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Good luck with the rebuild

All back together, went with a killer b oil setup, hopefully the extra capacity and better pan design keep me from starving again.

Making a firewall at the moment and dropping the engine down 1-2”









Also getting closer to finishing the 2.5 engine I’m building for it. Still hoping for 450whp, but even 400 is going to scare me.

If you're dropping the engine down watch out for that nice oil pan you have there

Actually the oil pan doesn’t fit! I’m cutting the mount and dropping the entire thing down.



Here is the new motor:
2.5 block with darton sleeves
Je fsr pistons, 9:1 compression
Manley h tuff rods
King race bearings
Arp case bolts
Arp 625+ head studs
12mm oil pump
Stock 08 sti heads
Stock 205 cams
Brian Crower pulleys (still need to index them)
Killer b pan, pickup, and windage tray
Ej253 big manifold
AMR 490 turbo (for now)
ID 1300cc injectors
Microsquirt 3 ecu

Is your IAT sensor in the intake manifold? After the TB ? Hmmm......On most builds I see them in the intake tube/plumbing before the TB. Just wondering if you've seen any heat soak with it there ?

Good question, I haven’t run this engine before so I don’t know. I never thought about that actually. Maybe I’ll have to move it.

Where is it in your old set up ?

maurice wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:01 pm Good question, I haven’t run this engine before so I don’t know. I never thought about that actually. Maybe I’ll have to move it.

Old setup doesn’t have one. I use a Subaru ecu on the old one. This one I’m going with a megasquirt setup

That's what I'm running also

maurice wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:20 pm Old setup doesn’t have one. I use a Subaru ecu on the old one. This one I’m going with a megasquirt setup

Dropping the engine 1.5” and making a firewall

Exciting project. I saw this the other day, it was a super beetle but still some good ideas in there with his layout:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xyE8oU-s4c

Yeah that thing is amazing. So much detail in that build