Oh hai again! I'll be keeping an eye on the build, and as I said on TCL I'm really looking forward to the end result!

 

right on. cool to see crossover sf.org/TCL guys.

 

Sweet!

8.5:1, eh? That's higher than stock STi and WRX, isn't it?

Stan

 

yes, i believe stock sti is 8.1:1 and wrx/forester is 8.4:1 so it is a very small increase from my last motor. i got a screaming deal on the engine. built by rob's machine shop in northern california.

 

So excuse me if I'm being a little ignorant here... Why not go built short block and keep ur heads so you don't have to swap the wiring harness? Does the STI run seq valve timing also like the FXT does?

 

the engine i bought didnt even come with a harness. i swapped over my top feed TGVs and fuel rails and my entire stock harness. i got a screaming deal on this engine.

and a little update...pics will follow, but last night, after a few weeks of hard work, we finally turned the key, and it started up on the very first crank. hopefully getting tuned tomorrow!

 

Sounds like fun to do by the way...

 

the swap is finally complete. my car is currently tuned (open source) for a very healthy 23 psi on my 18G turbo and the car pulls like mad. here are some decent pictures from this afternoon:

 

Just curious, but did you delete the whole secondary air injection system and the codes?

 

yes

 

Awesome. Good job man!

 

thanks. she's still running your seats

 

What turbo inlet do you have? also can you take a picture of it connected to your 18G.

 

so would you be able to tell me if a 2006 2.5 liter forester with the v-25 heads and motor will work in im 2003 forester