rikki GT
19-10-2012, 21:50
hello,
when i bought my r5 last year off a non member, he advertized it as having a brand new engine.
when i went to look at the car i asked him when the engine had been re-built and he was adament that it was not a re-built engine but a new unused one...
i took this with a pinch of salt when buying and bought the car on the grounds that it looked pretty solid and had all the extras i would like to add already fitted, samco's/oil cooler/double alloy intercooler/coilovers etc...
but since having it i have started to wonder if it could be genuine, after going to scoffs rr day with phil and josh, they had a quick look at the car and pointed out that under the rocker cap the head/rocker gear is very clean, in that there is no oil build up at all.
outside the head is very clean and the block has black paint visable with a little surface rust. the head and block have round yellow sticker on them that looks like a temp indicating sticker, it has VEGE, i think, at the top? does anyone know who vege are? the engine does run very smooth but i guess that doesn't mean too much.
i'm not to fussed either way but if it's a genuine new engine i may have to take running in into acount when i get it on the road!
cheers, rik :)
when i bought my r5 last year off a non member, he advertized it as having a brand new engine.
when i went to look at the car i asked him when the engine had been re-built and he was adament that it was not a re-built engine but a new unused one...
i took this with a pinch of salt when buying and bought the car on the grounds that it looked pretty solid and had all the extras i would like to add already fitted, samco's/oil cooler/double alloy intercooler/coilovers etc...
but since having it i have started to wonder if it could be genuine, after going to scoffs rr day with phil and josh, they had a quick look at the car and pointed out that under the rocker cap the head/rocker gear is very clean, in that there is no oil build up at all.
outside the head is very clean and the block has black paint visable with a little surface rust. the head and block have round yellow sticker on them that looks like a temp indicating sticker, it has VEGE, i think, at the top? does anyone know who vege are? the engine does run very smooth but i guess that doesn't mean too much.
i'm not to fussed either way but if it's a genuine new engine i may have to take running in into acount when i get it on the road!
cheers, rik :)