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I like purple obviously. It looks really good with white also i think.

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Well heres how far the car has came engine is 99% complete just need engine mounts then i can drop it in the car. Real close to being done

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Little update. Planning on having the car uo and running next spring ready for next season. Ill be sending in the shortblock i have now to be sleeved and then back assembled. Didnt feel like pushing what i want to at that blcok as it is now

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Havnt updated the thread in awhile so here whats been going on the shortblock i built first got tore apart to send the case halves out to get closed. The new case halves just arrived today stg4 iag closed deck, pinned mains, oringed deck, 14mm headstuds etc.. Also have been gathering some other parts as in all my fuel stuff and some other little goodies. Shortblock is getting assembled next week and then possibly after i get the longblock together itll go in the car possibly. We will see.

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Time to get the shortblock assembled. Heres a list of whats in the new shortblock and whats done to it.
- Stg 4 Iag closed deck conversion
- Pinned mains
- O-ringed deck
- Manley turbo tuff i-beam rods with arp 625 rod bolts
- Manley turbo tuff extreme duty 99.75 pistons
- King rod / main bearings
- New oem 08+ Sti crank

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Longblock is assembled completely and hopefully going in the car this weekend if not next weekend. Heres a pic of the shortblock assembled and showing the orings.

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Using copper head gasket?

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Je Pro Seal headgaskets

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I don't believe that will work. That's a MLS.

An o-ring needs a maleable surface to press into. Which is a copper gasket.

You may ruin the o-ring if you use an MLS and torque it down onto that o-ring.

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You are correct it is a mls gasket yes. It accually does not ruin the o rings itself
Alot of people run mls head gaskets with o rings and is accually recommended by some of the best subaru shops in the US

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And any wire will cocentrate the clamp load making a better seal. Many people use a copper oring with an mls gasket so something deforms. The phusions are near because they have a gas filled wire already in them. The gas in the wire makes them compressible. If the head lifts the oring will be able to grow a bit and maintain seal.

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Just trying to help. Hope it works out for you. Not something I would do or suggest.

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Its been proven to work plenty of times im not to worried thanks for the suggestions !!

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Update on the Subaru, well the engine and everything is in. Waiting on a couple more small parts to come this week then it will be time to start. More updates to come after breakin.

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Started the car for the first time in 2 years and it was definitely a relief. Its 100% done and ready to rock we get it on the rollers this coming Thursday.

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Hell yea! Good luck on the dyno!

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Little update now since the car has been running. Put up on the dyno and we maxed out my single walbro 450 intank pump. Car put out just shy of 600 whp at 485 tq. The car is no were near its full potential at this power level but just cant push it more with my fuel setup. This winter i plan on adding a surge tank along with dss axles all around with a triple disk clutch. Then we should be able to make some real power.

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Ringlands in tact....tranny is holding up... Id call that some good streetable power...but if ya want more keep gunning!

David,

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Can confirm car spools very well, with insane transient response. Lol awesome sounds too.

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Damn good power! Nicely done, what are you going to push it to with a new pump?

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Dont have to worry about ringlands with a built motor lol but yes still intact. These 6 speeds in the stis are bulletproof. With the new fuel setup id like to just max out the 6062. Car is really fun on the street and hit full boost by 4500 rpm. Cant beat that.

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Havnt updated for awhile so heres a little news. Car has been running amazing with no problems and i cant say how happy i am to be able to say that lol. Made it to pg2 a couple weeks ago and got to see what it could do in the 1/4 or atleast what i can do with it. Fastest time i got was a 11.3 at 128 with not to hard of launching. Looking forward to making more passes by the end of the season with a goal to get a 10sec pass.

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Congrats!

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New seats finally arrived. Getting ready to be installed and also getting the car prepped for Rock Falls Oct 22.

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Nice! Those are actually pretty comfy with the padding

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For sure the seat covers make a huge difference

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Hell yeah hope your going to try and win some money at Rock Falls on the 22nd!!!!!!

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Im gonna try my best to lol !! My main focus is to get a solid pass in first haha

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Well Rock Falls did not go as planned they didnt start running cars till about 3ish in the afternoon because of a wet track. They got one lane open and thats what we ran all day got 2 runs in with the first one being 11.5 @137mph then the second run 11.0 @135mph. 60' were terrible and not my best thats for sure, trap speed is there just need some work on getting my launches down.

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Wow 137 is moving good. And half second quicker at 135, lots of time left on the table. Very fast car for sure! Good luck next season, or this season if you’re lucky on weather I guess. Congrats!

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Thank you its not the 10 i wanted to end the season with, but ill take it i guess for it being only my second time at the track ever. Im calling it a season and car is going to be put away and start a small teardown for a couple upgrades then looking to come out swinging next year. Goal next year is to get in the 9s so i have some work to do !!

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Reversed intake manifold and also getting a bunch of stuff fabbed up. 2018 prep is in full force

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Had to give the girl some sunlight today since I had to roll it out of the garage to start assembling the gf dsm. Got my small brake kit installed also. Summer cant come soon enough im sick of this cold already

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Did you move?

What upgrades are you doing for 2018?

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No i didnt move im still in Blaine. For 2018 i would like to get a cage in the car, some shorter route ic piping fabbed up, fuel system, triple disk, axles/driveshaft, and thats most likely it for now ill try to knock that list out first lol

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Car is looking really nice and that is a nice list of mods for the winter you wanna do. Turning it into a pretty serious race car!

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Thank you !! And yes car is mostly going to be a dedicated track car now for the most part but will be driven on the street for a little mexico fun !!

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Car looks great! Love to see fellow engine builders doing work.

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Thank you !! Hoping to put it to work this coming season, I am pretty excited