Update and soon I hope to have some pictures.

Took the short block completely apart last night. Trickiest part was the wrist pins. If you ever need to remove them don't buy a $100 Subaru wrist pin removal tool. Find a really small and long flat tip screw driver and tap the back via the adjacent wrist pin access hold on the opposite side of the block. The block was being hot tanked as of last night, should pick it up this afternoon. Picks soon

 

Mmmmmm I love the look of hot-tanked blocks in the morning.

 

yay for pics!

 

you want my SOHC heads?

 

Are they EJ251 heads?

 

no the EJ22T heads the stock ones on our motors

 

Thanks but I still have mine. Its really too bad they are so crappy. Ok, not crappy but certainly restrictive. I know Joejoe69 makes good power on them with his 1.8T build. His very grassroots\DIY motor build is awsome. Mad props to him.

 

i originally intended on using phase 1 NA legacy 2.5L SOHC heads, but I was afraid of not getting a good seal with the EJ18 block. the EJ18's bore is 87mm, the EJ25's combustion chamber is 99mm. right now i'm using EJ20 hg's with my build, I might be able to get away with using EJ22 hg's if i slap on EJ25 heads.

 

I am using Phase 2 EJ251 heads and headgasket. The crank is being reworked and I'm using Manley rods and Wiseco pistons (.020 overbore). This setup leaves you with a 8.6:1 compression ratio. Good for running higher boost levels while still maintaining some low end torque. Should be good for my conservative 300hp goal. The heads will be rebuilt around TWE stage 2 cams and corresponding high lift springs. My plan is to run a deadbolt Zilla 16g which should balance top end and spool pretty well.

 

OK now we all have our cards on teh table

im going with the WRX heads i have STi USDM heads but cant afford to wire up DCCD
the plan is to port and polish the heads and get cosworth springs and rev it to 8k
turbo: with the greddy 18G

400 HP

 

Yea, I thought about going the WRX/STI head route but it would force me to crack into the wiring and use a different ECU. I'm still on the fence about it though because with the new valve train and stand alone I'm in as deep as a WRX setup. Right now I'm more worried about the short block assembly. Between powder coating, porting, and rebuilding I have more than enough work to do. Also I am beginning prep work to paint my car which should be interesting since I haven't sprayed in four years now Yikes!

 

well you know what matters

prep prep prep


and yeah i have a wrx so no wiring for me or else i would be too broke from teh wiring alone

i have the stand alone for a 03 wrx set up im going to be getting rid of

 

Hey RallyGC, if you still need that cross member you can just come by and take the whole car. LMK

 

should pick up a phase1 2.5 crank and stroke that bietch they are cheap from subaru

 

Yea man I will be by to steal away the crossmember and then I will call someone to take the car. Sorry about the holdup I have been super busy fabbing a Evo front mount into a 88' Celica Alltrac Hopefully I will make it over there this weekend.