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measor
09-05-2007, 16:25
Im gutted, only 10 days away til i move to ibiza for the summer and my valver dies :( got my mate to have a look at it after some quite disturbing clunking noises coming from the engine when i reached 3000rpm, verdict "the big end bearing is f****d."

Now I was always intending to replace the engine in the future with a 2.0 but that was way in the future. I reckon my car will be off the road for close to a year as I save some money and get everything sorted, (widetrack, shocks, brakes, paintwork etc.)

I would like to know what sort of price im looking at to get a rebuilt 2.0 put in, I wanna get as much power as possible but cant afford throttle bodies or a turbo conversion. My gearbox ive got at the moment is less than a year old (recon from renault) from what I understand it wouldnt last long on a 2.0 engine so does that mean ill have to fork out another 750 on a new gearbox?!
Any help, tips or suggestions would b great!!

Swervin_Mervin
09-05-2007, 16:39
<vulture>Can I have your wheels?

:twisted:

measor
09-05-2007, 16:46
:lol:
no chance mate!! put a lot effort into gettin those and then cleaning them!!

unless you wanna swap them for a 2.0 lump :wink:

dan-hipgrave
09-05-2007, 16:56
I paid £1500 for a rebuilt Williams lump, that was a bare block too, had to build it up with all new ancilliaries :shock:

Got it from Grey Devil Industries (GDI) - some people fault their work but i couldnt. It ran exactly as you would expect from a 'new' engine.

measor
09-05-2007, 17:40
so how much did you pay in total?

I had a figure of around £1500 in mind, am i going to need a lot more than that?

what work can i do myself to keep the costs down?

MAXIBOY
09-05-2007, 18:06
speak to stan on here.

2 live
09-05-2007, 20:35
I paid £1500 for a rebuilt Williams lump, that was a bare block too, had to build it up with all new ancilliaries :shock:

Got it from Grey Devil Industries (GDI) - some people fault their work but i couldnt. It ran exactly as you would expect from a 'new' engine.


did i read that right??? £1500 for a bare block??

1995clio16v
09-05-2007, 20:54
Unlucky mate. Mine died today. Im without it for summer.

People look in mechanical section to confirm what my problem is please.

nyk
09-05-2007, 20:59
I paid £1500 for a rebuilt Williams lump, that was a bare block too, had to build it up with all new ancilliaries :shock:

Got it from Grey Devil Industries (GDI) - some people fault their work but i couldnt. It ran exactly as you would expect from a 'new' engine.


did i read that right??? £1500 for a bare block??

WTF :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

1500 for a bare block!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ash clio gtt
09-05-2007, 21:15
why not just use a r5gtt gearbox, no one breaks them on rtoc as much as people break valver and williams boxes on here and the majority of r5's have alot more torque than williams and valvers. can pick them up for £50 as well. only problem would be the speedo sender that you should be able to swap with a valver one

Mattie
09-05-2007, 21:43
just keep your new valver box mate.....when or if that blows, get a 2nd hand willy box

number1
09-05-2007, 21:46
4th mount and diesel box, lasted for ages...

measor
09-05-2007, 21:56
cool, ill keep hold of the box then, just gonna need to get saving for the lump, i take it by most of the posts that 1500 is a bit excessive just for the block?

MAXIBOY
09-05-2007, 22:16
i think he means 1500 for a rebuilt engine but with no external accessories. such as starter alternator manifolds etc.

Swervin_Mervin
09-05-2007, 23:23
:lol:
no chance mate!! put a lot effort into gettin those and then cleaning them!!

unless you wanna swap them for a 2.0 lump :wink:

Gah. Will have to refurb my own then. On a side not you got any good pics of them you could pm me?

dan-hipgrave
10-05-2007, 11:07
i think he means 1500 for a rebuilt engine but with no external accessories. such as starter alternator manifolds etc.

Yeh you got it :)

16v_russ
12-05-2007, 15:03
i had a hill power rebuilt lump in L765 GYW and that came to £3500 with recon valver box from ren (£3000 for engine £500 for box) and that engine still ran sweet when martin sold it,fair enough i did blow 2nd gear synco out,but that was after 30k of VERY hard miles and 0000s of runs up pod