As some of you may be aware I was having a few overheating issues with my newly purchased uk my00 classic turbo 2000 after I'd replaced the rad, thermostat etc I decided to bite the bullet and take it in to a specialist they told me it was deffinately a head gasket or head type problem! So I was naturally a bit gutted as I'd only had the car 26 days before it threw it's hand in! Anyway I've decided to have the work done it's going to cost me £800 to have STi headgaskets and a new bottom pulley and new sparkplugs etc I thought this was a pretty fair price considering the work that it's going to have. Once it's done Im thinking about getting an uprated fuel pump to go with my exhaust and I'm switching back to a standard airbox and hopefully getting a remap at scoobytecnix in fleetwood.

 

How many miles has the motor done? 'Cause if around 80k, then when you restore the CR to its former glory (because of the new HGs), then this means that the relatively aged, bottom end has trouble coping with the pressures. Typically, a big end will fail soon after.

It's for this reason that many specialists emplore customers in this position to go full rebuild route...

 

It had a bottom end rebuild 7k ago so this should be ok shouldn't it?

 

Oh in that case mate, you're good to go for just HGs for sure.

BTW, that's a very good price for HG replacement if it includes the HGs themselves and all sundries, very light skim to true up of heads, etc. It's an especially good price, bearing in mind the spark plugs/pulley/fitting as well! Nice one.

 

i take it that steel gaskets

 

Yep, OP mentioned STi HGs in his post, so they are indeed the c.£120 MLS type?

 

Thats sounds very cheap. Hope all is sorted

 

are you on about the cr increasing, i thought it would decrease especially if the pistons and valves and head were decoked b4 fitting new hg

 

I just hope all is cured wen I get it back it made me nearly cry when it died

 

u got any pics of the car mate

 

yeah dude here ya go!
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it doesnt say scooby on the back now because that is sooooo chavvy! I changed it back to say Subaru!
let me know what you think guys!

 

nice looking motor mate bought mine with a blown engine just had a new one fitted along with new turbo at a cost of £1600 so i know how you feel but unlike me at least you got to drive yours before it went lol

 

id get rid of scooby doo on the reg plate too though as thats also sooo chavvy

 

Totally forgot about them mate not seen the car in a while n just noticed em now lol I agree though, they are gay as **** haha

 

As are the mirrors...

 

i might c it about if it running if the location is you whereabouts. see a good few in that area. looks good mate

 

i dont understand the theory that the bottom end is "likely" to go soon after a head gasket failure. surely provided the head gasket failure is caught soon enough then there is no negative effect on the rest of the engine. "extra pressure"???????

 

Seddomyster, do u live in southport or spend alot of time round here? I'm sure you were behind me goin down forest road a while back now like? U got bk wheels haven't u? Gold with a polished rim and HIDs haven't u? Your cars otherwise identical to mine as it's confused a few of me mates hahaha think I saw u headin towards Liverpool at ince blundell the other day? I apologise if not it's kinda hard to tell from your avatar.
For what it's worth I think my car belonged to a guy on here named scooby lee?

 

u got it in 1 mate. i saw a scooby parkd up yesterday at halfords but dont think i saw gold wheels but same colour car. yea i took the hids off coz 1 the bulbs went faulty an got a fine from police for it. hope t come across u again lol

 

Haha small world, should have it back in the next few weeks yay! I'm cruising round in a red mondeo ST24 V6 saloon at the min

 

how does that car compare to the scooby. yep small world it is lol

 

It's just as crap on fuel lol it's slow compared to the scooby and doesn't handle as well and for some reason gets alot of police attention... (sigh) but on the plus side it's quiet lol so it's neighbour friendly!

 

it get police attention yet its quiet. lol. the new focus rs should be thinkin of puttin 4wd on there cars. how much power them st24s put out

 

The original ST24 was 167(?)bhp, I care to remember. Its contemporary "older sister", the flagship ST200, unsurprisingly, was 200bhp.

Not sure what the last MY ST24 (if there was one) was? 180? 190?

 

Here you are lol:-

ST24

Capacity: 2544cc

Valves: 24

Cylinders: V6

Type: Duratec

Max.Power: 168Bhp (125KW, 170PS) @ 6250 RPM

Max.Torque: 220 Nm @ 4250 RPM

0-60: Hatch: 8.0 Sec. Saloon: 8.0 Sec. Estate: 8.3 Sec.
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ST200

Capacity: 2544cc

Valves: 24

Cylinders: V6

Type: Duratec VR

Max.Power: 202Bhp (151KW, 205PS) @ 6500 RPM

Max.Torque: 235 Nm @ 5600 RPM

0-60: Hatch: 7.7 Sec. Saloon: 7.7 Sec. Estate: 7.8 Sec.

 

They look sooo slow on paper, they do feel torquey though just not fast enough to justify 10-25 mpg! Can't wait for scooby power again though! The bizzies round here seem to think it's a crime to have more than two people in a car lol

 

is that just in an st aswell lol. i hate them. u pay your way in everything an these days they pull ya even for driving right. not much power for the size of the engin but in its day it probs quick

 

That's merseysides 'finest' for ya lol

 

Saw u the. Other day in thornton lol ;-)