I have an insane method for making a Subaru that won't blow up..... Buy a Toyota instead. There saved you thousands of dollars.

ANYWAY = GREAT car and video = SUBARU more smiles per miles ! thanks to everyone ! = 68yo subbie hot rodder . RA block has like 5/8th inch thick walled cylinders !

Any update?

Congrats on swap! The 207 is only direct swap for 02-05 wrx. The 06/07 use 32bit dbw.

I have 2 hatch backs. 2006 wrx ej255 and 2008 wrx ej255. What motor would you suggest for both cars. Stick with the same ej255 or maybe go ej207.

The only oil leak that is normal across all the ej models in the ej207 is the valve cover, so all that other stuff u talking about i dont know where you get that info from!

I straight dropped a Ej207 v8 into my 2003 Wrx automatic kept the usdm ecu "could have kept the jdm ecu and utilized the dual avcs." No mods or wiring changes needed, just unplugged the avcs plugs and got tuned. Runs amazing.

The ej257 is succeeded by the fa series not the fb

People having a crack at this bloke video and most of them have no idea what there talking about.

The biggest problem by far is the 2.5L head gaskets, they fail even in standard engines

should've credited the video

Pretty crap video for sure

Not a good video tbh. Its all been said with far more accuracy a million times before.

Them issues on a subaru about oil leaks and oil consumption is utter horse shit, if an engine is built properly it shouldn’t leak oil. I have a gc8 running a ej207 2.1 stroker at 554bhp and doesn’t leak or use any oil 😊

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where do i get that gc8 six gauge. at 3:38

Subaru have a good car they just need that magic driver

"Promosm"

The 257 will make too much torque for the standard WRX drivetrain, even with PPG gears it will still bust the differentials

I highly suggest before stating an engine design has “oil leaks” “burns oil” in general, that you provide a more detailed explanation of where is prone to the oil leak developing, and the cause. Otherwise it is a very vague misleading projection. I think if you dove into detail on WHY they burn oil, or WHERE they a prone to leaking, it would have made the video even better 👌🏼

Killer video man, I bought an 02 wrx shell and might buy an ej205 soon, I don’t have much of a budget to work with so I’m going second hand. Only want to aim for 350hp reliably but would love 400awhp. What would you recommend I do before I put the engine in? Just the things you mentioned or anything else or less?

i would love an IAG 2.7 long top series engine ! but = so i brought a brand new EJ207 RA STI JDM - short block virgin in a cardboard box from japan - then spent big dollars on HEADS = ej205 non avcs - brian crower s/s valves - springs - bronze guides special seats and top guide seals ! $12,000 + and counting = just done 6,550 klm running in .

Thanks for the effort in putting this retrospective together. As a person who was there through the 80s actively spectating and following the sport, I wouldn't agree that many top drivers of the time were 'scared' of the cars - if you have ever followed Ari Vatenan's career the man was a legend, balls of steel in a rear wheel drive car like the Ford Escort Mk2 and Open Manta - mud, rain, snow and superhuman on dry tarmac. His co-drivers were sometimes scared, offering a prayer during the stage when things got hairy... like on the Isle of man when he clipped a gate post at +100MPH with a significant drop to the side of the road. Tony Pond also who was the development driver for Austin Rover during the design and testing of the 6R4 - such power in a small, light frame - it was a struggle to get down on the road even with 4-wheel drive and not many managed to run a 6R4 on full boost in a national event except Tony Pond... but I would not have said he was scared of the car. Respectful of it would be a better word. Tony Pond had previously driven the V8 RWD Rover Vitesse - a car I drove at pace (for a living) with around 300 BHP through the rear wheels (in my case), it was a handful in bad wether conditions - spinning its wheels in 3rd gear if you were not careful coming out of a fast bend with a little camber. I could mention others - Jimmy McCrae (also a Manta / 6R4 driver) and his son Colin McCrae - never displayed any fear that I witnessed. I think the truth was that many of the top seeds were increasingly concerned about bad spectator behaviour, particularly in the Southern European countries - Italy, Spain, Crete, Greece where there was virtually no crowd control or safety zones / barriers defined such as the exit to a fast bend. It was an accident waiting to happen and as you stated, in some cases was seen as a badge of honour by the reckless few who tried to touch the cars (INSANE MANIACS would be a good description for them, not motorsport fans). This did NOT happen in England, Ireland, Scotland, Finland by and large where there was more often than not experienced marshalling from local rally and hill climb clubs and a higher degree of stage planning and access restrictions - such as tricky parts of the Welsh Forest on the RAC - fans were not allowed / could not get to these. In addition, it's fair to say that there were growing concerns from the drivers (and marshalls / motoring journalists) in 1985 concerning the Group B car designs - not so much about the BHP of the engines as the fact that the Peugeot and Lancia S4 (others followed) were practically kit cars - a light sub frame, big turbo (lots of heat / glowing manifolds), fibre glass body and a largely unprotected fuel tank - basically a bomb travelling at extreme speeds on poor surfaces and in poor conditions. This is what they were upset about and the late Henri Toivonen and his co driver Sergio Cresto's manor of death in 1986 finally provided the evidence - the car exploded and was consumed by an intense fire in seconds... there was nothing resembling a vehicle left of it. Which is not to disrespect the killed and injured spectators on various rally's of the period, although as I have suggested, I believe that this was a planning, safety and marshalling issue on behalf of the event organisers and host country... not the car or drivers fault. And we know this is true because the Group B cars lived on for a decade afterwards in hill climbs, local and national open events - many 6R4s and RS200's were run in the United Kingdom and Ireland after 1986, largely without spectator incident.

"Group B was for men" tell that to Michele Mouton

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Look forward to seeing how this turns out. 👍

Excellent video🎯🎯💯🚘. Btw... you pronounced "Didier Auriol" perfectly, just to put your mind at rest. I find your narration well executed yet relaxing. It's funny how 80s, 90s & and early 00s WRC is far more interesting than the current super-mini-type, overly highly revving engines that we see today. Liked 👍🏻 & subscribed & looking 4ward to future releases. From Paul, London England. Cheers buddy

Am sure the content is interesting but the Cheech & Chong style commentary is a big no-no

Having a 240 on thumbnail that says 5k is ridiculous. Not watching just commenting. Just a shell cost more than that now

Awesome vid on the Subaru WRC program, i was a huge Makinen fanboy but i did like the guys over at Subaru aswell

its too obvius that you are reading a script maybe making it less obvius and having a more relax mood might make the video 10 times better for example sitting down while talking using more body language hand gestures etc. hope you will be a great youtuber hang in there

I would recommend you do the math on how much synthetic fuel we would need. Porsche is talking about 1 billion litres produced in 2026. The world uses 1.88 billion gallons of gas PER DAY. Synthetic fuel is at best a stop gap measure for high end and expensive vehicles. The fuel may be carbon neutral but, you still need to burn oil in the engine for lubrication! Everyone forgets about that.

Really helpful bro

Good informative video. Maybe could use some royalty free music in the background too. c:

Economic Grouwth!

Very good and informative video!

Great job

Hope this was a free car, because the money and time to repair it will be as much as buying an intact used one. But what will be worth it is the knowledge gained by putting it back together.

You forgot the celica gt four st205 and Mitsubishi 3000gt and the fto and Nissan 300zx…!

Retu and the best of possible team in my own time and a little better than the last few months and the best in the morning and I will be not bed for a few other hours so I have been thinking 💭 on Thursday as well and I

That’s really nice can you send me your location or contact number because I wanna build same car ☺️

If anyone would like anymore skyline how to's leave a comment!! we can co ordinate another DIY

we would love to hear what people may like too see! our current plan is Shop Builds, How - to's Racing Car events