All Bad

[wrx kenny]

i bought a 2.0 block of pistonheads recently with not a lot of milage on it ,as a few of you know my bottom end had a fair wee rattle coming of it.so a replacement block had to be put in as i had piled up in the garage all the mods to take me well into the 300hp region , vf 35 tmic etc etc . anyway got the block in eventualy it was started run about in for a few days and began to rattle even worse than the old original block turns out the crank is tighter than a natts chuff. so moral of the story here buy cheap buy twice . now definately going down the road of a brand new 2.5 block nae second hand shi*e . roger clark is my first choice from sourcing a block , if anyone knows any where else i can find one yell out . my original plan was to put a 2.5 block in ......... fu**ing should have done in the first place

kenny

[Richie Cross]

Sorry to hear that Kenny. I imagine it's tempting to go 2nd hand when it's costing a fair bit.

Hopefully sorted soon!!

[scoobysailor]

  wrx kenny said:

now definately going down the road of a brand new 2.5 block nae second hand shi*e . roger clark is my first choice from sourcing a block , if anyone knows any where else i can find one yell out . my original plan was to put a 2.5 block in ......... fu**ing should have done in the first place

kenny

Sorry to hear that Kenny, I've just been looking at the same thing myself - it's not cheap, is it??

[wrx kenny]

  scoobysailor said:

Sorry to hear that Kenny, I've just been looking at the same thing myself - it's not cheap, is it??

nah frazer it isnt m8 ive learnt the expensive way but hey ho lesson learnt ....... bring on the 2.5

kenny

[kennyuk300]

Ouch mate can anything be done with the two of them???

Kenny

[wrx kenny]

  kennyuk300 said:

Ouch mate can anything be done with the two of them???

Kenny

mind is made up kenny , the car is going to become a long term toy so might as well push on and put in what i wanted in the first place

kenny

[kennyuk300]

  wrx kenny said:

mind is made up kenny , the car is going to become a long term toy so might as well push on and put in what i wanted in the first place

kenny

Like your style ,will you go for forged parts to make it future proof?????

Kenny

[wrx kenny]

  kennyuk300 said:

Like your style ,will you go for forged parts to make it future proof?????

Kenny

ooooohhhhhh yes indeedy nae pi**ing bout this time i want a sorted car at the end of it

kenny

[C_WRX]

Sorry to hear that Kenny, get there in the end and it'll be stronger than ever.

[mystery machine]

That's a bummer, Kenny. The 2.5 will be nice though - nice to have the security of the forged bits too!

[johnnyr6]

Sorry to hear about your engine probs m8.

Good luck with the rebuild.

Johnny

[mk1cos]

  wrx kenny said:

i bought a 2.0 block of pistonheads recently with not a lot of milage on it ,as a few of you know my bottom end had a fair wee rattle coming of it.so a replacement block had to be put in as i had piled up in the garage all the mods to take me well into the 300hp region , vf 35 tmic etc etc . anyway got the block in eventualy it was started run about in for a few days and began to rattle even worse than the old original block turns out the crank is tighter than a natts chuff. so moral of the story here buy cheap buy twice . now definately going down the road of a brand new 2.5 block nae second hand shi*e . roger clark is my first choice from sourcing a block , if anyone knows any where else i can find one yell out . my original plan was to put a 2.5 block in ......... fu**ing should have done in the first place

kenny

give steve at sw motorsport a ring, am sur he can sort you out with a forged 2.5

07956119962

[StrikE]

Typical Kenny, just what the doctor didnt want. Is it not possible to re shell the bearings with new race bearings and build forged up from that to save dumping the lot?

Still Sh!te

[colin_ross]

Sorry to heat that Kenny.

Get prices from RCM, ZEN, Lateral and SW then make up your mind where togo.

Start a project thread, keep it up to date and everyone can chip in with advice if needed.

[killbill]

sorry to hear i am on the marlet too for a 2nd hand engine so i cna have my current slappy engine puleld and forged.

just hope for some better luck wit ha 2nd hand that yourself

[fai17]

Go and get some price from all the regular engine shops and decide from there.

What do you the car to do?

[marko72]

Hope you get it sorted out kenny.

Cmon the bugs!

[Guest]

SW Motorsport done the rebuild on a mates car, fully forged bottom end. He couldn't recommend him enough so your in good hands if you take it there.

[hi_jac]

Sorry to hear that Kenny, Steve @ SW_motorsport is da man for engine builds

[braveheart]

Well kenny that is a box of frogs indeee just no luck at the moment I'm sure it will change very soon when you drop the 2.5 in Sw done my last engine with the 2.5 and pulled like a train made 550 bhp at 1.6 bar .. And was vert torquey too, all the best you deserve some good luck now...

Chris

[Phil MC]

Sorry to hear that Kenny. All that waiting and being fecked around, then to find out it was goosed!!!

Feel for you mate.

Why don't you just buy my sorted Blobeye?? I'll cut you a good deal and you can break or sell the bugeye??

[wrx kenny]

as nice and sorted as your car is phil my bug is here to stay m8 , cannie part wae it , hope you get yours shifted soon shouldny see any probs there

kenny

[wrx kenny]

thanks for all the comments guys, once im back home ill give the various recommendations a bell and see where we go from there , thanks again

kenny

[wrxcook]

  wrx kenny said:

thanks for all the comments guys, once im back home ill give the various recommendations a bell and see where we go from there , thanks again

kenny

dont know if any one has mentioned them but api are good i got my engine sent down to them they replaced the wrx bottom end with a sti and sent it back to get fitted

[giz1978]

hi,

i maybe a bit late but this kid will build to spec and is spot on.

07917204738

he build impreza rally car and is based in fleetwood