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wasnt the plan, might still not be sold, have someone looking at my other car, so il have some more room, also depends what mr hawkins says about welding tomorrow :-)

got told off for buying it lol and told to get rid of another toy if i keep this. id rather not break it up but lets see what happens in the auction lol

thats the plan, trying to persuade mr hawkins to do a spot of welding and make her solid again haha source a turbo and a slave cylinder and go from there i think, anyone got those for sale??

lol i dno, was thinking about leaving it standard, might have had a result with it tho, he said the clutch was no good, but the slave cylinder is leaking badly so im gonna go with that first

yeah the rusty one, its reli not that bad actually, tiny bit on the rear arch and 1 small hole in the sill. i have a spare scoop in the shed lol

picked up me new project today, deciding what to do with it, engine is completely standard infact only mods are suspension wheels and exhaust

porting and polishing makes a huge difference, you can unleash so much extra power just from that!!

try bob at gtir us

matt lewis whatever you call them lol they do do them i bought the kit for mine from there, oil in, water in and return pipe matey

john lewis racing, they do upgrade braided lines, thats where i got mine, have a good holiday mate??

Dangerous dave

il do a bottom end rebuild thread when the block is back, but if i was you, to save hassle in the future a top end rebuild is definately worth it.

i put some pics up the other day of the cylinder head, partly stripped, and back together, thats a pretty easy job to do, albeit pretty tedious removing 16 valves lol

lol yeah i was going to try my first rebuild on a rs turbo engine, that was the plan anyway, first rebuild turned out to be a s3 turbo engine haha, it is daunting, just remember to be methodical and remove bits slowly, i always lay things out on the bench in the order in which it came out, il be...

ok, so you know what caused the engine to fail which is always good, when do you plan on stripping it to find out the extent of the damage?

engine rebuilds are not all that difficult, but can be costly depending on what failed, i am currently rebuilding a spare i have at home, i am putting up pictures as i do it as keasty may be purchasing it for his car, so if you need any advice have a look at the thread im doing or just send me a...

firstly what failed?

i can ask my neighbour but as im just south of london he would ave to do a long drive up north to get ur car, then come all the way back down to go to bobs, im pretty sure he wont better the price youve already had if im honest.