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Finally got my block back..

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#1 ·
from the machine shop. Originally had a stripped head bolt hole. According to the machinist the one hole had a bad set of threads and actually said there were no threads to begin with...? They tapped it and put in the new ARP stud...curious..WTF WTF By the way this was a brand new 2.5 short block from FRED BEANS SUBARU in PA.
 
#5 ·
wait Dani, is it a 2.5 block meant to be turbo'd? or is it like a 2.5rs style block? cause my friend did a 2.5rs block in his legacy, turbo'd it (he owns licmotorsports.com subaru specialist) and he has problem after problem because of the turbo.. which is probably why people don't turbo 2.5rs's and do a motorswap instead..
 
#8 ·
eighth08 said:
why was this thread moved? its talking about a block, so why isn't the block section good?
This is a stock STI block and I don't know why it was moved-I thought I put it in the'block' forum to begin with. Whatever who knows when this thing will run-still gotta' put on all the mods and take it to the tuners.
 
#15 ·
maybe a baby monster...one thing it has have enuogh 'go' to get by my cocky romanian freind Dan and his '03 EVO (stock). He says that his evo has 300 whp stock...hmmm. This is not true? your right 'masta not a lot of tech in this except the part about the miising thread s in the stud hole. Lucky it did not need a helicoil, d'!Thumbs Up
 
#18 · (Edited)
That's what I thought-I did'nt say anything like 'no way' or challenge his #s...I know better than to 'bench race' this person as according to him he is the fastest and best driver around(has a rallye card from europe so he says). I'm not telling him anything about my car just that it is a stock 'x that had a bad piston that's getting repaired. That way when we go to the track maybe I can put some egg on his face... NEW QUESTION: there is an extra breather hole on the STI block...comes up from the center of the case. There is one on the wrx block and two on the STI...should I plug this?
 
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