Treecrusher

The only problem with only allowing paid membrs for sale section is we reduce the amount of people that can buy stuff. If we went down that path maybe change it so only paid members can list things for sale. I still harp back to a feedback system. Works for trade me.

This is a good reason to implement some sort of feedback system on the ClubSub forum. That way as people do good deals (quality of parts/speediness of delivery etc) other members can see this. And if someone gets ripped off the scum bag only gets to do it once, rather than the twice that has happened in this situation. My two cents, I know it would be work for someone but perhaps it could be put on the five year plan or something.

That thread is funny as. On a side note. Vorb (a mountain biking forum) started a kind of feedback system for its users that sold things through their buy/sell section. It was a rating that was registered against a users profile. Maybe we could do something like that on here?

Cheers for all your help guys. He has gone in another direction now, that car made me a bit nervous for some reason anyway.

Dunno about that. I am on to my 10th Subaru, all but two turbo, and not one of them has needed any serious engine work. Most I have had to do is rebuild a gearbox. One of them, a 2nd gen GTB legacy (silver one in my signature), had bad piston slap and I put money aside for a re-build. But it never let go. I have always serviced them regularly with high grade oil and used genuine filters. So that may have something to do with it.

The oil starvation thing is a reality in any engine though (hence the reason for baffled sumps in vehicles that corner hard). But there is marked difference in reliability between the older STi engines and the ej207's. So what changed? Subaru engineers would have been monitoring reliability and making design changes as required so it would be interesting to get a list of all the differences between the engines. The ones I can think of off the top of my head are: larger intercooler larger injectors semi closed block variable valve timing different turbo There will be others I'm sure but what fixed the BEB problem?

Thank you all, that is exactly what I wanted to confirm. I havn't seen the car yet so was just going on What my mate told me. If done well it still could be ok, but I had my suspicions whether it was genuine.

Hi Guys, A mate of mine is looking at this BH9 Legacy. It is a really nice car and it is 6 speed! But, did these come out factory like this? I was under the impresion they didn;t do this untill the BP shape. Either way it is a call car, jus want to get the facts straight for him. Link to auction here: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=290487535 Cheers all,

I have read a few causes, some stating restrictive oil galleries that carbon builds up on reducing flow to bearing shells . Another reason I have read is the fuel rails being run in series with number four receiving reduced pressure making it prone to detonation on crap fuel which puts increased load on the bearing causing premature failure. I know with the fuel one they still run them like this, but the EJ207 engines have the larger pink injectors, so that may have or may not have been Subaru's answer to that problem. I have no experience backing these claims up, just read them on other forums.

Your engine won't put down that much power though, or at least it probably won't have for most of it's life. I think the reliability started when Subaru started upping the factory output, their engineers had forgotten to strengthen a couple of places. As time went on Subaru got better at what they were doing and their engines became more reliable at the higher outputs. Downside is, if you have a higher output Subaru from the circa 96-97 era it will probably need a premature rebuild. That is not to say there will be examples that last longer but I think those are probably exceptions rather than the rule.

What is the hoop around the drive shaft for? Does a turbo Subaru have this?

And it would be an increase in power. There is a piece in there about engine transplants being ok as long as they bolt in and are equal or less power. Although I don;t see reason to put a different engine in a car with equal or less power....kind of defeats the purpose.

Didn;t someone on here once do a conversion, tell his insurance company and receive a discount because it had less turbos?

so does that includes ECU chips??? On the second to last page it specifically says cert is required for turbo cars. Seems a bit un-fair considering some v-tec hondas put down similar power and could equally benefit from an ECU chip.

I've just read this as well. Was surprised to see that any turbo substitution or ECU modifications require cert. Good thing most WOF guys don't know what size turbos come on our cars, otherwise it could make the vf22 swap a bit difficult. Or am I interpreting that bit wrong.

$17k is top dollar for that car. The person probably thought it was one of the newer STi versions or something. No doubt there will be a post from a new user soon asking about the differences of his new "limited edition 1 of 5 made" STi foresters I thought $14k for the forester in my signature was good money and that was about 5 years ago. I only paid $10k for it and IMO it looks better. Similar k's to. Still though, if it was me I would take as much money as I could get......Caveat emptor and if they are a sucker then they should at least get independent advice.

I hear you, it helps to just play the game and make sure you get want you actually want. Even though lambda/o2/oxygen/air fuel are all names for the same thing. In fact air fuel ratio is not actually measured it is a computation that it done. Edit, I know you probably know that, just pointing out that sometimes parts computers are a pain in the arse. Especially when trying to buy a genuine part and you don;t know the chassis code. I use to get that a lot on my GTB when it had v3 STi parts on it. Took me ages to remember the code for the STi

I sense a duck analogy coming on here. But in the interests of harmony I'll let you split the hair

Are you the friend of Koom? As he has asked a very similar question in another thread. Yea the name of that sensor is a lambda sensor/oxygen sensor. TBH I don't know exactly on your car, but I have swapped them on older WRX's without any problem. Fitting it in the hole not as big of deal as making sure the output is the same and getting it to plug in.

Bloody hell. I just bought a 2.0R and would never guess it had 190PS (that's about equivalent to HP yea? about .98 or something). That's not far off the power of turbo wrx's and foresters.

Isn't it just a lambda sensor? Pretty sure you can put pretty much any one in there, the hard bit is the plug as the wires are usually stainless steel which you can't solder. Don;t think you have to get a genuine V8 from Japan.

Ok I thought the EJ207's started at the v6. But I stand corrected.

On a more serious note you could probably get between $3,500 and $4,500 depending on how it is presented and your sales skills. I would suggest putting the factory exhaust back on it though as having a loud exhaust will significantly reduce the numbers of people interested in it.

I'll give you $1,500 for it 8)

I've got $100 says it doesn't make 170 ;D Also my v7 clicked over 143 and I sold it as I thought it was getting a bit long in the tooth. A wrx and STi are to very different beasts. For starters an STi engine is more highly strung and that is compounded by the type of people that buy STi's. Lets face it you don't buy an STi to drive it like a nanny. So there is at least a 50/50 chance that it has been raped at some stage in it's life. then there is the fact that from v3 to the v6's with the EJ207 engine (not including) Subaru had some reliability issues that plagued most 211kw version engines (GTB's included). If it was me I would sell it and let it be someone else's problem, then use the money to buy one with a re-built engine.....Or start saving for the inevitable rebuild.