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cant you get someone in the know to have a good look before you blow a gasket yourself as its such a nice motor and looks under the bonnet, your probably thinking the worst due to what happened before.
cant you get someone in the know to have a good look before you blow a gasket yourself as its such a nice motor and looks under the bonnet, your probably thinking the worst due to what happened before.
i know what i can hear.. the engine needs a strip and inspection now to investigate,
well must be internal like you say then, we had a zvh that lost all comp on one cylinder and after sripping, it was a valve head broken off, ruined the head and chipped the bore, we sourced another head, piston and rod, gave it a light hone and re-assembled it with no issues, so maybe it depends on how much you honed it.
james undoubtedy m5,s are cool cars but they will never give that t4 feeling
give it one more go,you might regret it in the long run as you have the basis of a awsome rs
in fairness, your not potentially doing 20k miles a year in a saff which has no suspension, you cant leave anywhere, breaks all to often, and is now the most impracticle car i have ever owned...
so its going
its just not what i want anymore, i dont have the time or enthusiasm to keep working on it just to keep it on the road
comfy, gadget loaded, 400bhp, v8, 180mph, rwd, will do me just fine.
get in, turn key, go
Last edited by JTECH James; 05-03-2009 at 08:00 PM.
your right mate in the fact that doing 20k in a saff with zero suspension is not a lot of fun.i certainly wouldn,t do it either ,my two saffs are for second car use only and as a every day car i drive volvo diesel
in fairness, your not potentially doing 20k miles a year in a saff which has no suspension, you cant leave anywhere, breaks all to often, and is now the most impracticle car i have ever owned...
so its going
its just not what i want anymore, i dont have the time or enthusiasm to keep working on it just to keep it on the road
comfy, gadget loaded, 400bhp, v8, 180mph, rwd, will do me just fine.
get in, turn key, go
I gave up on fast road cars over 10 years ago now, im talking the cosworth variety, but i still to this day would not own anything 'fast road' as there are no compromises between fast, comfy, and nice to drive v economical enough for the daily drive. and i certainly would never own a bmw. hence having rally cars, if it breaks i dont need it monday morning, and they can be reliable, even when driven hard.
you have ruined the car yourself, and i think you regret it now, so break it, its just a car, get your money back and enjoy it ! (just not on a bmw )
under the bonnet, your probably thinking the worst due to what happened before.
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04-03-2009, 09:22 PM
have a word man!
