Well I got the bug again and took the punt on the above car which some of you may have seen on eBay. I'd post a pic but it says I need to put up more posts.I bought it as a non runner to sort out and put back to excellent condition.
There is evidence of some unpleasant sill repairs but luckily I've learnt to become decent with a mig welder through restoring and adding a turbo in a fiat x19.It has some plus points
- yellow bilstiens, progressive springs, stainless exhaust (mongoose I think) and it's the Rev 3 version in the colour I wanted. It's got a large inter cooler, and a few other goodies including a nice music system.The guy told me a mechanic had confirmed the ecu had gone which is why it wouldn't start but my brother in law is an ex Toyota master tech and said it was highly unlikely.
He ran the tests and confirmed it was the coil and amplifier, so I got one from gt Chris and a set of iridium plugs and she fired up.I was told that the turbo blew and a replacement one fitted
(v clean and the actuator looks like new) but unfortunately the oil seals have gone and it's throwing oil into the inlet manifold. Maybe they xxxx'd it fitting it, I'm not sure.It's a Rev 3 uk car with a Rev 1 turbo engine- mot until July.
I'm unsure what to do really. Fit a 2nd hand turbo, send the current one to somewhere like turbo technics to be repaired, or drip the bu88er out and fit the v6. The bodywork is pretty good considering the age and it comes with a rolling road print of 254 bhp. This is a car to replace my everyday company car so I need something reliable. I only travel 4 miles a day but do like a quick, comfortable gt car to blast out to my workshop at my parent's place. Not even sure if I should consider shifting it on and get something else, not sure what I would get.What do you guys think?
Cheers Rob