Rob126
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Registered: 18th Feb 05
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probabbly am gonna manage to get a Hyundai 1.6l 16v 112bhp engine free!!
what would you do with it??
was thinkin about doin a kit car and tuning the engine... (dad liked idea so he would help financially!! )
opinions welcome..
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Rebrabuk
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I'd probably not have accepted it in the first place.
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Charlene
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Registered: 29th Sep 04
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Dont like that type of car
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Rob126
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but if its free!! probabbly would help knowing that it has only 20,000 km so its kinda new!
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
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just the engine..
worth a project i think with your old man..............
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Matt H
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ebay?
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Rob126
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matt h -- ebay u mean the engine or the kit? the engine im getting for free from a mate. all the other stuff i have to buy or do myself. don't know if its a plus.. but i have a mate who works in a firm were they do metal things so it would be handy ay? esp for the body
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Rob126
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would be best to have the body of carbon fibre or of normal iron like used in cars???
(edited spelling)
[Edited on 21-06-2005 by Rob126]
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Twiggy
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sell the fucker on ebay! some cunt will buy it!!!
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1.6Sport
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Ebay it, if you dont get interest or a good offer then kit car it. Sounds like a great project with your dad
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Rob126
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cannot ebay it... no1 will buy since im in malta it would cost a fortune to post a whole engine and no1 would dream of collection from here! 
might ask a couple of guys with accents maybe they would buy it... but im more on the kit car side!
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AK
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sell the engine.... it isnt worth jack sprat...
I'f you doing a kit car start with a well catered for engine!
2.0 16v vaux
1.6 8v CVH ford
2.0 16v Zetec Ford
can be had for pennies.
No point in making your car handicapped from the word go
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AK
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cateram and westfield sell there chassis and body panels pretty cheap.... look at there sites
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Rob126
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dunno what i'm gonna do. please put up any other ideas...
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AK
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do not use that engine.........
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Jamie Walby
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I think, if that engine is free, take it and sell it as you have nothing to lose! Use the money from that engine to buy one of the above suggested engines!
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Teddy
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Whack a set of twin 40's on it ditch the injection and whack it in a kit car weighing less than 700kg - So much fun
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Rob126
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actually i thought that Teddy... but im not sure what i should do
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Teddy
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Dont listen to em saying its shoot if its free so what.
Set of Carbs with set up would see that well past 130bhp - in a kit car awesome fun.
Something different and before anyone laughs the Hyundai 1.6 16v is well known to be "the most realiable" in its class.
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Rob126
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heh thanks for .. that cleared abit! didn't know that they r reliable.
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TNM
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The engine is worth bugger all and its a crap engine to begin with
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Rob126
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getting confused
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Ian
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The problem you have is that you'll spend money getting it to fit, right gearbox etc., so the engine being free is not really a bonus, please you're left with something which parts are going to be more difficult to source, there's not as much available or known about tuning it.
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Rob126
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but even to get one of the engines named b4 is a bit expensive since im in malta! i hate this place... everything is sofa king expensive. we have a total of 75% of taxes on automobile stuff!
[Edited on 22-06-2005 by Rob126]
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