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To be honest mate I'd rather pull all my own teeth with no painkillers than stick a 4 cylinder lump in my C :)

That's Nicholas Parsons that is mate! Happy with that :)

It sounds much deeper than that Trig. rattle is the wrong word I guess. Sounds more bottom end to me.

any news??

Would be pretty awesome eh Trig!!

i've heard nothing back from them either.

hmmm.......... keep thinking 24v and r32 though mate

Any way of telling from the pics, or otherwise, if its stage 2? There are receipts but i haven't seen em yet. was done by raj at ns racing.

holy cow! i would be getting the whole lot as listed above mate, oh and with a rebuilt box and sports clutch, but its expensive. more than 3k. but the engine is rebuilt and the charger only has 4k on it. both under warranty.

what does a stage 2 kit cost new??

It comes with full loom, ecu, etc mate.

so thats pretty cheap then? hang on, i'm getting confused..... i've been offered an OBD2 golf highline engine, schrick manny and cams, and stage 2 vortech, gearbox etc (see below). so how much hassle would that be to drop in the vr C???

As above, what's the difference between the two please??? Bracket? And how different are they? Cheers

ooh...... its been using water recently. doesn't seem to be leaking anywhere else i can see. well maybe a wee bit from the side of the block :)

Howdy. My vr engine really is feked now and is making new noises each day. Its not a huge problem as its not me daily any more and I'm looking for a new engine anyway. So your diagnosis won't freak me out! But anyway, today's noise made me laugh....... almost like 2 iron girders (small) being rubbed against each other under load!!! Lol. Any idea what that might be? There's also a background noise thats a sort of deep rattle (?) which I'm thinking is bearings of some sort. Would love to know what the 'girders' noise is though :)

In the top pic, if you took the rear valance whotsit off so you could see the transmission, it would look just like a 288GTO. THE most gorgeous car ever. What the fek happened to ferrari design - I personally don't think there's a looker in the range now. The 430 is ok, but compare it to that 355! Ugly sister or what? Edit: holy thread-hijacking batman - sorry! :)

rare as rocking horse sh*t too the wheels

mate they're gorgeous wheels. lovin the colour of ya rado too. moody green. thats a nice shade.

are they stilauto sigmas??? or a copy maybe?

I love 355's. Such a sexy car. Sounds like a good day out mate.

It totally depends on whether it's been 'driven like it was stolen' mate imo. I must be honest and confess to driving my cars very hard and generally giving them a hard life. And that obviously hasn't helped my last 2 vr engines to live a prolonged life. But I do reckon the vr lump is a lot stronger than alot of engines out there, and it's definately the strongest engine I've ever had. My last vr managed to survive for 40,000 miles over a year before it died, and i've NEVER had a car/engine last that long before :)

Mate my mind is open..... to anything other than wood on the inside of ANY car, let alone a Rado!!! Leave ya poor car alone ;)

What about a wooden bonnet as well? :) Or even wheels? I suppose the ride might be a bit hard, but it would look great! ;) Sorry to be rude mate, but is this post a wind-up or are you really going to trim the interior in wood? In a Rado? I'm no designer, but I'm thinking that may look a little odd? What about some nice brass switches and buttons to round off the look? No offence meant mate :) :) :)

Oh........ It's back.......

i thought as much. he must drive like me!