nothing to see here! move along please.

 

It says "Reconditioned engine". Where any uprated parts used?

 

I'll phone the engine builder again.i originally phoned him just to confirm the work had been done.
I'll let you know.

 

Good power, what boost was that with? I too am running a converted 16g and I am wondering what power it's making

 

Sorry to bring bad news but I went to see this car in September last year at a dealer up north back before I purchased mine. Its had a rear impact on the offside with a bad repair of the rear bumper and the lower chassis was kinked.

Look bad from under the car behind the rear bumper and you'll be able to see the filler, also the damage to the chassis was quite visible. Its not unsafe but it needed a little more work to fix correctly.

The garage selling it quite obviously purchased damaged cars and fixed them as they had a body shop full of exotic cars being fixed (M3's RS's etc).

Also the dealer selling it said it must be run on premium fuel and then proceeded to fill it with 95 as the pump said premium on it!

 

Oh dear. Looks like I've been had then.
It doesn't feel bad to drive at all. It drives true and straight.
All I can say is I'll look into it when I get home. Sad face time.

 

Boost?

 

Really! After reading the post above, im sure hes got other things to worry about

 

ok,just got home all very worried and pissed off thinking ive bought some kind of ringer or cut and shut car!!
ive laid under the car and to me and i'm no expert.its had a knock up the bum at some point. theres a small amount of fibreglass filler on backside of bumper thats inline with the chassis. the end of the chassis has a slight dent on the end. and thats it. ive taken photo's of underside of car and various other places to show it. and from the outside of the car on bumper etc you cannot tell at all. so bodge job it isn't.
i'd welcome anyone to look for themselves.
in regards to engine, that's why i got it mapped myself to see if any issues would come up or the engine would go boom. it didnt. it doesnt leak oil or water or smoke.

boost,looking at the graph it looks like 2.1 bar? is that right?. thats what simon said it could make more if boost was upped a little.

 

first pic is of "kinked chassis" 2nd of non "kinked chassis" everything running back from that point is straight and true. the fibreglass is so small you cant see in pic.

 

I think the price needs amending to say the least

 

ahhh poolio,bless ya.
i'm not worried.

 

ashley at wilks engines said he would go over the invoice tonight and call me tomorrow to tell me what was used.

 

Looks about 1.3/1.35 bar boost

 

ive put on the ad or nearest offer[ono]. so yes price as always is negotiable.

 

Didn't want to put a damper on the sale just felt I needed to mention it. just needed a bit of sorting. When I drove it last year it felt straight and fine to drive, braked in a straight line. I almost missed it when I viewed it, as its not that easy to spot at a glance. Very few have survived this long without a knock at some point anyway.

Bar that the car pulled strong, dealer wasn't driving it so a couple of miles on 95 won't have done any major harm, besides it might have been mapped for 95 at the time.

Good history, plenty of big money receipts and some good kit on it.

 

Looks like a bend in the bumper mounting bracket? Hardly cat C death trap! *if* that's all it is, it certainly wouldn't put me off. Think this ad has rather been unfairly ruined. I bet half the people on here have worse faults with their cars!

 

unfairly? I don't see how, I've just pointed something out that the op might not have been aware of. Trying to help, not hinder.

If possible maybe the mods can clean the thread or delete and the op can relist?

 

It's just quite strongly worded with the whole 'impact' and the 'lower chassis kinked' bit makes it sound way more serious than a bend in a bumper support.

Maybe if you were trying to help you'd have put "viewed this car and I did notice a small repair to the bumper and the bumper support bracket is bent. That wouldn't put me off, but saying the chassis is kinked I would obviously be thinking **** that.

 

Never said anything of the sort,

Even without the bump.....

With all due respect, a classic wagon running 300hp at 4.5k. Really!

 

i agree with jameswrx,when i read longuns post at work on my phone, i was devastated to say the least.
the way it was worded sounded like i'd bought a death trap which was badly repaired from some major cowboys.
but i was also not entirely convinced as i'd seen/drove car for last 3 weeks.
the whole bumper must have been resprayed [result] to the highest standard as it looks imaculate.
i have checked inside boot,outside boot, under car and can see no further signs of damage. maybe the car was reversed into one of those big concrete *****? who knows? theres no evidence of resprayed anything.
one of the main reasons for selling is i know i'll end up upgrading this that and the other and it'll cost me a fortune.i've got 3 cars.
in respect of 4.5k for it,it seems in this day and age if i put 4.5k someone will offer 3.5k,if i put 3.5k someone will offer 2.5k.this is how it goes.
the only version 5/6 wagons i saw for sale were for between 3.5k and 6k for that lovely v limited one.
where this is going to go now i've no idea.

 

The car is worth what a buyer is willing to buy the car at.

GLTWS. Maybe start a new thread as I feel this has been slightly ruined, which is unfair.

 

Aye jist looked at the pistonheeds add, affy late in boostin compared wi my een, av got a bar by 3k