Pauls Nova Turbo Rebuild

Its good your not totally giving up, Whatever you end up building it will be cool.

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Originally Posted by Ernie

nice build Paul.
You must of liked it out in my old build Alex,s White one.

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Worked very well, i want something cheap, at the moment my shell owes me £270.

And a bit of time, obviously got the cage going in and an xe which will make it cost more.

But i want something i can use come rain or snow!

A nice £2k build is what you need Paul. Your yellow one is lovely yeah, but obviously came at a price & time :(

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Originally Posted by discoinferno

i have seen alot of problems on fairly high hp c20let's ( most are budget builds though, whihc gives the c20let a bad name, when built properly by people who know what they are doing they are superb engines, pauls motor is a peach), my let so far touch wood has been superb (well apart from the first melted engine whihc was out of my control) the latest engine has be relatively trouble free. think im up to 2,000miles in the 6 months this year , 3 trackdays, and numerous runs up the 1/4

putting all that aside though i would still like a well built xe similar to will foys engine with an addition of an sccr it would be ripping along

best of luck paul :thumb: :thumb:

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True to a point but I'd like to see if your car ( not engine ) could stand the abuse lets say Olly Hewitts did in a year. That car was massively reliable.

Not knocking your car, its certainly a good engine, but things still go wrong and give it time and I expect yours will have a few problems, putting the Elite box in it may solve any gearbox woes but at a extreme cost, more than a xe track car costs to build nearly !

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Originally Posted by Jonlem

True to a point but I'd like to see if your car ( not engine ) could stand the abuse lets say Olly Hewitts did in a year. That car was massively reliable.

Not knocking your car, its certainly a good engine, but things still go wrong and give it time and I expect yours will have a few problems, putting the Elite box in it may solve any gearbox woes but at a extreme cost, more than a xe track car costs to build nearly !

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Ollys old engine went into my old build and was still going strong when i sold it.
Its only its played up was when the head gasket went a few months back on Alex apart from that the engine had loads of abuse and just kept coming back for more.
I just love how it sound going upto avon rise..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAaD9Pe-kVQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCTPXya25RY

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Originally Posted by Jonlem

True to a point but I'd like to see if your car ( not engine ) could stand the abuse lets say Olly Hewitts did in a year. That car was massively reliable.

Not knocking your car, its certainly a good engine, but things still go wrong and give it time and I expect yours will have a few problems, putting the Elite box in it may solve any gearbox woes but at a extreme cost, more than a xe track car costs to build nearly !

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i see your point i am expecting issues with the gearbox if it stays as is (hard track use will kill the synchros in no time im sure) but the plan over winter is to get the elite gearbox designed built and fitted for next spring :)

Disco have you considered a seat leon cupra r gearbox?

Or a GT4 box

tbh i have not considered either

Worth a thought?