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Howzit,, JND, i dunno mate, was on it when we brought it, pretty sick kit tho, but front clip is way too iow ae, it sits about 55mm off the road, any if not all driveways require about 5mins of navigating lols,, all ive seen on the kit is a business type card layed under final layer of f/glass, with corazon kits on it . hope that helps bud,, also any body got any manual conversion kits for one of these,,, cheers boosted,,,

Reset the timing on the foz, found last owner had been driving with it out since belt was done lols,,out 1 tooth on each cam , never mind goes much better now tho

Installed new t/belt and tensioner, fitted new water pump,installed new wastegate actuator, installed all accesories onto engine and put the bloody thing back in the hole lols ;D ;D, to get,, engine oil, vaccum line, and new thermostat, then fire it into life and see if all the hard work has paid off :-\

98 sf5 forry, full corazon kit, slammed on its arse lol,, just waiting for paint now ;D ;D

Sorry tolerance,,, its sitting @ .27mm exhaust,,,,, yea i should do but atm, i just wanna drive it lol, id seriously consider it,,if say it was .05 +or over but hey knowing my luck ill run a bottom end in two weeks time lols,, and have to pull it again anyways

Was quoted by subaru taranaki, about $12a shim, and only if i cld supply part# or someone elses vin tag lols :-[ so yea not bad ae, have all shims in mota now and only and a gap.02 mm over on one exhaust, thank godcos it took me a week of measuring and swapping and measuring and swapping but hey was worth it, now who wants to help put moter back in place, lols Might have to drag the wife to the shed for the night ;D

Yayah, got shims from the machine shop today, $60 bucks for 7 now correct size shims, awesome job they did too,, cheers reid machining ;D ;D ;D now its gonna be a long nyt but worth it ;D 8) ,

Haha very cool, ;D ,, but where\'s the two moons possums lols ;D

thought id be nice to the wife and buy her one of these... ??? ;D .

Wow rosssub, uve outdone urself thats awesome man, theres alot of info there and definetly gonna be usefull for someone 8) cheers for the info bro, appreciate it

Awesom rex leggy ill gve him a go aswell, i take it thats his workplace ,, armstrongs,, and as for getting shims slightly ground its only $10 ea to get done, an $20 to get one made up aswell, so for ease of going up the road and an hour later thy done thts not bad lol,, ;D ;D ;D still gna ring armstrong tho, because the more info i can get on these pita shims, the better, then everyone can share the knowledge, as im sure this topic has/does catch alot of ppl out, that also need the information also, cheers ppl, enjoy the stinkin hot weather while it lasts

Awesome rosssub tht b a help lols, went to a reputable machine shop today to see if they can make shims for me,, pozitive outcome ,,, yes they can 8) 8) ;D, finally i can gt the motor back in, if i go down tht route, but ill wait to hear whatu come back with first,,, ive had absolutely no luck in finding a v4 sti, that someone will let me use their vin numba, any hu cheers ppl

Hi all, just updating progress on head job lols, all shims moved measured moved and re measured, all valve clearances within 0.02mm, altho i do have 1 exhaust valve at 0.33 wich i think is still to big also, if any one can help maybe, has anybody got a couple of shims i could buy, i need 1 @ 2.35mm and ill remeasure the other tommorro, and update again My local subaru dealer cannot and will not supply shims for my heads without a vehicle vin code to match them ... grrr fustrating. Be ok if i actually had a genuine v4 sti lols, till tomorro, boosted, 8)

Yeeha,, measurements nw takn,, 2.25mm shim, x1 required then its boost tym,, ;D ;D

Yup i realise tht, and just waiting on new digital verniers to measure valve to inside buckt clearance , have measured cam to bucket allready,, jst need to add the two together and wullah, minus .25 clearance for exhaust, wld that b about right?.

lol, Think the last owner had engine rebuilt by monkeys, They forgot to put a shim under 1 exhaust valve, and didnt put valve keepers on properly on another, i have retrieved 1 shim from the sump but cannot find the other, so my guess is, its been overlooked at rebuild assembly stage does any one have some or know where i can order some,, subaru in taranaki seem to have no clue on finding the correct part for me cheers boosted.

All good, just doin my home work, ;D,,, everyone\'s help is much appreciated, thank you all. Now to order shims,, till next tym. remember, a person who never makes a mistake, has never built anything, chur people boosted

Was just trying to work out if i had a "mongrel" head on my hands, if you knw what i mean, Lyk a head with possibly different or wrong valves in it , or camshafts in wrong head set up, sucks ther is no part or id numbers on them to easily distinguish them apart, i might just have to bite the bullet and keep these ones aside if i cannot work them out, Ive had a few subarus now but likewise ive never seen these heads before,ive even done a bg5 conversion with v2 sti heads and there nothin like this either ,,,,,,,maybe easier to buy a set of sti heads that are genuine to their name off someone reputable.

Certainly do,, cheers for the info guys, and thanks for the fix up,, i couldnt work it out,, pfft beginners ae, lols. Also any one know the best place to get underbucket shims from,? ;D

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These heads look just the same in the camshaft area as mine,,,,,so my valves are older still huh?..sorry about lack of photos, i dont knw how to post them up lol, ive tried but its just not happening lols rocker covers are dead smooth on the outside,.. no ribbing on them or anything..hope this helps at all... cheers

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone knows how to identify heads, i have a 1996 gf8 wrx. my heads have under bucket shims, and two lines through cam shaft stampings, 1 line thru the middle and 1 line towards the end. the valve faces have EH and IH on them. basically wanting to know what version they may be, (sti, standard, etc) long story short, brought the vehicle, old owner had motor recond (bottom end) and had heads put on that he knows nothing about.. any help would be greatly appreciated. cheers boosted