£12.5 for me... that's just fixing the c**t... could have bought an E39 M5, a nice Evo or R33 GTR for the money I spent on that...
s**t! lol scary when you look at things in those terms, suppose at the time though it don't seem like your spending that cash!
Still worth it though
thing is tho john...how much in labour?? lol
like iv said above.....if looked after they are pretty much bullet proof.
i had the o.e engine in mine for 2 years, after the clutch went i decided to do a bit of upgrading. hehe. out came the eng/box, and in went a rebuilt meg 2.0 b/e, willy head/box, with cams, higher spec clutch etc etc etc (£2k build inc eng and box) ran this for 2 years.no trouble at all, until the kent cams exploded and wiped the top end out. so new top end fitted and has been fine ever since.....well....until the box mount snapped on way to oulton n trashed the gearbox.
in total....the cars had 2 engines, 3-4 heads, and 5 boxes in the time iv had it.
the engine out of it originally is still mint, bores etc, no real need to change it really.
the 4 heads....the oe 1, the replacement, the 1.8 head when the cams exploded, and the willy replacement
boxes...now im harsh on boxes as a few ppl will know lol. but evry box bar 1 has been an unknown 2nd hand item, max £130 purchase price. all lasted well over 6 months lol. a new un at 600 wud last well over 12 months ...hehe... the original box out of it has now gone back in. and i was runnin on that for over 2 years.
personally...iv found i tend to break most cars within a few months.....takes me at least a year between owt major in the clios. and iv had a few lol.
