To be brief, my engine problems have gotten worse, a little too much to explain. My mechanic says the repairs on my motor will cost $1200+(edit), plus not having to drive my car for a month and a half. I might as well buy a new motor that will drop into my GC8 2.5rs (98-01).

In short, looking for a motor that'd fit whether it be turbo or non turbo, as long as it doesn't have a ridiculous amount of miles on it.

Thanks for your time guys.
-Zhu

 

Bump :\

 

headgasket?

 

It could be the gaskets, but my mechanic wants to be realistic and say its the head(s).

 

Warped heads? Did you run it out of coolant or something?

Oh, and HERE's what you NEED.

 

I have EJ251 heads off a 2001 Forester if you are interested... they should be the exact same as yours.

 

PM'ing

 

I've replaced a lot of subaru head gaskets (probably around 100 total, 4 so far this month) and I have never seen a cracked subaru head from overheating.

The heads are probably just a little warped, a machine shop can resurface them in a few minutes. Aluminum heads aren't very likely to crack. Deck the heads and install new gaskets.

 

Thanks a lot for the feed-back! That took a load of my shoulders.

Eventually, I'd like to replace the motor though.

 

Self bumppp

 

I had my original radiator spectacularly fail around 160k miles taking the original motor along with it. Instead of rebuilding that engine, I just bought a low miles (~15k) JDM EJ25 NA block from eBay (very plentiful and usually around ~$750), refreshed all the accessories, and tossed it in the car. I think you need to carry over some accessories from your USDM engine (ex intake manifold), but otherwise it is a straight drop in. The engine came with a 6 month warranty (since expired), but it is still running strong after 2.5 years and 20k+ miles. Less hassle and downtime than rebuilding your high mileage engine IMHO

 

I wonder how much it would cost to ship a block to here lol

 

Mother******! I always get duped by the Hawaii threads if they show up on the front page

 

Hahah even when I was selling my rims and coilovers people drooling cause I was selling em cheap hahah and they live mainland and I live Hawaii so funny

 

Just buy my short block!