Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

Ouch. 6G's on car repairs. On the engine, on top of that. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Seized, huh?

Clogged oil ports? dirt/grit? Nasty. :sweat:

Yeah, I was never a fan of turbos... Always thought they put a lotta stress on engine mechanicals... But that's just me.

lol you must never seen Subaru's at work.

I don't know how in the hell he killed his engine but having said that the EJ22T is still one of the strongest engine blocks Subaru makes to date

If you can blow that then you are a hard driver.

niko2x wrote:don't feel bad, bm. this weekend, i was dinking with a tuner (car tuner) friend of mine and his 2002 WRX's engine siezed on him, and its gonna cost him just north of $6000! I was like 'dude, did you just drive the hell out of it? " and he says that he USUSALLY drives the crap out of it. (drives like a maniac, tries do drift a lot, etc. what do you expect from a car that has a turbo as standard? :beaten: ), but when his car crapped on him, it was just during the morning commute.

His wife is not too happy with that car because he had bought it as a "family car/station wagon" when she was in japan visiting families for a couple of months a couple yrs ago. she can care less if that car is gotten rid of and for him to get another car, but he has spend a lot of $$$ tuning that wrx.

Did he run out of oil? Subaru's tend to use alot of oil at high rpm's
and the engine price sounds normal.


The best part about Subaru is I can pick any engine from any model and it works in my car :D just need the ECU from the Doner car & the pinouts for it.

Given my impreza weighs about 1600 Lbs it feels quicker in turning then the Wrx. Also it's not as fat as the newer models. Speaking of that a few people have done RHD swaps and JDM swaps. but most of those places don't do smog checks.

heck when I do swap my engine I might give it to some person wanting to build a homemade airplane, lol people would be all over the engine :)b

SubaruWRX wrote:the EJ22T is still one of the strongest engine blocks Subaru makes to date

Yet the guy seized his engine.

Strong or no, if he sucked in any crap into the combustion chamber or lost lubrication at a crucial time, that's it...

I'm not doubting the longevity or durability of the block, but they're not perfect... Nobody's is.

I bet he ran out of oil.

and his engine is not a EJ22T lol

his is a EJ20. 20 being 2.0 liters

SubaruWRX wrote:I bet he ran out of oil.

Most likely.

That would make a high revving, turbo engine seize pretty quickly, I think. :sweat:

Ouch.

bmwracer wrote:
Most likely.

That would make a high revving, turbo engine seize pretty quickly, I think. :sweat:

Ouch.

i think so as well :P

speaking of that I have to check my own oil.. Not sure if I want to drive to New York to pick up my cousin and his wife.. I mean the airport is only 28 miles away, but with traffic it can take an hour.

SubaruWRX wrote:i think so as well :P

speaking of that I have to check my own oil..

Do you gotta change the oil more often because of the turbo or is there a separate oil thingy for the turbo?

Those turbos turn oil into soup, ne?

Not sure if I want to drive to New York to pick up my cousin and his wife..

Be a good guy and do it.

But no drifting with passengers. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Be a good guy and do it.

But no drifting with passengers. :hehe:

Lol I will try and not to scare them ;)

bmwracer wrote:

Do you gotta change the oil more often because of the turbo or is there a separate oil thingy for the turbo?

Those turbos turn oil into soup, ne?

it's the same oil used for the car, and no lol the oil does not turn to soup Subaru has it so after a long drive no need to have the car idle for 2 min or so, you can just shut it off.

Got my car back today, yet there's no joy or comfort in it.

it's fixed?

SubaruWRX wrote:it's fixed?

It better be for $4500. :grumble:

How were you getting around prior?
Rent a car?

seems like they fixed it same day, no?

SubaruWRX wrote:seems like they fixed it same day, no?

Took 'em two days to get the parts, 1-1/2 days for the repair.

Pretty quick, nontheless. :)

ahochaude wrote:Pretty quick, nontheless. :)

I agree!

ahochaude wrote:How were you getting around prior?
Rent a car?

There's an Enterprise Rent-A-Car inside the dealership.

Along with a Starbuck's-like coffee shop, viewing room with multiple plasma TVs, and Wi-Fi connected PCs...

bmwracer wrote:
There's an Enterprise Rent-A-Car inside the dealership.

Along with a Starbuck's-like coffee shop, viewing room with multiple plasma TVs, and Wi-Fi connected PCs...

Wow. High tech huh?

The ones I've been to down here, well let's just say that I can sit on the bench outside or in the dirty chairs in the hole in the wall that they call a waiting room.

until youve mastered the rear wheel drift, you ez da man.
until youve mastered the front wheel drift you r a god of the streets