205 GTI Engine Sourcing/Rebuild

[mattviatura]

Hi all

I need to find somewhere in the S. Manchester/Cheshire area who'd be able to rebuild a 1.6 GTI with (I believe) a cracked block.

Can anyone point me in the right direction, I don't want the car to die!!

[HereBeMonsters]

http://forum.205gtidrivers.com as well - some very good people on there.

[mattviatura]

Thanks for that, I'm trying to register but it won't let me..

[HereBeMonsters]

mattviatura said:

Thanks for that, I'm trying to register but it won't let me..

They have to be quite stringent to keep out the riff-raff!

[Simes205]

HereBeMonsters said:

mattviatura said:

Thanks for that, I'm trying to register but it won't let me..

They have to be quite stringent to keep out the riff-raff!

They've stopped taking new users for the moment, whilst the databaase gets a bit of a clearout.

[Simes205]

mattviatura said:

Hi all

I need to find somewhere in the S. Manchester/Cheshire area who'd be able to rebuild a 1.6 GTI with (I believe) a cracked block.

Can anyone point me in the right direction, I don't want the car to die!!

Skip Brown know their stuff.
http://www.skipbrowncars.com/

[shalmaneser]

To be honest you're better off buying a known good engine from a car someone is selling. You can pick up a 1.6 8V for abut £50 on gtidrivers, or a 1.9 for about £70!

is it a cracked block or cracked liner? either way you'll end up spending £££ when you may as well just drop in another lump, and spend the extra cash on other bits n bobs.

[mrB10]

unfortunatley it is believed SB have gone under.

But you'd be better off buying a good known (amd heard) running complete engine and either having that rebuilt (as they're cheap enough to buy) or giving it a thorough clean & slotting that in.

[FactoryPilot]

mrB10 said:

unfortunatley it is believed SB have gone under.

If you mean skip brown, you're very much mistaken. They're still as busy as usual.

I would definitely take it to them, especially as they are so close!

[mrB10]

really? Thats great news.