Originally Posted by studabear

Difficulty is you don't quite know exactly what your getting then, I've a fortune in my car due to massive issues when i converted to cossie management and messing about with second hand cvh's, I then got rid of the cossie stuff and bought new megasquirt, had that mapped for cvh turbo, got sick of the cvh and went full zetec, but now its mapped perfect and was all worth it and I know the car pretty much inside out.

Originally Posted by Fudgey

Totally depends on what spec you want, i forget what mine totalled but it was a lot

Paid £120 for slivertop engine, £800 for carrillo rods, £650 wiseco pistons, £150 for bore and bearings, another £100+ for gaskets, bolts etc, £800 for roller barrel inlet, custom plenum, modified 200sx exhaust manifold, turbo, external wastegate, piper BD10spec grind cams and spring and pulleys £650ish, DTA ecu £550, custom loom, siemens injectors £200ish, custom fly as it was rwd using a T5 box, helix cossie 4 paddle clutch, braided hoses and dash fittings were a shitload and mapping.

Of course you can do it cheaper, some just use a 1.8l silvertop, skim 1mm off the pistons and run as is for 250bhp. But dont expect any more.

Originally Posted by Fudgey

Probably better off just buying something like this

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/felt-z85-wiggle-exclusive/

Originally Posted by zetecbeast

Yes, I am north of £5,000 on engine alone..
but it is a fully built engine, but yeah, the budget didn't happen for me