mk2 stu Posted February 25, 2009 Report Posted February 25, 2009 You just never know do ya? Found out today from Kev down at WPE my 2nd hand £400 diff i bought is no good, shot to shit! And my 2nd hand XE is breathing too!! oh well the life of a classic ford owner is never easy, have to put off getting the lovely 7x13 revo's for a while and buy myself a new plate type diff! Brand new this time any suggestions of a good supplier? At least Wayne and Kev give it to ya straight, no bullshit! Thanks for the hard work lads, I appreciate it
mk2 stu Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Posted February 25, 2009 yup going for Tranx just wanna find cheapest price, so far i'm looking around £550 thats before fitting or bearings etc!!
livewire7116 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Posted February 25, 2009 Have you priced one from tran-x direct, when i got mine i paid £460 through a local supplier and then spent £120 on bearings and extra £19 on oil from local ford agent
mk2 stu Posted February 26, 2009 Author Report Posted February 26, 2009 Either way its just proper expensivo!! especially when i've already weighed out once for diff, bearings etc!!! may have to put old diff back in for time being, repair the quaife slipper and then sell it to get salisbury type.
Mk 1 Mark Posted February 26, 2009 Report Posted February 26, 2009 Stu, Car does look really good and a credit to you. Shame anbout the diff. But same thing happened to me. Bought one second hand put it in and it clonking and banging around, Plate type and had to get it rebuilt and new steel end plate bearing shimed up ect cost me another £250 on top of the £375 i paid for the diff!! Best of getting a new one Stu Plate type Tran X get it all set up by the guys fit it and forgot about it
Baz. Posted February 26, 2009 Report Posted February 26, 2009 You just never know do ya? Found out today from Kev down at WPE my 2nd hand £400 diff i bought is no good, shot to shit! And my 2nd hand XE is breathing too!! oh well the life of a classic ford owner is never easy, have to put off getting the lovely 7x13 revo's for a while and buy myself a new plate type diff! Brand new this time any suggestions of a good supplier? At least Wayne and Kev give it to ya straight, no bullshit! Thanks for the hard work lads, I appreciate it Thats why i never by secondhand, it costs you more in the end
Admin Vista Posted February 26, 2009 Admin Report Posted February 26, 2009 Thats why i never by secondhand, it costs you more in the end Somethings you have to. The YB engine I just bought needed a replacement crank . Gonna show me where there are new YB's available without needing to bankrupt myself?
mk1super Posted February 26, 2009 Report Posted February 26, 2009 Thats why i never by secondhand, it costs you more in the end Somethings you have to. The YB engine I just bought needed a replacement crank . Gonna show me where there are new YB's available without needing to bankrupt myself? You going cosworth vista
Admin Vista Posted February 26, 2009 Admin Report Posted February 26, 2009 Thats why i never by secondhand, it costs you more in the end Somethings you have to. The YB engine I just bought needed a replacement crank . Gonna show me where there are new YB's available without needing to bankrupt myself? You going cosworth vista No. I have something else up my sleeve. But it's a secret
Baz. Posted February 26, 2009 Report Posted February 26, 2009 Thats why i never by secondhand, it costs you more in the end Somethings you have to. The YB engine I just bought needed a replacement crank . Gonna show me where there are new YB's available without needing to bankrupt myself? pretty sure you can by it all new M8, you will have to bankrupt ya self or take a chance on secondhand, personally i would save and do it once
Baz. Posted February 26, 2009 Report Posted February 26, 2009 yep you can buy it all i just looked, head £2300, nice alloy block £3995
mk2 stu Posted February 26, 2009 Author Report Posted February 26, 2009 Well the lads at WPE have come up trumps again, as always they've looked after me (thanks guys), Kev's sourced a plate diff and once its in Waynes gonna show me how to drive the thing properly (TOTALLY FECKING SIDEWAYS!!!) Sometimes you cant help but get 2nd hand bits but for a £100 saving i would always reccomend spending the bit extra and getting fresh out the box!!!! Will post a vid as soon as I get it back from WPE! Bring on the summer!!!
Admin Vista Posted February 26, 2009 Admin Report Posted February 26, 2009 yep you can buy it all i just looked, head £2300, nice alloy block £3995 Thats just the head and block, what about the rest of it? You'll need a lot more than that to build a complete engine, cams, pistons, rods, crank, manifolds, fuel injection system, turbo, etc etc. I for one am not for spending that much when I can rebuild an old one with new parts for much much less.
Admin Vista Posted February 26, 2009 Admin Report Posted February 26, 2009 i didnt realise you needed all that m8
mk1super Posted February 26, 2009 Report Posted February 26, 2009 Thats why i never by secondhand, it costs you more in the end Somethings you have to. The YB engine I just bought needed a replacement crank . Gonna show me where there are new YB's available without needing to bankrupt myself? You going cosworth vista No. I have something else up my sleeve. But it's a secret Your not putting it in a boat are you Having said that it would be cool with anti lag scare all the surfers
Admin Vista Posted February 26, 2009 Admin Report Posted February 26, 2009 Thats why i never by secondhand, it costs you more in the end Somethings you have to. The YB engine I just bought needed a replacement crank . Gonna show me where there are new YB's available without needing to bankrupt myself? You going cosworth vista No. I have something else up my sleeve. But it's a secret Your not putting it in a boat are you Having said that it would be cool with anti lag scare all the surfers No, I had gas turbines in "my" last boat
mk1super Posted February 26, 2009 Report Posted February 26, 2009 Thats why i never by secondhand, it costs you more in the end Somethings you have to. The YB engine I just bought needed a replacement crank . Gonna show me where there are new YB's available without needing to bankrupt myself? You going cosworth vista No. I have something else up my sleeve. But it's a secret Your not putting it in a boat are you Having said that it would be cool with anti lag scare all the surfers No, I had gas turbines in "my" last boat Aint they out of a helicopter or plane And was this a vessel one of her majs fleet
Admin Vista Posted February 26, 2009 Admin Report Posted February 26, 2009 You can put gas turbines in just about anything, ships, trains, powerstations, and even cars. Rover did just that in the late 1940's achieving 85mph with a 100bhp gas turbine in Jet 1 in 1950 http://www.rover.org.nz/pages/jet/jet5.htm In terms of power to weight ratio there is nothing more powerful as a propulsion engine than a gas turbine An no it wasn't one of HM Ships I was taking about.
mk1super Posted February 26, 2009 Report Posted February 26, 2009 Pulse jet powered boat would be ace
jed Posted February 26, 2009 Report Posted February 26, 2009 I bought a 2nd hand slipper and 2nd hand straight cut box and i spank the granny out of em with no probs at all...
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