Scotty's "engines gone up the swanee" thread
 

This is fun at least I got to clean my wheels lol
Attachment 1738
Hopefully see my car in a few weeks ready for its transformation woo hoo

Engine, gearbox ?

Oh mate, what happened?

Engine gone be on the case tomorrow when I hit UK soil for a stronger engine .

Sorry to see this, when did it let go?

On the way back she will breath life again .

Woo hoo car will be home in a few weeks time to start thinking about what engine to put in her .

If you let us know what you're budget is as I know of a few for sale

Talk about making the best of a bad situation, love the enthusiasm! You home now?

You know that there can't be a budget but what ones you know are for sale C.J and price wouldn't mind a nice strong STI v8 long engine just incase my heads are gubbed .

Yup just in the door .

I didn't even know there was a South London Scoobies ^^^ :lol:

It's a £7k engine if you build it yourself

Good luck Scotty in finding a suitable replacement engine.

glad you got home ok.:five:

Cheers Ian going to pop down and see a Mr Steve Whiteson of SW Motorsport as I know I can't go wrong with him building a replacement engine just means beans and toast for the rest of the year lol .

All the best on your future plans Scotty.

Glad you both finally got home and happy to see she will breathe again! keep us posted dude.

Sorry to see this Scotty.

Great to see you're going to crack on and sort it. It's a really nice looking example, so deserves to live on.

Best of luck with it.

To be honest I don't care about costs it's the effort I have put in her to get her to this stage I'm not letting it go this time so I will be up dating with what is going on in my project thread .

That looks suspiciously like the car park I ended up like this in....
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/o...1052010014.jpg

I think it may well have been..:nod:

Well that just proves the known fact that Subaru's can't handle high speed/sustained high speed abuse. Hence why I always keep it below 110mph on that stretch.
Worzels done the same but on the other side of the road.

I know a good starting point.

http://www.southeastscoobies.co.uk/v...ad.php?t=19916

It wasn't the same car park Nick, it was about 5 miles further up the road (towards Belgium).

But echo what Scott says, they don't like continued high speed runs. I did a couple of 140mph fly-bys but kept things down under 100 most of the time.

Yes that would be a good start as you said light knock but would like to know how bad and would like to know if any other damage to the block halves .

I got one run at 140mph won't be doing that again for a while lol .

Same with the P1 that let go with me and Nige the other year, did warn him that they don't like it compared to my Evo I was in

I can get a STI 03 plate long engine which had a rebuild by API 11k ago when it had just done 74k and also a STI 05 plate long engine with 76k I know I can't use my inlet mani but is there a lot involved when fitting it with new age mani into my classic .

Surely you'll only want a short engine as unless your going for something like a Syvecs you won't be able to utilise the AVCS heads.

You can with Alcatek .

How much do you think AVCS heads are worth peeps as I won't be needing them as I will confirm over the weekend once spoke to Steve and Matty .

About 300 too 500 on spool

:lol::lol::lol:

For the time , effort and money Id not bother . Just buy a newage sti bottom end and stick your heads on with Cosworth stopper gaskets and some updated head studs .

+1

That's the plan C.J but can only find sti long engine at the moment with low mileage and it's been rebuilt .

Buy the long engine and sell the heads for two reasons
1. You may make a little
2. The engine won't of been left open with the possibility of crap getting in

Cheers C.J well I'm just off the phone to Scott at Scoobyspares he's got a JDM sti bug coming in next week with uber low mileage he's going to do all the pressure tests and let me know that's a stroke of luck .

Cool

Keep as a long engine and a very tasty price delivered got my name all over it . Better order some APR/ cosworth head bolt kit and head gaskets soon .

My Type R is based on CJ's suggestion and Dave's + 1.

JDM STI V7 bottom end. Rock solid. With plenty of 140 + pulls ; ).

WTF just phoned to get an update on my car and it's still sitting in Germany and I've to phone back on Wednesday for a estimated delivery date .

It can take several weeks before its recovered to the UK :(

Mine took 2 and a half

I guess they wait until they've got enough to fill a whole transporter and then send them over in one go....

That means loosing valuable prepping time for next years trip .

No, only takes a week or two to prep for trip, only reason the classic didn't come this year is I couldn't decide what wheels to put on it............... Honest.

I wish it would take the long but not for me Si I've got a big list this year lol .

Ready built one?
http://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-g...-it-worth.html

How many miles has the engine done and what price are looking for just for the long engine as I've got the rest of the parts .

Not mine, looks a good spec and he might be breaking it.:doubleup:

Cheers dude sent him a PM about it .

I doubt i'll even have mine ready for next years trip, work seems to have stalled at the moment. hopefully next month I can make a step forward again.

Roll on the 12th my car should be back at my house woo hoo .

Starting to get the DT's and itchy feet and on Tuesday is DDay for phone call about replacement engine if it's a good one or not .

Just got off the phone to the company that is delivering my car to me . I asked is there a date for delivery they said no well I replied that I have been informed the date is the 12th of this month they replied doubt that and I replied I've booked that day off work so get it sorted so they are going to phone me back .

Hope its not too much grief and they get it sorted for you mate! Make sure you give the car a proper checkover (inside and out) when you get it back before the driver leaves.

Don't worry about that Steve I took plenty of photos before I left and will be doing a major inspection to feel for any dents , marks and all that good stuff .

Deliverey day is Tuesday for car see if I can get engine delivered same day then woo hoo .

Well let the fun begin my engine builder has a 2.5 short block so that will do nicely with my heads .

2.5 nooooooo
Do a 2.1 , 2.5's are not for track

Sorry C.J it's not a track toy yet lol .

I'd go 2.0 or 2.1 as well, if you ever sell it it'll be worth more than if you go 2.5 as less people want them. If you putting £££ into the rebuild you might as well get it right ;)

If you go 2.5 get them to de stroke it using a 2ltr crank so in affect it's a 2.35
But it's your money

Never entered my mind C.J now you've just planted a seed lol .

+1 the torque is nice from a 2.5 for the road but it's not really what you want on track or what people will want on resale.

Wouldn't be selling the car .

Off work today as I am sitting waiting patiently for my car to arrive woo hoo then get to Mr Whitson to put another engine in .

A few hours to go already and car will be here let the wash and polish commence andphoned Mr Whitson he's already sorted I nice bottom end with 40k on it for me if I want it and just phoned him I'm having it woo hoo .

Glad it's coming together for you scotty :doubleup:

Thanks bud should be ready for next year .

All good stuff Scotty, hope the car got back to you in one piece, cannot wait for the project thread to develop 👍

Nope still sitting waiting for the car to be delivered and it's a woman delivering it so prob see it tomorrow morning before I go to work lol .

jeepers this must be testing your patience.....:twisted:

Bet your glad you took the day off and stayed in !

It sure is Tim .

Lol well didn't stay in went out for a drive in the wife's new toy and I got to sort bottom end replacement so it was worth it .

I'm ready for snapping :boom:only takes 4 and a bit hours to drive from Nottingham and that was at 13:30 when I got the phone call to say she was on route she must be driving in reverse :rofl::rofl:

Well she has finally arrived on the phone to AA all my wheels are scrapped bloody fuming is an understatement
Attachment 1791
Attachment 1792
Attachment 1793
Attachment 1794
Attachment 1795

Well I'm glad she is home, must be nice to see her again but it's a disgrace about your wheels, hope you can get a positive reaction from the AA about it!

Does it say "ontime automotive" on the back of that truck!!! ...

that is terible about the wheels :( I hope they copensate accordingly I would be enraged!

It sure does Dave I think they need to re-think there company name lol and on the case to the AA about my wheels need to send them proof of receipt that they were new , before and after photos of the wheels which I have got plenty of then it will be a waiting game for the outcome .

Glad she's back but a pain about the wheels, are they just scratched from the straps? Or actually damaged?

Actual damage on one them looks like it's been kerb , deep scratch marks on another on one of the spokes , chip taken out on another one will be giving them a wash when I get home to see if any other damage to them .

Disgusting service - and gutting about the wheels - I hope they sort it out for you :ok:

Did you check mileage before taken and now back - perhaps some little scrote has been taking it for a blast - have heard stories like that before! - hope not though...

Ryan

Blimey that's just crap, strap marks/light scratching is difficult to avoid if the driver isn't considerate with padding the wheels but kerbing and chips etc isn't on.

Some of us on here might have photos of your car/wheels pre-damage with German stuff in the background (road signs, other cars etc) if it helps the AA cough up for a refurb?

Doubt they'd get far, they'd need to drop a new engine in first :lol:

Cheers Steve I've got plenty of photos from the trip to but if I need any I will put a post up .

:rofl::rofl::rofl: talking about that they said on their report the engine had deficated :rofl::rofl:

Pretty accurate description :rofl:

Just washed the car and now looking at the alloys after they been washed its paint that has been scrapped away so not bad as I thought so I might just to get them refurbed by a specialist to Match the paint .

Well car is ready to go with old wheels on
Project engine build phase 1 here we come
Attachment 1801

Keep us updated! Exciting times ahead.