the new one. Then ill be good to go.
When I start the rebuild, ill post a ton of pics, dont worry...
Well....
got the shortblock yesterday.
Had some things today to do so was only able to work for half an hour...
Anyways...here's an update:
2004 2.5L Sti shortblock (24k miles)
Came out of a wrecked car. Was sitting for a year in a shed (hence the rust)
Going to finish dissassembling it tonight and get it to the machine shop in the AM.
So i'm going to have a few things for sale:
- 4 x ej257 Pistons (24k miles)
- 4 x Ej257 Rods (24k miles)
- 1 x EJ257 Crank (24k miles)
Your car looks great good job. But I noticed when you were assembling the rotating assembly you put assembly lube on the main BEFORE the bearings. The assembly lube does not go there there is no moving part there, that can cause a spun bearing, One of the guys I worked with at a benz dealer did that and caused a spun bearing at start up. The assembly lube goes on the bearing surface that contacts the crank not the block. Hopefully you havent put your new block together yet. good luck I am thinkin to use the sohc heads on my build too
Got the bare block back yesterday from the machine shop.
Still waiting on ACL race main bearings to come in monday.
Hope to have this thing up and running by the end of next week.
Update: My new n' improved brake system is comin in.
2007 4/2 pot calipers, rotors, lines and wrx master solenoid
BTW...now selling my stock 00 rs front/rear calipers, all rotors, and lines.
Got the oil pump, water pump, oil tube, oil pan, oil cooler, thermostat, and a little more done.
Heads tomorrow
Actually broke this small fitting the connects my oil supply to my oil feed line and to the oil pressure sensor.
Does anyone know the proper name for this part? Going to look on summit and hope to get lucky.
I know it is a t-fitting, but not surewhere to get it from.
Lets get to the point.
Donor car: 2005 sti slightly modded.
Was fun while it lasted.
Fun in the snow.
And on the track.
Then some water happened along with a crazy idea and this was purchased.
and the FUN begins.
The time has finally come for me to organize a members journal! Ive been a member here since I purchased my 98 2.5RS in late December of 2005. My car, not unlike myself, has been through a lot since then and made many changes. And now, upon organizing parts and information for my swap, I...
This is going to be the tale of my second rs build.
I purchased for 2k the catch is that it had a blown head gasket...12/1/14 also found some rod bearings were bad too. instead of putting more cash into the current 2.5 i went apeshit AND bought a jdm full sti swap and copious amounts of clean...
So..
picked me up another chassis. $600 and it runs, mostly!
Still have the ej20g, gearbox, RobTune and iWire harness, stance coilovers (I had just bought to replace my godspeed crap) and lots of other parts... so here we go again!
From the ashes, she will rise!
past build for...
This is mostly the progress of my srp 2001 L coupe, but also some 98L and 2018 brz stuff.
Backstory:
I got the car in August 2011 with 100,500 miles. It was my first car, and it had lots of problems at the start. Almost sold it a few times, but once I read about all the swap stuff, I...
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