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[Bounce]

Lol, thats 20 alright, we're the only harrier sqn on land wearing deck hats! Stupid Navy bums! Thats one of the reasons im leaving 20. Anyway.....


On Ebay, I paid £550 for my engine, loom, ecu, 'box, gear linkages, driveshafts (one broken), hubs, under dash loom and a cuddly toy *yay!* delivered for £50.

I am putting it under the standard length, i dont care how much fapping it takes, it will go under the standard length! Ive been reading a few posts on 16vmini.co.uk about getting the B16 under the standard length. All it requires is a chuck cut out of the bulk-head for the inlet manifold and a re-location of the alternator.

There the major things anyway.

[ed4ran]

Sounds easy then

[Bounce]

yea but im sure you know, sounding and looking easy doesnt mean it actually is easy!

[Mandgands]

I think i will let you have a try first, then i will just copy how you have done it

Edited by Mandgands, 25 July 2006 - 09:44 PM.

[Pandora]

Copy all you want lol, it's still going to be a pain, when you do it!

[Bounce]

It'd probably be cheaper if we do an 'Ade and Pete' and buy two of evrything and be it all at the same time! Go on, you know you want to!

[Jammy]

With regards to the engine, keep and eye o Ebay, I was tracking dozens over several months, most went for about £500-600, some were as low as £300, and I got mine for £260! Other than that go to your local BIG newspaper shop, the one that has all the different specialist magazines (not those!!), get a couple of Japanese car mags, and I think Exchange and Mart do a special parts mag. Should help, and in the back there will be companies who specialise in selling recon Jap engines, which shouldn't cost more than £800-900 (I think I found one company in London that would do a recon B16A2 for ~£700 with a 3 (might of been 6) month guarantee).

[Bounce]

Ok, Im fed up of only getting a couple of hours on the engine once a month and not getting much done to it.

Im getting the engine transported from Stafford to Peterborough for free, the joys of the armed forces!


Be prepared for a ******* load of engine rebuild pics over the next month or so!

[ed4ran]

Wahay!!
Get a move on and get working!!

[Bounce]

Give this bloke a ring,

Honda parts: (01582 606800)

Where i got my engine from, he should have one.

Absolute winner! Finally got round to ringing this guy. Mr Honda wanted £600 for a new throttle body, this guys wants £60!

Well thats made me smile!

Does he do everything Jobu?

[16vmini]

i am doing a std length vtec conversion at the moment , more than happy to talk to you about sharing costs etc ? as i will be getting 2 of everything made anyway to re-sell/re-use. eg custom rad !

Matt

[Bounce]

hmmm. very tempting... but my next buy is the frame, which you already have for youre 1.8. unless your doin a vetc for the van aswell??

[Jobu]

Give this bloke a ring,

Honda parts: (01582 606800)

Where i got my engine from, he should have one.

Absolute winner! Finally got round to ringing this guy. Mr Honda wanted £600 for a new throttle body, this guys wants £60!

Well thats made me smile!

Does he do everything Jobu?

His place is like an treasures cove! He literally has everything (Apart from Type R motors because i think he said he dosent make much money on them.) But yeah its funny all these big neat heaps of parts and i mean heaps!

[Bounce]

been speaking to a very good friend of mine tonight, and hes got me on the verge of turbo-ing this engine. from what he explains, its not alot of work really!


And i said i was going to keep it standard!!

[Jobu]

been speaking to a very good friend of mine tonight, and hes got me on the verge of turbo-ing this engine. from what he explains, its not alot of work really!


And i said i was going to keep it standard!!

What in a standard front? Good luck with that! lol