Yeah Breadman,
It was very Cheap, Cost me £500 + £140 to get it the 300 miles back home.
There are receipt`s with plenty of work done around the car but why i can`t
understand.
I can only guess that the guy wasn`t very mechanically minded so thought it
would be ok.
There is a receipt from Curbside Motors in Exeter, Devon Dated 17/04/07 for
Engine Work to the sum of £740.62p.
This included new Tappets, Big end set, Headset, sump gasket, Piston Ring set,
1 new Piston, spark plugs (wich are wrong), oil filter.
The description reads-
Strip down Engine
Replace No 2 Piston
Replace Piston Rings
Replace Big Ends
Strip down Head
Reface Valves & Lapping them in
Replace Hydraulic Tappets.
The Engine Ran rather pooh just after startup but i changed the blue temp sender
and re-adjusted the Co2 sensor and Idle screw as the Guy didn`t have a clue
about any of it and said he`d messed with them.
It ran rather well after that and i was pleased with how Quick it was.
Nonetheless, I`m gonna strip it all and check it all out for wear spec
and replace any suspect parts.
The car had done 104k.
The Light blue MK3 Coupe cost me £500 with 52k on clock and is rust free
underneath.
Here is a pic of the Engine bay of the scrapped G40 Conversion.
The Rocker cover was painted blue and very dirty so i used thinners to
clean some crap off then washed it with degreaser wich left bits of blue
splashes about a bit. Hence the untidyness.
Fred.
