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It turned up in Hastings this morning!!!!

Happy days

[lady-turbo-wrx]

Brilliant let the work begin

trace..x

Just got to get the 2.5 lump from Nige's garage now. Only problem, he is in the Caribbean as we speak

They can't start it until next week anyhow, so not a problem ...... yet!

Nice one mate.
Did it come on the back of a fishing boat?

You need to check it over for any marks, damage etc before accepting it

I'm going to pop down there for sure.

If I had known it was coming, I would have been down there to check it off. I only spoke to Green Flag yesterday and they told me it was still out there and could still be 15 days.

[Scooby Wez]

Originally Posted by Crowman

You need to check it over for any marks, damage etc before accepting it

Mate i only live round the corner from Vince if you would like me to go take some pic's of the car for damage let me know.

Cheers Wez, thats a really kind offer.

But I do need to go down anyway to get some bits out of the boot.

[Lucky]

Thats good news mate. I have checked it for you and its fine. The gold wheels are immaculate. Must show you my new black ones at the next meet.

Originally Posted by Luckyscoob

Thats good news mate. I have checked it for you and its fine. The gold wheels are immaculate. Must show you my new black ones at the next meet.

[majorscooby]

I have my caddy van if an engine needs picking up and dropping off. Could meet you at nige's and then follow one another to vinces!?

Thanks for the offer fella

All in hand though matey

[iain1502]

Glad to hear that she's back mate.
I have quite a few pic's of the car as we drove down to Germany in case you have any new marks etc.
Iain

Good stuff Iain. I'm fairly confident it'll be ok but you never know.

[Cath]

Thats good, was it covered seaweed

[666subaru]

Hope you get it sorted soon matey as we need to get the tints arranged

[C. J.]

glad to hear its back but what happened ?

Baz, maybe he could just jib down to Hastings and do it while it's on the ramps

CJ, I managed to knock out the big end going down to the Ring, only 29k from the hotel too

But it has made my mind up finally about going 2.5 so there is a silver lining

[C. J.]

as your having niges block are you putting forged pistons in ?

Originally Posted by C. J.

as your having niges block are you putting forged pistons in ?

I am looking into it. What would you recommend?

[C. J.]

i'll phone you

[Scott.T]

STi are forged as standard, the WRX 2.5's are not.
Although not sure if Nige's is an STi block, but assumed it is as that was were it was destined to go.

[C. J.]

so why do most put forged pistons in then ?

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by C. J.

so why do most put forged pistons in then ?

more money then sense, dealers happy to take the cash and of course....pub talk !!

Paul at zen reckons all the STi's he has taken apart have been forged. Hence why they can take boost harder to the redline then a WRX.

[Scott.T]

Forged info : http://bbs.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-gene ... ndard.html

AndyF also doesn't recommend 'uprated forged' until well over 400BHP.

[C. J.]

not one post includeds a 2.5 there ,their talking about upto ver8's

I am at the point now where I think I will go for Forged Pistons.

Reading that post didn't clear it one way or the other. And I kind of agree with the comment the guy with the RA made, while the blocks out just get it done.

And because this bit of work is the last time I want to do anything like this, I don't want to have any doubts. I think I will do it properly too and go for rods and pistons.

EXPENSIVE!!!! GULP!!!! Cha...ching

Getting the right bits is crucial, however they are all worthless unless assembled by a pro.
I would be looking long and hard about who builds it and what warentee you get on the build.

Looking forward to watching the project progress mate