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That's far from resting in peace; it's just a flesh-wound.

Well that had me scratching my head...until I read the BBC news item!

It sounds like either a) he's trying to take you for a ride, or b) he's a bit of a fool. I fail to see a link between fully-synthetic oil and head gasket failure, and can find no evidence that such a link exists. I would ask for a reference to his source.

Want! Probably not cheap.

Crikey. That chart shows just how over-engineered the AGU engine is in its 150bhp form!

My reasoning is simply that one engine is built for more power than the other from the factory, so would be my choice. I believe the BAM engine had larger, 20mm, wrist pins fitted (to the earlier engines at least; rumour has it that the later ones had 19mm pins but I have no idea if there's any truth in it). The 210bhp AMK engine is widely accepted as being among the stronger-built also. To be honest, I don't think you can go far wrong with any AGU, BAM or AMK engine. All of them will get you where you want to be with a certain amount of fabrication for the conversion and/or tuning.

My opinion is still that you should go for a complete package, such as the BAM. Either way you're going to have to mess around with turbos, etc. or the pedal box. There's such a lot of work involved anyway I think you'd be better off fitting the stronger engine in the first place. It's not going to be cheap whatever way you decide to do it, so you might as well make the best job of it you can.

Try lowercase tags. Great pics, by the way, and a very clean Corrado too.

For 270bhp without a load of other expensive mods look towards the 210/225 engines, such as the BAM. As a rule of thumb, any 1.8T with a K04 turbo will map close to 270bhp without much extra work. Be under no illusion, it's not going to be a five-minute job and it's not going to be cheap. It should be rewarding though, if you go through with it.

The waterpump should have been changed with the belts. Also, the coil packs will likely have been changed by now. It's certainly worth checking. Apart from that, I can't think of anything beyond the usual checks off the top of my head. Is it standard?

I used K.A. Stroud's Engineering Mathematics during my degree also. Maybe I'm cooler than I thought.

Is that repairable or is it scrap? It sucks that the toothed belt kit fixes one problem and causes another.

Nice runner... They sound quite pleased with themselves for some reason.

I think '"snuffle" just became my word of the day. Nice one 8)

237bhp with VTEC from about 6000rpm, so I hear. Beautiful car!

That was me in the GT40. I was just nipping out for some milk.

397cc for a start.

The M3 or the Corrado beside it?

That Elise is a beauty...even if the colour does remind me of an Armitage Shanks bathroom suite from the '80s!

I'm not feeling the white bra and spoiler at all, but I do tend to follow the mainstream. There's certainly noting wrong with a little controversy now and again. We all know this forum provides its fair share. That said, the car is a complete bargain and taking shape nicely. Hats off for saving another one from the scrappy.

I have a fuel-pressure test kit you could use, but it seems you're a fair distance away. I see from your other thread that you've already replaced the fuel filter. Does the G60 have one fuel pump or two?

You could try Googling 'finalgear' too.

God, I love those wheels. I wonder if you can still get them in 18''....