STI V3 Tappet Covers.. Ribbed?

[Guest]

Hey guys,

I am looking at a v3 sti and it all seems pretty good, but I thought there tappet covers were smooth on the outside, this one had the ones that are half ribbved, bottom half smooth, does this mean it may not have the inner shim and good heads?

Cheers

[Optical]

Yeah that's not V3 sti

[smokn4]

sounds like what mine look like, mine are V1 wrx heads

[ReubenH]

Somebody's playing silly buggers. Got a number plate or pictures of the car?

I can tell you exactly what the car SHOULD be if you give us a plate.

[marc]

ribbed is not v3 sti. v3 sti is full smooth. getting ripped i think m8

[Guest boostin]

Are V3 WRX smooth also?? Or ribbed??

[Guest vf20/21bg5]

...while we are on this topic,i have non sti v5 heads and have to buy some for my engine build soon,does anyone have pictures of what the tappet covers are i need as the wreckers have a whole lot sitting thr and the reason they are so cheap is cause they arnt labled lol silly buggers. Or will my 96 bg5 tt covers fit or will thy be missing a center bolt or 2?

[Guest]

The car is deffinatly without a doubt a v3 sti, applied code gc8d4ed, I have owned the same but non sti so know abit about them, but when I saw the ribbed tappet covers I was surprised! Has vf23 turbo and everything else it should from appearance, pitty I can not see internals, my guess is engine replacement maybe? But the thing is it has the sound of non-hydrolic lifters, the way it should sound, car gunna be less than 3.5grand so maybe thinking of getting it anyway, what do people think?

[Guest]

 boostin said:

Are V3 WRX smooth also?? Or ribbed??

Yea man V3 WRX are full smooth also, with a vf22 usually too!

[Guest]

 CP93MM said:

...while we are on this topic,i have non sti v5 heads and have to buy some for my engine build soon,does anyone have pictures of what the tappet covers are i need as the wreckers have a whole lot sitting thr and the reason they are so cheap is cause they arnt labled lol silly buggers. Or will my 96 bg5 tt covers fit or will thy be missing a center bolt or 2?

Same as v3-v6 wrx's/sti's I think the tt covers will be missing two bolt holes and have the extra holes for the individual coil packs aye

[ReubenH]

The VF22 powered V3 rex's are actually EJ20K's also. It's the auto's and wagons, that run the TD-04's and EJ20G's that would be the best candidate. But to my knowledge, they are smooth. A bit like the two versions of the EJ20H in the legacy's. 93-96 ribbed, 96-98 smooth.

Also post plates. Doesn't hurt to get a second opinion.

My guess is, it is an STi as you said. The V3/4's are prone to beb failure (96-98 was a bad year, in both camps). It probably died, and got fixed on the cheap with a bloody V1/2 long block.

I wouldn't touch it unless you were planning on selling the engine to the scrappies and building a new one from scratch.

[Guest]

Do you know if there is another way to SEE if the engine is an ej20k other than the tappet covers?

Other than yellow top injectors and all the other obvious stuff.

Cheers

[ReubenH]

No, i'm afraid. They should to my knowledge look exactly the same (V3 WRX EJ20G/EJ20K). If it has the ribbed covers, it is most cetainly not an EJ20K. (Unless someone put ribbed covers on the sti engine. Chances of that are sliiiimmmm).

One difference between V3 WRX EJ20G and EJ20K (STi's all get the K's) is the grey/vs yellow injectors, but these would have been swapped.

You can ask a dealership what the numbers on the block come up as...

[Guest]

Aw yeah, is a repo at an auction tonight, only was aloud to look at it on monday, should of got onto it lastnight and checked them numbers lastnight. Owell I am off to see its auction now!

[Ryan]

How did you get on?

[Guest]

Went for about 4.8grand aye, wasnt looking at going over 4grand, all good though!

[Guest boostin]

 ReubenH said:

You can ask a dealership what the numbers on the block come up as...

No you can't. The engine numbers usually aren't recorded, and then its usually just a serial number with nothing to tie it back to what series it is.

[ReubenH]

 boostin']

[quote name='ReubenH said:

You can ask a dealership what the numbers on the block come up as...

/quote]

No you can't. The engine numbers usually aren't recorded, and then its usually just a serial number with nothing to tie it back to what series it is.

Gay. Oh well.