Subject	Built motor question. Worth a shot
Posted by	BigTDogg (MA) on September 12, 2014 at 10:35 AM
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Message	So while this is NZR, this place has some of the smartest car people I've ever known, so I figured I'd ask here. My Subie's #1 ringland blew out. Leakdown is at like 85% in 5 seconds, so I need a rebuild. The cost difference between a new Subaru shortblock and a rebuilt one with Wiseco pistons is negligible. My question is reliability. I won't be really going balls out with this engine, as it's my DD, but I don't want to blow another ringland either. Could partially be due to age (167K miles) or bad fuel or a marginal tune. Whatever the reason, I don't want to do it again. I know forged pistons are stronger, duh. But is the piston slap something to be concerned about with an aluminum block? Generally speaking, would I be able to get 50K out of the engine before it drank oil like an Irish sailor? Thanks in advance. Oh, and to keep it Z related... One company you should never buy from Z32 Enthusiast Group On FB "Taking a pole =/= taking a poll" - ConVerTT 01:19:29 04/15/14 "I was way more timid then than I am now about getting in there and yanking on things." - TT XTZ 13:30:34 07/25/05 "...Downpipes own. I love them...I shall name my first-born after them with glee..." - SeedyRom 05:13:20 10/03/02 "Just ran out to get some knee pads. I'm ready now... BRING.....IT.....ON... :-) " - Dave N 19:04:30 10/31/07 "Either ignore him or beat him up. Anything else will be over his head." - Marshall 12:28:23 08/18/04 "I hope you get fucked in the ass with a pringles can." - ni[X]it 14:53:53 02/02/06 "I'm glad I have the MSP mani's." - jschrauwen 22:20:13 06/10/08 "i love the cock" - genic 22:20:47 09/25/03 z32baby: yeah, my memory sucks balls DJ Juiced: What's your memory doing this friday night? ;) "i've got to the point where i can drive the Z at its limits and i want more" - shadowZ 16:29:56 08/31/04
Follow Ups	Built motor question. Worth a shot - BigTDogg (MA) 10:35:06 09/12/14 I can't tell from the picture - ZXRider 10:44:51 09/12/14 2005 Legacy GT Wagon, 5-sp, one of 926 made. - BigTDogg (MA) 11:00:02 09/12/14 FFS, your daily driver is cleaner than my Z!! - spicyZ 14:52:49 09/12/14 call these guys - guineaG60 19:38:22 09/13/14 Maybe your Z is filthy because she gets driven??? - BigTDogg (MA) 23:14:09 09/15/14 nice! I need a DD like that (n/m) - aliaZ 15:14:03 09/13/14 Good luck, they only made it in 2005, and the Outback XT I - BigTDogg (MA) 11:06:22 09/14/14 agreed - aliaZ 11:20:37 09/14/14 Nice, I was very close to picking up a local Outback XT - TriniTT 13:49:36 09/15/14 Lots of friends in the subie world with ring land issues. - J-Mart 10:57:05 09/12/14 If you go built just be careful with how you have the block - zxtuner161 11:05:08 09/12/14 Why the fmic? (n/m) - TriniTT 11:09:38 09/12/14 Because on the tmic after a few pulls it would heatsoak - zxtuner161 11:21:49 09/12/14 Yep, the FMIC is very popular in Subieland - BigTDogg (MA) 11:48:39 09/12/14 meh, flogged mine with a TMIC all day around the track - zgene4 17:44:53 09/12/14 AVO? Perrin? Process West? (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 10:50:34 09/14/14 OG Perrin (n/m) - zgene4 12:47:18 09/14/14 If they machine it properly - -Grimm- 11:12:56 09/12/14 Re: Built motor question. Worth a shot - agent4573 12:09:49 09/12/14 Thanks! (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 12:18:49 09/12/14 Compared to the Z, subies are a piece of cake to work on - s3trios 12:35:17 09/12/14 Those aren't so bad. - BlackholeZ 13:26:36 09/12/14 >>>> - ztunerz 16:34:05 09/12/14 More important Q. - Boosted1 17:40:47 09/12/14 ZCON last year (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 22:01:51 09/13/14 Sucks. New owner of my LGT popped the motor 2mos - zgene4 17:46:54 09/12/14 You sold your LGT? (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 22:00:16 09/13/14 LOL, yeah, last fall. I caused last winter, predicted it - zgene4 12:49:30 09/14/14 Haha, sucks to be you! Sold a winter beast before a monster - BigTDogg (MA) 20:09:43 09/14/14 I lurk there, selling winter tires in the classifieds - zgene4 20:19:25 09/14/14 Nice DD - WhiTTe Z (NY) 20:31:00 09/13/14 Thanks to everyone for the input, I'm going forged - BigTDogg (MA) 19:26:36 09/14/14 Time for an EG33-TT or EZ36-TT swap! (n/m) - bartz32tt 23:11:51 09/13/14 Do you have any bolt on mods on your subi (n/m) - TTZ2NV(EPTmotorsports) 03:44:55 09/14/14 A say what now? Is that the H6 engine? Yes please! (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 22:52:25 09/14/14 Sure is! - bartz32tt 00:24:17 09/15/14 Build with internals... - 96300NAZ 06:28:49 09/15/14 Wouldn't that increase oil consumption right from the start? (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 13:05:26 09/15/14 From my understanding of one theory - 96300NAZ 15:43:53 09/15/14 I'm getting the Moroso oil pick up and STI oil pump as well. (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 21:26:38 09/15/14
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