U really should read that manual before attempting it by yoursefl. All the answers are there, take the time to read and then read it twice more.

This might help u as well:
n00b questions on re-assembling my engine - NASIOC

 

What year is your car and which gasket set did you buy?

 

its a 2002 WRX and i got the gasket set from mizumoauto.
02-05 2.0L Subaru Impreza WRX Turbo Full Gasket Set: eBay Motors (item 360272478270 end time Aug-13-10 10:07:00 PDT)

thats the same thing i bought

 

dam i wish i still had my dealer log in. http://ken-gilbert.com/wrx/mans/3%20...C%20ENGINE.PDF

this is the same thing that they use at the dealership. i know i have had to print it out a few times for a few other in here shocker can back me up on that one. and like i'm slow said. reading will help you out alot. and take your time.

 

im going to read the manual before i do anything. i found some threads over on nasioc with people doing similar things so im going to use those as a reference point as well. any more suggestions?

also i kinda screwed up while i was disassembling and didnt label the silver buckets for the valves.... how bad is this?

 

For what I understand, those buckets need to go back in exactly back in the way they came out. If you try to guess, you will have a cluster fuck in your hands. I hope you can get it right and GL with your build.

 

Damm...I agree with SteelDragonSTi. The way I do it is Label a piece of cardboard and lay them out the way they came out. It might not be the end of the world. I'll get you more info.

 

Yes you are right, they are setup from the factory for each valve specifically. While to the naked eye, they look the same, they vary by a few millimeters; which can case your valves to open too much or not close fully.

Here is how you fix the issue:

NASIOC - View Single Post - So, I mixed up my buckets/shims whatever you call them.

What I do when I tear apart heads is I mark each shim with a sharpie while still on the car and then take a picture of the head with the shims still installed and then put the shims in seperate zip lock bags and label those as well.

 

thx for the info..... its looking more like i dont have a choice but to go with the professionals on this. i dont want to have a worse problem later. i was thinking of taking it all to SandR..... any suggestions comments about that?

 

+999,999,999,999,999,999

If you dont know what your doing, These blocks are far to easy to miss something or just screw up. The block halves have coolant running from each side, Spring a leak there you got coolant and oil mixing and its as easy as a little movement connecting them, Theres also a few other O-rings between the 2 halves, A miss spot of FUJI bond could ruin the day, ECT...... There are so many things that can go wrong. My advise is to spend a couple hundred bucks and have it done. And by a shop with a good Subaru REP (BIG valley is the only one I real know, Others say they can but its work so any shop will say they can). Also dont read into everyones Threads, on rs25 or Nasioc alot of them guys get issues within the break-in, Not alot of people know what they are doing with these cars. Everyone wants the D.I.Y. factor even if its far out of their abilities. It will cost you ALOT more if the future.

And Asking Subaru people if they like beer . Common these are the fine wine type of guys lol.