sucks with the motor.. time for a 30r daily.. lmao

 

Not gonna happen! :P My friends are all trying to convince me to build the motor on the daily and put a big turbo. You guys are all awful enablers, but I'm fighting the urge.

I've actually got a lot of updates on the daily driver wagon. Perhaps I'll have time to post pics later today or this evening.

 

Okay, I finally had time. This is all in my blog too, but I'll cross post.

I spent my day on Tuesday in Subaru heaven. Colorado Component Rebuilders is the mecca for Subaru junkies. Shelf after shelf of blocks and heads and tools and pieces and parts and Subaru posters on the walls. From those parts, they turn out what are essentially brand new Subaru engines. My 2.5 years working for them is partially responsible for my Subaru obsession, I'm sure. The owners, Rick and Emily Johnston, were nice enough to grant me access to their shop and equipment to rebuild the engine in my new daily driver.



My first step was to tear the engine down and assess the damage.




Luckily, I had prepared myself for the worst, and what I found was about what I had expected. The engine had accidentally the whole ring land on cylinder 4. Unfortunately, the block was too scored to simply be honed, so it's off to the machine shop to be bored out and I've got a fresh new set of CP .20 over pistons on order. No big deal, just a $500+ setback. Sadface.



Once the block was torn down, I spent the afternoon cleaning everything up. I wasn't originally planning on rebuilding the heads, but I figured since I had all day and couldn't get started on the block, I might as well. Plus, it's what I do best!



Soda blaster! Any tool with the word "blaster" in its name has to be cool.



Grinding valves and cutting seats, and that's right where I left her until next week when I get the block back.

 

Fast car decided it wasn't going to start this morning. I'm hoping it's just because it was cold out and it had been a few weeks since I had driven it. I cranked it 'till the battery died...and it's a brand new battery. Oops.

Built the motor for the new wagon though! Couldn't finish it because I forgot to order cam seals, but other than that, it's pretty much good to go. Built the heads:



Block was decked:



And assembled (with the help of Jason at CCR - the trick is to listen to Frank Sinatra while building your engine):







Here's what it looked like when I left this afternoon:

 

sighs.. now im starting to hate this thread cause i get depressed when i see it.. lol.. great stuff as always.. you should pick up mike's car at gst.. he's practically giving the car away.. with your addiction and availability/access to parts it would make a sick car..

 

Don't hate my thread, you're the only person that posts in it anymore besides me! Link to Mike's car? Not that I have the money, but now you've got me curious.

I had company all last weekend, so I didn't work on the car at all, but the engine is going in on Sunday...finally! I'm sure I'll come across a part or two I forgot to order, but I expect to have it running by the middle of next week if the weather stays nice. I cannot WAIT, the car I've been driving is absolutely terrible. Although I did put over 100 miles on the fast wagon in the mountains over the weekend, so that was fun. My friend snapped a pic for me.

 

you took it where subarus belong!!! how dare you!!!

 

I know, and I feel bad for getting it dirty...kinda...but it was so much fun...

 

I had to see my therapist because of that photo.

 

You should have seen all the guns and ammo we packed into the back too. We went full on redneck.

 

Pic from yesterday:



Started installing the turbo today, but the oil feed line is hitting the transmission, so it won't quite fit. I spent about 3 minutes fighting with it, then gave up and went inside. Wasn't in the mood for a battle. Maybe later this week.

 

mike car is a shell basically that has been track prep'd.. 06 STi full APR widebody carbon doors dimple die steel inside roof was cut lower fully stitch welded yada yada yada and he's only asking 1k for it.. he just wants it out of his shop.. i reallllyyyy want it but i have 2 cars im already working on..

https://www.i-club.com/forums/norcal...ar-stb-239413/

 

That's pretty damn cool, too bad it's an '06. I just couldn't do an '06 front end...they're so...un-Subaru.

 

This thread just causes mass amounts of jealousy. I try to stay away but i keep finding myself back...

Great work, looks like everything is coming along beautifully


-Ryan

 

Thanks Ryan! Don't be jealous, it's a disease.

My turbo still doesn't fit. WTF? This is making me angry. And I keep finding more parts I need to replace. Radiator hoses, battery, air filter...it never eeeendsssss...