Factory shortblock should retail for ~$1800-1900 from your local subaru dealer. (1725 rimjobbbbber)

Your aftermarket engine rebuilders should be less than that but we didn't find anyone with any in-stock (~3 weeks turnaround), but my bro didn't end up needing a shortblock.

EDIT AGAIN: but if you fucked up your cam towers/caps or got bad stuff inside your VVT gizmo, you may need more than a shortblock.

 

1. Spend $6k on Cosworth built engine
2. Install
3. Never worry about reliability of engine again.
4. ????
5. Profit

 

Unless he gets his sawzaw involved.

 

fit a 6cylinder normally aspirated h6 motor out of the legacy or tribeca - it bolts straight to gearbox and engine mounts are same
put megasquirt on it
custom radiator and fans
custom exhaust with long long primaries

if you really want ***** an giggles fit rear mount turbo with biggest hotside you can and run .5bar booost on std internals

 

+1

 

1. Think of how much driving enjoyment you have received from your teal Miata.

2. Think of how much driving enjoyment you have received from your IS-F.

3. Note the level of modifications between the two.

4. Set up the Forester accordingly.

 

well played.

 

1. Sell Forester
2. Fix teal miata
3. Dyno tune teal miata
4. ???
5. Profit

 

I can sell you a complete EJ255 for $1400. Everything. But you have to figure out how to ship it. I aint shippin that ****.

 

 

Ugh. Good fuckig point.

1. In the past year, zero enjoyment.
2. I am driving it as i write this -_-
3. Ugh
4. Ok i will give it a stock block.

 

VVT solenoids aren't too expensive. I had to replace one on my GF's car. She still has both of the filters in the banjo bolts. In the spring I want to replace the one feeding her turbo and check shaft play on the stock turbo.

Cam caps on the other hand... no bueno.

If you just do a shortblock BE SURE to replace both of the banjo bolts that have filters in them.

 

Yah. I am worried about all the bearing material gettig everywhere in the motor.

 

I'm just terrified that faeflora and I have almost identical garages.

edit: except all my **** actually works

 

Grr whats in your garage.

 

You are not alone.

Same on all counts.

For quite some time now.

 

Good taste runs rampant around here

 

In for Turbo Subaru Wagon + Turbo Miata jerk party

Now that Brain has joined the klan...

 

OH HAI DER!

 

/\ That car runs. It doesn't belong in this thread