I've just done a very good deal on a MK2 Turbo which needs a little bit of work and I'm looking forward to getting stuck in!
I had some photo's to show but it won't let me post them
It's been sat as a non runner on someones drive for two years now, the cambelt went and the owner assumed the engine is knackered.
I've read the 3s-GTE is a non-interference engine though so it may well just need a new cambelt lol.But the engine had done 120K miles before the belt went, so I've decided to take it out and replace it with the
'spare engine' it comes with as shown in the pics, which reportedly was rebuilt 12k miles ago and has a Turbo technics hybrid turbo fitted. This work was carried out before the current owner got it though so who knows whether it's true??I think the spare engine is probably the better bet anyway though!
Anyone got any good tips for the engine swap?
Any handy tips or unnusual things to watch out for?At the moment I just want to get the car running and on it's feet ready to be used in the summer so no V6's or V8's yet but I may be tempted in the future lol!
I've got access to an engine crane, I'm assuming once the engines dropped to the floor the car can be lifted up high enough using the rear chassis rails or something?
I also had some photo's of my first project which I've just reluctantly sold
It's a Mitsubishi Colt with a 200BHP 2.0 litre V6 transplant from an FTO:
But it won't let me post them either
Hope I can make a good contribution to the forum and I hope to get lots of good info here!
Dan
