Cosworth Subaru EJ25 STi short block.
Sometimes I really hate my car and I really hate racing it. That’s what I like to tell myself anyway so that I feel a little less guilty when I’m about to stuff a miniature gold mine into my engine bay. Apparently about a month or two ago when I was at Willow Springs, I overheated so badly with the stock radiator that my heads lifted a little and I now have a permanent but slight head gasket leak. While replacing the head gasket and head studs isn’t exactly expensive if you’re just looking at the cost of parts, the labor is an arm and a leg because you have to take the engine apart.
I figured while I was at it, I’d be smart to make some upgrades to my engine seeing as how I very recently increased my power output to what I’d say is quite a ways from the factory. At first I was thinking of going with the new JE billet pistons, but unfortunately they weren’t as cheap as I originally thought they might be and then there’s the trouble of taking my block assembly to a machine shop to get worked on in anticipation of the new pistons.
By the time I finished adding everything up, I knew what I had to do. I pulled the trigger on a Cosworth short block complete with forged rods, pistons and rings, bearings, completely blue-printed! It’s plug and play, no hassles with machining and taking the risk of something going very wrong. With these sort of things I don’t like to take chances, because if anything were to go wrong, I would lose the engine in end anyway and end up paying even more than I originally would’ve.
While nothing is ever guaranteed, I like to do my best to ensure that the situation is as favorable as reasonably possible. I’d like to think that people feel the same way about websites, but I doubt it. My new short block is already at YimiSport and is awaiting my car to be dropped off next week. Wish me luck, I have exactly a month to get my car ready for Willow Springs.
