Originally Posted by project rs

black top motor from scrappies £100 set of rods/pistons from jano or states £700 give it all to machine shop and have the block bored etc and head re shimmed £300 then thats pretty much your engine sorted for your zetec turbo £1100 ish and will produce 250 no problem, custom manifolds £500 for nice ones then turbo as you say t3 stage 3 £500 that leaves management £1000 mapped of mtech leaving 900 for your frs box conversion and you'd have one vary reliable fast road car only thing you'd want would be some good brakes and suspension another grand and you'd have one very capable car that would give a lot of cars a run for there money

Originally Posted by botters

how about frontwheel drive stage 3 cos engine with focus rs gearbox could easy be had for 4k with a reliable 330bhp and will look sweet as under the bonnet

Originally Posted by Jimmyc

Bloody hell that's rare!

If it's one of the genuine Datapost cars engines, aren't they capable of about 300bhp?

Originally Posted by d4 rst

YES THEY ARE

Originally Posted by rsmark86

i will email and ask if its a standard or if it is a datapost engine

Originally Posted by MunkeyboyRS

The way It reads it a standard S1 engine that has never been use, so I'm guessing its been sat in a box in a workshop.
He want a lot for it, when its not mega special, just a low/0 miles standard engine, just has a lil bit of a story to it.

Originally Posted by rsmark86

bacialy hes down loaded the picture of the datapost car for the internet and says its for it lol

Originally Posted by MunkeyboyRS

Well no the story could be true, it could have been ear marked for a Data Post car, but just never use. Don't quote me but I think Tickford built the Data post cars and Ford would have sent them hundreds of engines, and some how it come into privet hands.
Or yes he could be telling a good story to get a higher price.

Originally Posted by MunkeyboyRS

Well good luck dude, with what ever you do with it.
If you get a good price for the S1 then a cheaper S2 then have your 4k to play with and what ever from the S1 you have a very nice car.