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mostasteless · 03-25-2010, 07:07 PM

I just cracked one of the heads on my 2.5 hybrid wrx and figured wile I have the motor out it would be a good time for some forged pistons/rods

. Can anyone recommend a good shop to bore the block and blueprint? I am located in South Jersey about 5 minutes from Atco but am more than happy to go a little out of he way to be confident that the place I take it to is going to do top notch work.
Thanks

RyanG · 03-27-2010, 04:01 PM

how did you "crack" a head?

mostasteless · 03-28-2010, 02:39 PM

Did some hard driving on a cold day (playing in the snow) and everything was fine the whole time and for the ride home. The next day I started it up and it was idling rough and would stall out. pulled the intercooler and found oil in it.
The cracks go from the spark plug hole to one of the intake valves. I took a look at the other head and it also has crack coming from the spark plug hole but they don't go all the way to the valves.

Supraholic · 03-28-2010, 03:21 PM

Did you put water in the radiator?

KingKong8247 · 03-28-2010, 05:32 PM

Fonse performance in sicklerville.
http://www.fonseperformance.com/

mostasteless · 03-28-2010, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Supraholic

Did you put water in the radiator?

Nope. It's a hairline crack that wasn't visible until I hit it with magnaflux. I figure the crack likely started some time ago but didn't cause any problems until that last drastic hot/cold cycle when it made it to the valve.

03-25-2010, 07:07 PM	#1
mostasteless Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Shamong NJ Member #703 iTrader: (0)	Looking for a good machine shop I just cracked one of the heads on my 2.5 hybrid wrx and figured wile I have the motor out it would be a good time for some forged pistons/rods . Can anyone recommend a good shop to bore the block and blueprint? I am located in South Jersey about 5 minutes from Atco but am more than happy to go a little out of he way to be confident that the place I take it to is going to do top notch work. Thanks __________________ John

03-27-2010, 04:01 PM	#2
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03-28-2010, 02:39 PM	#3
mostasteless Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Shamong NJ Member #703 iTrader: (0)	Did some hard driving on a cold day (playing in the snow) and everything was fine the whole time and for the ride home. The next day I started it up and it was idling rough and would stall out. pulled the intercooler and found oil in it. The cracks go from the spark plug hole to one of the intake valves. I took a look at the other head and it also has crack coming from the spark plug hole but they don't go all the way to the valves. __________________ John

03-28-2010, 03:21 PM	#4
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