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Thanks , she should be back on the road next week & there is a trickle of parts in the post. Fingers crossed this time next year she should be show worthy , most of the major work will be done over winter and she has a nice snug garage to live in now instead of braving the elements. A build thread will be good as I would like to be able to show people how she's come round . My mechanic told me you can't polish a turd , I said no , but you can roll it in glitter

I think the vr6 has oil squirters as standard I like squirters lol

Hi everyone , thought I'd say hi and Introuduce myself & the old girl ( shes called Old Dirty Bit£$ at the moment) I'm Elliot and bought a low mile (ish 91k) , short MOT , unmolested , orgional rims included , unloved obd1 VR6 back in late May , laquer peel , blue dash & interior (urgh) , little bit of rust but solid , engine pulled great , the usual niggles at 23 ... part of me was saying walk away the other part was telling me someone needs to save her. So I handed over the cash , half way back to home the auxilary belt began squealing intermitently (seized tensioner pulley) the

Has anyone fitted oil jets to the block to cool the Pistons I had them on my old astra coupe turbo. Thinking of doing it if possible when I build my vrt engine.

It's had a new turbo put on not so long ago and the feeds seem good no play in the shaft at all It's had the valve stem seals done before I picked it up Just need to get the remap tweaked and find a front mount intercooler and hopefully stop there and try not to get carried away as almost bought vxr injectors and hybrid turbo and maf lol