Have a 97 UK car, 122K miles
Mods to 300bhp at flywheel.
Borg & Beck standard size clutch 50K miles ago
Cambelt done early each time
Good Oil changed regularly
'Usual' tapping / slapping when cold but hardly noticable in the summer - goes completely when warm.

What's going to fall apart next and how long can I expect / hope it keeps going. Mainly motorway miles some wide open throttle fun but not much.

Cheers

 

97 98 are well none for piston slap??

 

how long is a piece of string?

mate did 140k before it was crashed and still had life left in it

 

yup got a 178k and still running changeyour oil every 3000 to 4000 and it helps?/

 

I'm just doing a study on the length of pieces of string.
Trying to find a guide length :-)

 

lol, tbh 120k is high, but its not impossible for it to have a good few years left in it.

how does it run?

 

Hi

How's your gearbox holding out? ...Mine's a 97UK (~270bhp) with an API bottom-end @ 100k, but still got original gearbox.

 

mines got 129k on the clock never misses a beat,, alot of it is how its looked after

 

Runs really well, I think.
Performace wise - great
My remapper said no odd noises from the det-cans.
Hardly uses any oil - despite cam covers leaking slightly
Getting about 27mpg - but I do a lot of motorway miles

Only gearbox niggle is sometimes it's a slight pain to get it into 1st. Overcome this by slipping into 2nd then into 1st. No wierd noises though.

 

got to 186,900miles before I replaced the engine due to boredom rather than it breaking.. car now on 201,000miles..

Simon

 

mine was thrashed, but well looked after, oil changes every 3/4k, warmed up and cooled down

blew just after 100k miles my97 wrx

mates uk car has just spat its headgasket out around the same mileage my97 uk car

i have always been warey after 100k in any car for some reason, except my diesels

 

Hell of a job to do cos you where bored

I take it you've built a nutty hard as nails bottom end for BIG bhp ? New gearbox - new car

 

wow your guys had pretty good mileage on your motor. mine is a v3 type r just done 40000 miles

 

maybe... lol although still on original 201k gearbox..

 

my legacy is on 170000 and still going strong.... lets hope it stays that way!!! haha! flushing the engine and changing oil and filter every 1000 miles atm because its the only thing that keeps the tappets quiet!

 

I would skip using engine flush and change to a quality oil.. although you might be already of course.. my tappets went quiet when I went to Motul 15W50 oil.

Simon

 

Hi 128k on a MY98 UK and its still going great, 50k of my own miles,full main dealer history and always warmed up before the lead foot syndrome happens.

 

On the other side of the coin my MY99 did 47K before the engine blew - died - Out of warranty and no mod's and FSH !

 

fairly common.. you could try a different gear oil? mine used to be impossible when cold start to change down into 1st when approaching a junction.. but change to castrol syntrax sorted that..

Simon

 

My99 was also rebuild around 40k

 

Looks like theres 3 groups at the moment

40 - 50K
100ish
100 and a lot


Thanks for gearbox oil tip Simon - about due for a change anyway.

 

138k here, but not sure on how many of that is miles and kilometres