Bargin???

[Rexy]

I think this is prety good to be honest but see what you all think.

Went looking around a scrappy yesterday before dropping mrs Rexy off at work and just happened to find a Tigra with a 1.6 engine in it...

Anyways, it turns over but no fuel so i couldnt get it started which is an **** but. Engine oil is still black, there is still some water left in the water bottle.

Guy at the scrappers said it was a head gasket failure anyways, everthing is there complete so with box, loom, ecu, key and transponder £150.

which isnt too bad, Going looking at a 1.6 tigra tonight in preston for mrs rexy low milage of 53k the guy Yes a guy owns it :S is moving abroad he wants £700 with short MOT and no tax... So that figure should read more like £500 lol so if i can get that for £500 and mrs rexy decides she dosent like it i have a full tigra for the engine on low milage. If not i have a £150 jobbie which needs a head gasket.

Anybody else had any quotes for really cheap engines?

Bury salvage wanted £100 with everything but we couldnt find the key to the tigra so that was out the window :'(

[craig green]

£500 Tigra sounds OK. I wouldnt bother with the failed one tbh unless it gets cheaper..

Cant beat 2.0 XE donor cars with tax ticket though for £350!

[Rexy]

thing is... belts etc need changing and i'd rebuild the top endbefore it goes into my nova....

It depends if this tigra goes for £500, cas i'll end up buying that from her and get her a 1.4 tigra :D

[walshc]

Stay away from the pair of tigras at bury salvage lol
Ive piltherd a few things off them :wtf:

[Rexy]

lmfbo, i wondered who made the mess ha ha ha ha...

Was it you stealing the thermostats and housing

[walshc]

maaayyyyybe lol

[draper]

500quid tigra sounds a good price as does the scrapyard engine if your gonna rebuild the top end anyway

[Rexy]

yupsie, personally..... I'd rather see and drive the engine/ car whatever to make sure its a decent one. Hard call really... lol

We'll see what happens

[draper]

well if you do buy the tigra and rip the engine out i know someone who would be interested in a tigra shell

[Riggy]

hahaha XE tigra FTW :thumb:

[Martin]

buy both rexton :P

[ck]

localy ive had several c16xe's and x16xe's from breakers (which friends own and others) all have been complete with eveything needed. i have paid anywhere between £80 and £120 for each complete setup...

[Rexy]

thats pretty good ck, it seems up here they are usually around the £300 - £350 mark for a runner which has 3mth warrenty.

[burgo]

£80 an engine at my local scrappie. dont matter what it is and that with the loom and ecu

[Rexy]

so your xel cost £80 lol FTL

[burgo]

yep and my 2.5 v6 which they removed for me and then loaded in the van for me aswell :)

[rdznova16v]

We have just been giving a tigra at work it come in needing discs,pads all round and a cat the owner didnt want to pay for all that and offered it to us for scrap, t@t as well only a 1.4 but still worth nothing,

[Rexy]

how much dya want for it?

[Rexy]

Oh and we picked up the tigra for £325 :D

[Jack]

Billy bargain! He dropped the price on that! ....whats wrong with it? lol

[rdznova16v]

how much dya want for it?
Sorry my boss wants it for his daughter, but we get to sell her 306 and keep profit,:thumb:

[Rexy]

lol noooo problems matey, I've got to find a 14xe corsa for lauren now, in hard-on blue lol.

[bolton]

if you chipped the ecu you wont need the coded key rexy

[Rexy]

I was after the added securty baz, But i'm rebuilding the engine in the tigra for her now.