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I do think that rev 3's are considerably more reliable than rev 1/2's. I picked up my turbo cheap and it's needed a few minor things doing, probably cost me about £800 in repairs in the 7 months I've had it which isn't that bad. I still think these cars are very reliable considering their age and the power they kick out.dawolf wrote:I still think these cars are very reliable considering their age and the power they kick out.
Agreed luck, or maybe previous use, has a lot to do with it but remember what you bought it for!SFLee wrote:alanmr2turbo wrote:
1st new recon engine fitted
Hg is replacing ur recon engine, so if the engine was good first place, u dont need to replace it
my is fine, for now
So just head gasket being fited not another engine. He was a friend of a friend if you know what i mean. I was finding bits that wasn't tight and missing bolts of a god few weeks. 
I'm then changing the suspension YET again then i think everything should be working correctly......I hope Hence your continued trouble in that department.£4k so far............. Thats nothing!! 
£2k£1k£600£500£500£1.8k£200£700£200£100£550£8k plus 6k for car, and thats just the main things i can think of and without any mods!! 
on a 1992 300bhp car....................................................................................................Graeme Shaw wrote:
I dont think anyone can touch me on my repairs to my tubby.
Bought it for 6k back in 2002 tbar turbo 1992, total lemon!
Wrote it off, fixed it
onto 3rd gearbox
head gasket blew, JJ fixed
Air con compresser
Tein suspension failure
Headgasket again, new engine
Steering rack
Clutch failure x2
Radiater leak
Water pipes leak
turbo falure
Thats over
Just worked out Mods to around 6k.
So, working out, now spent well over 20k
Holy s@*t, im off the hang myself.
not fix them properly first time round?£700 for a clutch change?£350 a shot. first was arp clutch, which failed, second one (in now) is a clutch masters. matt_mr2t wrote:The problem with ebay is your bidding on a car you might not have seen and are then obligated to buy it if you win.
NOT how to buy a car.
Its just like any other private sale.Graeme Shaw wrote:Matt
Things were fixed well! J.J fixed head and gearbox first time round, maybe second box was already on its way out, you can never tell and were hard to come by at the time! Although head was skimmed, maybe it was warped or was just knackered, who knows.
Cluth has been changed twice, at
Just been very unlucky
Graeme
£700 EACH clutch change. 
Graeme Shaw wrote:Thats over
That was a lot for a rev2, even then??!!! I paid 3.5k for mine back then..... Just clocked over 180,000 on the odometer last weekend and it has NEVER let me down. Never been late, never been towed back. I do do a lot to it though... oil and filter twice a month... everything checked daily. And I do a LOT of miles. 
£14k in total. If used hard clutches won't last anywhere near as long as they should.'luck' with cars.-:[KM]:- wrote:
-:[KM]:- wrote:Graeme Shaw wrote:Thats over
Maybe I've just been lucky.
Check the oil lever every couple of months. Never seems to go down. jimGTS wrote:-:[KM]:- wrote:
you do 8k miles PER MONTH????
Too much free time on my hands!£3500 is bad then I dare not tell you my story£9k spent as I purchased a crap car....'so' far... don't. 
Graeme Shaw wrote:
Just been very unlucky
Graeme
......lasted less than 12 months....Not good. Was not happy to say the least, especially as the car is a second car and i had only covered appox 5000 miles on it! ](./images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall"){kind=small}
Has been in for 4 years. 
- winners of JAE best overall club stand 2010, 2013, 2014 & 2017!1994 GT-S T-Bar 397bhp with NOS *sold*2016 Porsche Cayman 981GTS 347bhp Flat Six