engine rebuild
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basically i want my engine rebuilt... and a straight cut box fitted

any rought guestimates on prices

and anyone know anywhere in the south east t get this done?

£2000

Depends on what spec, believe you can build 1275/1293 to oe spec for approx £250 less machiening costs, depends on what you want from the engine really?
Shane

well do you tink 2500 will cover me for someone to rebuild my engine and a decent gearbox and diff?

Mines cost loads, even though I have built it myself.

The head, rockers, and all the nice flywheel stuff and associated operations have really hurt the budget. Lets hope its worth it:)

i would have thought you could scrape a budget engine for 2.5k, if you aren't gonna build it yourself then its gonna cost you a big chunk of the budget to have it done.

I always build my own engine but pay my mate to do my gearbox.

yer... well i havent got the space or time or know how to build my engine

:( jsut id ont know where to go to get it done

turbo hogster does my boxes so why not drop him a PM and get s quote.

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its really not that hard.

get an old 998 and rip the fooker apart takeing lots and lots of pics as you go.
i mean of everything.

you will need a haynes manual for the torque values while building it back up.

ive heard the mini films disk how to build a 1380 is good for a beginer however ive never watched it.

Edited by Sam on 25th Jul, 2008.

The minifilms dvd is ok to watch, they miss alot out and dont really explain things clearly. Timing the cam on there is a joke, takes him afew times and then they cut it to "some time later..." and you dont actually see him get it spot on. But for a newbie as such, that and a haynes manual you should have no problems understanding the engine and taking it apart etc. I have the dvd so if you pm me i may be able to help you out.

Labour is the most expensive thing these days, and a good engine will take time to prepare. So if you can put the time in, save on labour and buy some shiny modified bits for it instead.

Ive done my own box, once youve had it apart its pretty simple. Watch the mini films 1380 as above!

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I got the 1380 mini engine DVD, taught me more in two hours than a year of reading haynes/internet

you are looking at 900 -1k for the box mate thats sc gear set sc drops an 4 pin diff with all the usual goodies

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