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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 05:05 PM
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From: cowley (middlesex)
Default insurence please help 19 with cossie

hi iv just finished my pride and joy/ at 18 i was asked to fit a rad to a family friends 3 door, he was thinkin of sellin so i told him it would be a good idea to get a power graph to no everything was ok. I used to work at PE so got him booked in there. well it went down hill fromthere after being on the dyno for no more than two mins it was out again head gasget gone! so took it to my house to take it apart. well as soon as the owner left i was takin it apart lol (he werent takin it home lol) i fell in love with the car. with the engine apart more trouble followed bore 2 for some reason had a liner in it but it had dropped about 3-4 mm the pistons were nackered small ends gugin pins nackered everything eeven the turbo had the 3 exhaust studs welded in the back of it lol iv been told 1500 miles ago it had a 10k engine rebuild

t34
L6 ecu
3 bar map
200 block
inter cooler has been doubled up

a few things but not worth 10k if u ask me the guy has been bent over the bonet big time
so i brought the car cheap 53k on the clock and im the third owner, cars mint even the dash only got 2 very small cracks in it o and 8 holes were some prat thought it would be a good idea to put a phone in it this phone is the original brick lol

A year of savin and with some help from dad lol its runnin 153miles so far b4 i turn up the boost

but dad the only one drivin it the car has been my baby for more than a yeaR now and im ichin to get behind the wheel has any 1 had a 3door fully comp at 19 car in dads name cos i thought it might help but it aint lol please help

lewis

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