hot day at the track? pushed too hard? design flaw? freak accident? theres too many variables about what makes a motor blow. All we see is the result. For all we know, his oil pump could have seized up

 

looks like a 5 thousand dollar problem.

 

Yeah, I rarely witness a track day at Laguna Seca that has no motor issues. One day I saw it claim TWO Subarus.

 

Most of the cars were heating up at the track event. Although we have no idea what caused this. The oil could have thined out or a rod bolt let loose due to stress and heat. Wait till the teardown and we will know.

 

when i saw you get towed in, i was so depressed lol, but now it becomes bigger and better. Good luck with the rebuild

 

That's weak. It looks like it's very much stock.

 

was there a big tune on that car or was it stock?

 

Chris and Adam just went to EQ so maybe they'll check it out in there free time today.

 

I can say that perhaps the greatest investment for any STi wanting to go to the track is GET AN OILCOOLER!!!!111ONE!!! I went from Track temps of 130C to about 100~110C and daily driving of 100C to about 80~90C.
I know alot of people say that the subaru engine can have oil starvation issues too; but at least keeping the oil cool will go a long ways.

Best of luck on the rebuild.

 

damn can you see in the ecu! thats a special gift.

 

lol

 

 

i believe it was stage 2 at least. had a turboback.

 

 

....let the games begin?