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...................At last, the engine is officially in and running,still one or two probs but it gets me round,noticable power gain from the 200CC i gained,now i dont have to drop a gear when i get to a uphill slope,

Thanks go to all members who helped with problems,and big thanks to the 2 guys at work who helped get it done,im proud of the fact that I done everything tho,i knew how to do every bolt,hose,cable and mount etc..

engines are not as complicated as you'd think.Probs something i wont be doing again tho,next car is gonna have a good engine to start with

well done its been a long time coming but you got there in the end.

who where the peeps who said put up or shut up,and "u always say ur gonna do such and such but it never happens"?? proved them wrong

Me and my mates have fitted a few engines, corsa sri, cav sri and nova. Luckily one of them was a mechanic and luckily it was fairly simple (more simple than i thought)

Well in for doing it on your own.

AX125 was it Chris by any chance (Mechanic?)

Nice one scoop

nothings impossible m8

Also,
The best part is the feeling you get afterwards from doing it

Yeah dazza,im well proud of meself,but gutted that the alternator is still playin up,and the temp guage aswell

yeah Dazza, it was chris

Little update for Scoops Car.
New Sunstrip





Looking good

best part off 3 hours lol, looks gud though, Keep it up, am realy jealouse ive got nothin to modify lol. Give us a few months. See you thursday

sorry im not a fan of those type sunstrips, anyone who knows there cars will know its an escort jusy by looking at it. They dont need it smacked in their face every time they see the car, im sure it all started with SAXO VTR or SAXO VTS right across the windscreen, its like i know what your cars, why dont you put:
chaz 'n' dave

al least its different, scoop im not having a go i know what look your going for and the sunstrip is part of that look, just not my taste.

same way subaru rally cars have it down the sides, yet their rally driver experts, they really should know what their driving lol

Have you noticed also suaru rally drivers have to have their names on the side incase they forget which car is theirs. LOL

Sunstrip does look good. job well done i must say.

Done it as a functional thing,and if ur gonna have one it may as well be decorative,and also love this one because its a pretty much perfect replica of the above rally esccos.Cheers for the pics webby,get any other pics of the car that day? (the wheels?the spats?)