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Thanks, it scrubs up well just needs the front bumper spraying and a few little bits of paint to make it tidy oh and some ph1 rear lights then ill be happy :-)

Cheers It seems like its taken an absolute age to get it back on the road, but its so worth the hassle Im loving it again

Mine after its all fixed again :-)

Finally got the engine job finished off, took her for a quick blast and I must say ive missed it sooo much! Gave her a quick clean and also swaped the wheels back onto the f1s with ad08rs....

They look awesome, deffo look good in grey Reminds me so much of 90s rally style!

A very long weekend spent dropping the engine in and getting it up and running ... Only to find the radiator sprung a leak so had to drain it again ready for a new rad Still Im happy its good progress made and sounds pretty sweet running which is a big rerelief :-D

Managed to get an old bit of exhaust heatshield from a warranty job at work so thought what can I use that for .... gonna run it without the old mangled heat proofing so figured I better have something to protect the cables etc. Comments welcome :-)

Wish id have gone silver now tho looking at this!

They were done in skoda grey anthracite and only a light few coats of laquor so they do look fairly matte

Just been getting the engine ready to be dropped in and decided to paint the bulkhead as it was looking rough. Not a bad match of paint but will be doing a top coat with titanium I think

Anthracite or silver, I went for anthracite tho...

Makes me want a Trophy sooo bad!

The new engine ive got has covered 87k so not sure, it may be worth it for the sake of £25 odd then ! Cheers for your help guys

Just a few questions about fitting ARP rod bolts... Would I have to replace the bearings whilst the area is being disturbed or can I just fit the bolts and job done ? Also wheres the best place to source some if anyone has had experience with these? Sorry if its been covered a million times...

Yep, just sorn mine last month whilst swapping engines got a full 5 months refund by cheque. Its best to do it at the end of a month tho financially cuz the rob dogs only refund in full months

Nice and clean,love it! Recaro pole positions by any chance?

Looks nice, liking the last pic with the liquid yellow in it too

Finished ripping the poorly engine out of my ph1 ready to get my replacement from midge Saturday Just hope i can remember where all the s**t goes when building it back up lol

Cheers midge, replied to !

Ok cool, yeah that sounds pretty good, just desperate to get it running again as I miss driving the thing!

Nice one thanks, I will pm I think I have to be paid member to view thread ?

Just a quick question, whats the going rate for a 172/182 engine? They seem to vary quite abit some being nearly as much as a car ! Also if anyone knows of a reasonably priced one then let me know :-)

Just had a read through your thread glad to see it running again after Will deffo put some arp bolts in for piece of mind, just need to find a good engine now or donor car

Wow that is weird how its gone exactly the same way as mine ! Must be a weak point right there!? Good work getting it sorted tho your car looks mint, cant beat a clean ph1 Did you happen to find the cause of your failure btw?

Yeah true its a ph quick...well it was haha would there be any preautions youd take when fitting a new engine ie rod bolts ? would be interested to know the cause of it really

Well after just 4 laps of Donnington on friday this is how my ph1 ended up It went without any warning at all which is anoying scince ive spent a small furtune on freshening things up and the milage is only on 96k Question is do I source another engine for it or break it and buy...

Very nice that,looks good with the matt finish i guess its named after the 5 gtt raider?

Cheers, its Skoda Race blue metallic looks a bit like mondial blue on the cup i think

Got bored and decided to paint my calipers silver to tidy it up and sprayed my spare wheel to experiment with some colours as im getting the f1s blasted ...