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Old 10-10-2015, 05:38 PM   #645
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Originally Posted by moto-mike View Post
Good catch.

A few tidbits here as we're tearing down into a 3rd FA20 just in the last 4 weeks...

2014/07 appears to be the cutoff for when subaru had a field day and made some major changes to the FA20. Valves, valve stem seals, rocker oilers, rockers all appear to have changes right around there (though could have been in steps). We still have to measure the 3rd fa20 (15 wrx) to see where they left off there, but clearly subaru had enough reason to change around the whole head specification. While we can't speculate exactly what the reasons may be, I think it is fair to say that the later motors have had some additional input in regards to what the engineers think is a better approach.

FYI for those doing this themselves, the VIN based parts lookup is not accurate here. Valve lenghts, stem seal bore, and rocker specs need to be measured.
If anyone is curious about this, one of those is mine thanks to what appeared to possibly be oiling issues.
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