sweet. GST will do good, I just hope there are no snags along the way.

 

hows the car coming along Nick?

 

Nothing yet, the head is taking FOREVER to come in to GST. It had to go... Special Order from Subaru -> SubaruGenuineParts -> GST... right now its on way to GST.

 

Okay so here is the final update...
I got my car back a few weeks ago and I just finished breaking in the new engine (1500 miles). The car runs great again (Thanks GST!!!). The ACT 6-puck I got is pretty harsh but bearable.

I also had to buy a replacement vf-34 turbo, which I put on a couple of weeks ago. The old one was really messed up from oil starvation. The intake side turbine was eating into the housing and it was leaking oil like crazy.

In total these parts were all messed up from the oil pickup breaking: crank, several rods, pistons, 1 Head, 1 cam, valve guides, vf39 turbo.

I am saving some $$ for a Defi gauge setup so I can have an oil pressure gauge with a warning so hopefully this can't happen again.

I have a couple of photos that I just took:

http://fizzy.110mb.com/minishowcase/galleries/car/