Say you blow your engine up ?
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BluePurpleRed said:
Ring Str8Six and get my Tuscan taken there. Await £8k bill and try to break it to my wife that potential kithen refurb is now off the cards.
Whimper and cry. Then at least have 5 years after that of a decent warranty
My first Tuscan lasted 34 miles before the engine blew Whimper and cry. Then at least have 5 years after that of a decent warranty
...........whimper and cry. 
It had a TVR rebuild at 35k with the same original 'soft' components and then I bought at 70k. Could say 35k per rebuild is quite consistent and as I bought it 'unseen' I carry a large responsibility.
Anyway, engine down to Str8six for a rebuild and a number of other jobs done to sort the car out, the end result was incredible.
Reality of the situation was that I bought the car in September 2006 while away in the US, egine dead in October 2006, car back on the road March 2007 - 18 weeks learning the definition of patience.
First bill for the rebuild, other repairs and back on the road was 11k. My Wife was great about it and I can still remember the call when she said "I've sold your Chimaera to help pay for the rebuild".
It was already planned to sell the Chimaera anyway so she did the right thing.Painful but self inflicted experience.
When the Tuscan was run in, it was simply amazing and stayed amazing all the way to 2009 when I wrote her off.
"Ah well, 50% power hike on a totally standard engine was probably too much to hope for extreme reliability"
Analyse the breakage and source a replacement engine that doesn't suffer from the same specific issue.. IE, stronger in that particular dept. if appropriate.
Modifying cars and pushing deeper into the boundaries can occasionally cost you a failure.
SRW
Analyse the breakage and source a replacement engine that doesn't suffer from the same specific issue.. IE, stronger in that particular dept. if appropriate.
Modifying cars and pushing deeper into the boundaries can occasionally cost you a failure.
SRW
my first thought was forged bottom end and more boost! 
It'd depend on the car. If it was my DD, I'm not sure.. it's an interesting and relatively rare beast but would it be worth the hassle of a new engine? not sure.
If it was the MX5, I'd use it as an excuse to drop the engine out, give the engine bay a complete redoing and build a new engine to make it as shiny under the bonnet as it is elsewhere
If it was the MX5, I'd use it as an excuse to drop the engine out, give the engine bay a complete redoing and build a new engine to make it as shiny under the bonnet as it is elsewhere
t pal, no one likes the tuna here!
As a young lad I remember weighing up the odds of buying a litre of engine for my mk2 xr2 as the light had come on, or a packet of fags! Yep I bought the fags and the next day..bang! Conrod out the side of the block. Don't remember being too upset about it, £50 at the local scrappy and back on the road again. Oh how I miss those days!
Source a replacement from a breaker (with sensible miles) and replace all ancillary semi-consumable parts before swapping it over with the broken one...after calling the GF out to sit and wait for recovery as only she has the cover.
I've probably jynxed myself now, it's the only thing that hasn't been replaced yet on the car....
I've probably jynxed myself now, it's the only thing that hasn't been replaced yet on the car....
Consider an engine rebuild, try to do some man maths and spend £15k on a new car, then reality bites and I pay £1500 rebuilding what I've got. While it's in pieces I wonder if an LSD will go in there and a few nicer bits...
But darling, you've always complained that the Skoda is cheap and I can replace it with a GT86, which is made by Toyota so it must be really reliable!
But darling, you've always complained that the Skoda is cheap and I can replace it with a GT86, which is made by Toyota so it must be really reliable!
Every time it happened to me, years ago tho, get it towed to the lockup, trawl for a rusty valver gte, get some redbull out and get swapping.
Other than my wifes 728sport, she rang me saying what does check coolant mean? It said that 10 minute ago then smoke happened and it stopped. That one stuck it on ebay and a polish guy bought it as a non runner for only £350 less than what we paid for it a year before.
Other than my wifes 728sport, she rang me saying what does check coolant mean? It said that 10 minute ago then smoke happened and it stopped. That one stuck it on ebay and a polish guy bought it as a non runner for only £350 less than what we paid for it a year before.
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