Recent content by DaveDreads

It's going to Ryan's garage I'm not touching the it without supervision and a garage full of tools and knowledge, f*cking thing will fall to bits out of spite because it's sat there for years, that car has moods and can fight you if it doesn't feel like being worked on. I can pikey the Golf...

Well thank for pissing on my chips and sewing doubt in my mind.

People selling dodgy engines don't do it from their home address.

Yep top bloke, I'll definitely be buying off him again.

I reconsidered... I look forward to terrorising you all on track next year Just got back from picking it up

I dismissed that because (200psi) typed on an ad isn't proof of a strong engine. But if you all know him I might reconsider.

It runs fine, it just has 130psi compression on three cylinders, 90psi on the other, it misfires and cuts out randomly, too many problems to bother fixing all at once, easier to just swap the engine & loom get it mot'd and see how it goes.

My plan was to get it back on track with an engine swap, then take mine apart and get it rebuilt over a year or two so I don't miss the money, then drop it back in new and improved.

That could be a Pandora's box of expensive problems, it could need everything, cheaper to wait for a good one and just swap it over a weekend with new belts and dephaser.

I doin't want to be a FB messer, or deal with people's attitudes when they get arsey about it, I'll just wait until the right one comes along.

Cheers for thinking of us mate. What I'm finding is there's loads for sale ranging from £250-£1000, they all say "good" or "strong" engine, "pulls well" "got vids of it running" I've got vids of mine running a pulling well but it's still f*cked, none of them come with a compression test or any...

Easily 15 years ago, probably more.

Thank f*ck for that.

Definitely interested in both of if tests well. Where do you live? I bet it's the Highlands of Scotland knowing my luck.