Well, end of an era people
Car went bang a few days ago.
Engine was running like an absolute dog, I had pretty much given up on the car at this point anyway..Too much money and time wasted overall- (Sort of contradicted my self by the above posts saying i'd never give up, meeh..what you gonna do about it). T'was an experience though to say the least, and I had fun on the odd occasion.
Car is being broken for usable parts and then the rest scrapped.
The engine went bang after I knew it was pretty much dead, Pissing oil from the Cam ladders and head. I have a steady supply of Avgas, used in appropriately tuned race engines and aviation. Armed with a few gallons of that in the tank.. I took the car for a blast seeing how long it would last. Lasted about 10-15minutes up and down the nearby dual carriage way before it went pop at *ahem* speeds.
Suspecting some burnt/dropped valves or a hole in a couple of pistons. As its now/was running on 2 cylinders afterwards. With an alarming amount of smoke coming from the Inlet. and every crevis on the engine.
I'll be back with another Saxo at somepoint though..
Not sure when, Next car i'm not sure what I want..taking a break from saxo's if I can.
But will get another when I can justify having 2 cars.
As for the engine, I'm stripping it and selling parts that people want.. But with whats left. I'm going to build over a lengthy period of time a Decent spec engine - Possibly bodies or boost. Ready to be dropped into another saxo
The end.