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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
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10th Dec 04 at 10:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

engine conversions are great when they work.... but they do need a good bit of thinkering with to keep them running....
lee mitchell
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Location: kent...drive's: eveyones conversion cars hard lol
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Ojc
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10th Dec 04 at 10:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I love you still.
Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
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10th Dec 04 at 10:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by TNM
whos the bird in the reflection on the passengers window on the van?





I saw her too - I thought she looked familiar !!
lee mitchell
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10th Dec 04 at 10:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

u have to much time on ur hands
vibrio
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10th Dec 04 at 10:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by lee mitchell
u have to much time on ur hands

acutally he does not - I had to provide the picture for him and I quote "Looked, cannot find, cannot be arsed. hah"
lee mitchell
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10th Dec 04 at 10:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

conversion cars should be just as reliable as it was in the car it came in
Darren
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10th Dec 04 at 12:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Fills me with the upmost confidence


What you worried about? He rags the shit out of his car


WTF

and how the fcuk you work that out?
Siberia
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10th Dec 04 at 12:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by lee mitchell
conversion cars should be just as reliable as it was in the car it came in


doesnt always work out that way though....
bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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10th Dec 04 at 12:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

perhaps try an uprated gasket this time!!
Joff
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10th Dec 04 at 12:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
quote:
Originally posted by lee mitchell
conversion cars should be just as reliable as it was in the car it came in


doesnt always work out that way though....


Yes, even with a rebuild, other parts can still go wrong...

...starter motors, alternators...
broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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10th Dec 04 at 12:45   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

gear boxes
CRB 553
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10th Dec 04 at 13:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

you shouldnt uprate ur gasket unless ur going for serious power coz end of the day u want it to be the weaker link and break first.....
Joff
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10th Dec 04 at 13:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by broster
gear boxes


How's second gear these days?
3CorsaMeal
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10th Dec 04 at 13:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

so if i drill a hole in block and plug it with cotton wool, that means my headgasket will never break?

[Edited on 10-12-2004 by 3CorsaMeal]
broster
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quote:
Originally posted by Joff
quote:
Originally posted by broster
gear boxes


How's second gear these days?


seems to be working again!
langey
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Registered: 7th Sep 03
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12th Dec 04 at 15:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i was gonna sell my car and get a loan and buy this, think my minds been made up now.

Ian
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Put a 10 year old engine in a car it wasn't supposed to be in, you're not going to get a reliable car. Fact of life.
Matty L
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12th Dec 04 at 15:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Head gasket blowed on my 1.2 8v last week its a shitter, quite expenize repair too...ah well the ebast will be roaming the roads in no time
Matty L
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12th Dec 04 at 15:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

beast

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