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09-23-2009, 11:29 PM | #101 |
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Anything I can do to help you, RaceFace.
patrickcycleshop - Yes, basically the whole rotating assembly was new other than the crank: rods, pistons, pins. I don't know remember what bolts were used. I don't think they were anything special like ARP. Pat
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09-24-2009, 03:59 PM | #102 |
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sorry to hear that Pat. but hey, at least you can salvage a number of components from the engine so its not a complete loss.
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10-03-2009, 09:17 AM | #103 |
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10-03-2009, 11:31 AM | #104 |
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I'm not sure what you want me to elaborate on.
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10-05-2009, 06:53 PM | #105 |
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Hey Pat, I remember you when you here with us in HIIC. How have you been? I currently have the DOHC heads on a 2006 block in my 1998 2.5RS. This was done by Ryan at Vakamon/R&D. I don't know what the numbers are, but it feels really good compared to my friend's SOHC.
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10-06-2009, 05:29 AM | #106 | |
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Also did you get a chance to disassemble the block to see what failed? |
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10-06-2009, 12:00 PM | #107 |
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The rods were from Oliver, obtained thru TWE. I was under the impression when I got them that they were a set Tom had had made and didn't use for some other project. ACL bearings. I don't think any machining was done on the crank, but it may have needed some cleaning up. I'd have to try to find the machine shop receipts to figure it out, it's been too long for me to remember.
Engine is still in the car, so no diagnosis yet. Pat |
11-07-2009, 11:09 PM | #108 |
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Having made zero progress in the month and half since the engine failed, I elected to take the car back to PIA and have them fix it while I'm out at sea for the next few weeks. The bad engine is still in the car, and I brought them the old JDM shortblock that was in my garage. First preference is to fix the bad shortblock in the car, but if that proves to be too big a job, they'll just use the old JDM shortblock.
One little "fix" they'll be doing is installing an STI dipstick. Because the turbo cars have the cutout in the pan to fit the different exhaust header configuration, the oil level in the pan is higher when using the same amount of oil. So, if you put an STI dipstick in the N/A oil pan, you get an extra quart or so of oil in the sump. The guys at PIA think some of the rod bearing issues are related to basically pumping the pan dry with extended high RPM running; if I had been watching my oil pressure gauge during the dyno pulls I probably would be able to confirm whether that was the case or not. Anyway, running an extra quart would give that much more capacity to hopefully prevent pumping the sump dry. (Of course, I could just keep my stock dipstick and add an extra quart, but it seems a more elegant solution to use the STI dipstick so the FULL mark is where I actually want it to be. ) Pat |
11-08-2009, 10:55 PM | #109 |
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Pat,
What are you running for an oil pump? I've been running the 10mm one on my cars for a while now. I don't know if it makes a difference since I don't have a gauge but figure if it's good enough for a 2.0l WRX making the same power as my NA engine, it's good enough for me. |
11-08-2009, 11:07 PM | #110 |
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That's what I've got as well. From what I can see, at least from '97-on, the DOHC engines all came with 10mm pumps.
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11-09-2009, 07:07 PM | #111 | |
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All my SOHC Ej25's have had 9mm pumps stock. |
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11-09-2009, 11:16 PM | #112 |
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Hey, Pat...been what, I suppose a year of so since I bought your heads....
RE: the oil pump size, the 98 RS oem engine comes with a 10Mm pump and the one that was in mine when I bought it had a 10MM (used it on the SOHC/DOHC engine I built) but it was a salvage replacement a prior owner had put in so have no idea what it was out of originally. As a minimum, I'd say the RS engines had 10mm and since i doubt that the salvage engine in the one I had was originally from an RS obviously other models come with the 10Mm as well...about all I can offer on that topic... BTW, sorry to hear about the bottom end. I traded my RS last spring for an 02 REX wagon and now have at Stg2 +...re: RPM, i don't run it hard except for logging pulls for my remote tuner but fuel cut /redline on it with a stock block/turbo/injectors (98%+ idc) is about 7150.. I don't know what kind of power you were looking at but I'm pushing in the 235 WHP range so I wouldn't think your 10MM pump would be the weak link there....I guess it doesn't really matter, at this point, since will all have to come apart and be checked. Les Moberly, MO |
11-17-2009, 06:26 PM | #113 |
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I have not logged in for a long time and I wanted to say I know how you feel.
A while back I built a 2.5 frankenmotor with a phase 2 block, phase 1 heads, turbo water pump + cooler, 2.2 side exit engine harness and 91 legacy ECU. Long story short it had this strange "instant overheat" issue causing it to damage multiple bearings (ill post a video of it someday lol) So just this last week I took the short block from a 98rs. The car was running great with only a slight headgasket leak. I had the heads from the above mentioned engine decked and proceeded to reinstall everything. It ran/still runs fine but the engine has a loud rattling noise but only on acceleration when warm. I narrowed it down to cylinder three by removing the injector plug so it leads me to think its some type of rod bearing failure even though it doesn't make the normal rod knock sound. This was after having cylinder three's front exhaust valve melt THREE times on the 2.2 X_X The good news I have is that I installed a 4.44 final drive transmission and the car feels freaking awesome! Good luck man. If you don't give up then neither will I I am honestly shocked that you are able to run the thinner gasket with those "phase 1" pistons. They protrude above the block and I have experienced first hand when the pistons touch the head when using the thin gaskets. Its not enough to cause damage but it kinda sounds like rod knock. The gasket type or head type does not directly relate to the block phase. There are factory phase 2 block dohc cars. The small bearing 2.5na rods and the large bearing 2.5 rods are the exact same length from the centerline of the lower bearing to the wrist pin. The block width of the 2.5na phase 1 and phase 2 are the same. The different gasket thickness is meant for either pistons that clear the deck or pistons that are level with the deck. Now heres the strange thing. I though with my second 2.5 I'd be building a stock 2.5na longblock. It had the "phase 1" dished pistons, dohc heads originally and thick HG. However when switching the plastic plate on the back of the engine with my metal one I noticed it had eight mounting holes! Now either this was a rare RS that got an Outback style phase 2 dohc engine from the factory (I have never heard of this) or the engine overheated so bad in the past that another shortblock was installed. Either way this ****s me up because I'm not 100% sure on which rod bearings to order. I'd assume that its a phase two crank so I need the standard rod bearing. I think I said this in another thread but I wanted to mention that a phase 2 2.5 crank has both thrust bearing surfaces. With only a polish to the bearing surface a phase 2 crank could work in a phase 1 block OR you could convert it to use a double thrust setup (i love the idea of overkill) Last edited by ciper; 11-17-2009 at 06:40 PM. |
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08-29-2015, 08:27 PM | #115 |
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I'm selling off my old ported heads and the reground cams. They haven't been used since the engine spun a bearing in 2009. Check the private engine/power/exhaust classifieds.
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