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How much is a standard K head worth?
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:22 pm
by Rich H
Cheap one on e-bay going in the next hour. Currently at £35 with ~£20 postage.
Could be the begginning of another project.....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %3AIT&rd=1
What do you all think?
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:31 pm
by Rich H
Nevermind, Gone for £52
Didn't want to spend too much on a complete unknown.
Don't need one anyway....
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:44 pm
by gordon
Buy suspention and tyres rather that upping the power. If you dont know what your doing or dont have a flow bench you can actually lose power. Suspention, geo and tyres will make the car way faster overall than spending alot of time/effort on budget headwork. The std engine has a good bit torque anyway, so if you get the car to handle and use the torque/extra grip to exit the corners faster you'll find you car easily stay with tuned cars and if you get a good exit even pass them.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:55 pm
by Rich H
Cheers Gordon, you are right of course
but the plan was to give me something to do with my time rather than spend a fortune on quickly bolted on bits that cost alot and don't take much time! Not really bothered at all if I don't achieve much, but I should stand to learn a fair amount and not spend as much!
(I'm in need of a new job come Nov so I can't keep spending!
)
I'm a pretty competent bolter-onner and general tinkerer but my knowledge of the finer points of engines is sorely lacking!
I know I should be driving
but I still need something to do!
(At least until the sun comes out!
)
Rich
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:20 pm
by Stephen
Are you time served in Nov?
Will you be staying in Scotland or heading south?
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:28 pm
by Rich H
Yep time's up, heading south to Preston. sh*t roads and worse traffic
Boring.
But the g/f has a house down there so I can live on the cheap! And if I can get a job at BAe she will get £2600 for recommending me! (I have claimed half!)
I'm going to miss the roads and the "care in the community" types (You lot!) up here for sure!
Oulton Park is only just down the road and we will have plenty of floor space.....
Rich
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:46 pm
by ewanrw
RICHARDHUMBLE wrote:Yep time's up, heading south to Preston. sh*t roads and worse traffic
Boring.
But the g/f has a house down there so I can live on the cheap! And if I can get a job at BAe she will get £2600 for recommending me! (I have claimed half!)
I'm going to miss the roads and the "care in the community" types (You lot!) up here for sure!
Oulton Park is only just down the road and we will have plenty of floor space.....
Rich
You'll be back.
Get the g/f to move up here and get a job with BAe in Edinburgh.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:51 pm
by Rich H
Good idea! But I doubt she'll go for that!
Would be nice to stay though!
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:59 pm
by tut
Got £220 and £230 for both of mine.
tut
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:05 pm
by mac
Tut had a V8 K series made just for him, by the way
Mac
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:47 pm
by MacK
There are some for sale here
http://www.wyleshardy.com/salesCatalogu ... pageval=40
It's the MG X-Power administrators auction site. Cars and tools and MG stuff available.
Found this on SELOC.
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:25 pm
by Rich H
Cheers!
Rich
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:39 pm
by Stu160
Bloody hell!!!!
Have a look at that link,so much stuff
Even have a 2l jud engined car,and 6 or so of those fancy v8 mg thingys
I may not sleep tonight now,they have more junk than I have
Stu
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:46 pm
by Rich H
Does anyone want anything collecting? I'm going home that weekend and I'll only be 10 miles away. I'll gladly pick anything up and drag it back up, or at least collect it and post it up (I'll be on the train!) I'll be going along just on the off chance of a bargin (Or otherwise!)
I'll take the old man along and try for an OAP discount!
RIch