cheers guys, basically im the gopher for the mechanic. and aint got a clue with engines, but, he says theres no compression, and the cause is probably fooked pistons, so a block and pistons are needed?? and he can then swap my bits over, it had an upgrade and rebuild before i got it, so dont really know wots up with it till its stripped down, or would you reccomend a full replacement engine? only had the car a month!! gutted......