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Why not buy a new bottom end from Nick would be cheaper then a secondhand engine,well it was when I done mine.Wanted D4s non runners pm for competitive price.
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28th Feb 2013 9:00 pm
Disco_Mikey
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I had considered that. No idea what a new short block costs, and it will be a long term project, as the rate of progress is directly proportional to my spare income (Not a lot) My D3 Build Thread
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Nice one Mikey....now you don't have to lurk at the back of the SCAM like Billy No Mates.... "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
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28th Feb 2013 9:15 pm
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Disco_Mikey wrote:
DSL wrote:
Re body off: Depends if you've got a forklift and some breeze blocks.
Ill stick to the 2 post lift I think
A wise choice.
28th Feb 2013 9:17 pm
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Pmed you Wanted D4s non runners pm for competitive price.
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28th Feb 2013 9:17 pm
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euangibson wrote:
Nice one Mikey....now you don't have to lurk at the back of the SCAM like Billy No Mates....
Just no sneaking into the carpark with a bag of spanners.
28th Feb 2013 9:18 pm
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Congratulations you now fit your forum name Cheers Ian
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28th Feb 2013 9:29 pm
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Nice one Mikey
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28th Feb 2013 9:40 pm
Kingmav66
Member Since: 20 Jul 2010
Location: Gloucestershire
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DSL wrote:
Ask away!! No guarantees that the answers are anywhere near right but ask away.
Stating the obvious but they seem to go better with an engine!!
Del, will it need a new turbo?
28th Feb 2013 11:45 pm
Moo D3 Decade
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Location: UK
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Would it not be cheaper to fit a V8?
1st Mar 2013 7:44 am
A.J.M
Member Since: 31 Oct 2009
Location: Carluke
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Put a tdv8 in it!
Then the usual V8 brake upgrade and such can begin!
Did the wife ok this, or are you still to tell her.. In loving memory of FA54WSK.
Rest well old friend, your work is done.
1st Mar 2013 8:23 am
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
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I had thought of the TDV8, but the engine costs more to begin with, may need various RRS modules, which are coded to another car already, so may end up needing a full ECU set from an RRS.
Then you have the issue of working a way round the ARC system and so on. There is a long list of things that need to be sorted to fit the TDV8, so is cheaper and easier to stick with a TDV6 for now
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