hi guys
it has been a hard year last year for me, watching my mum go through the later stages of cancer until sadly she passed away january 12th this year
add to that a health condition i have which has become quite serious in the last couple of years and as hard as it is to accept im having to start thinking about more normal cars.
my evo 5 gsr engine stopped working in august/september last year, very strange and i dunno what went wrong, no suspect noises leading up to it, and didnt feel like any lack of power either, also was never ever hammered either, because i was doing so much caring, all i was doing was travelling to and from my mum, hospital trips, shops etc. never even got a chance to use it for what it was built for.
i went home one night, parked it in the drive, went out next day, nothing but ignition noise, ever so slight noises of wanting to spark but nothing. had a mate come round, a couple actually, nothing striking at first, but following a compression test turns out no compression on 1 and 3
initial intentions were to fix it by getting another engine and get it back on the road and with the dead engine out was gonna take it apart just for the learning experience as iv never done it, but things with my mum were getting very serious and the car went right to the back of the priority list.
as it happens, i have a newly built ( with receipt for £3600 ) engine with evo 9 internals, new sensors etc, turbo, manifold, everything included to drop in sourced through a mate of baz from boness, very kind guys the two of them, and has sat in my garage unfitted and wrapped with plastic covers and blankets, paid £1500 for it, bargain
truthfully, my own health now leaves me with a problem, i cant do the work as i could hurt myself, and iv already spent 5 weeks in hospital in the last 3 months, i dont want anymore for a while, i wanna try and look ahead and look after myself.
would be nice if someone would be interested in the car. i paid top money for the car 1 year ago of almost £7000 had an idea of what i would ask for it now being £4000/4500 ish. its declared sorn at the moment and the mot ran out about a month ago but since iv only done about 2-3k since its last mot, iv serviced it twice myself since then, and the mileage is 41k. also has dixcel carbon brakes all round with Z pads, superb stoppers. only done about 2k town mileage. no track, no drag, nothing. the brakes alone cost me about £800 ish in total. has a nice set of 17" alloys gunmetal colour, car is white, carbon insert on bonnet, defi and apexi guages, carbon exhaust gaurd unfitted, HEL brake lines new and unfitted and a few other bits unfitted. stainless exhaust and decat, sounds great.
engine is still in the car, with the airfilter, battery and some pipe work removed as i made a start but thats it. all in boxes.
anyone else been in similar situation with their car?
i wish i could keep it but as said, its been the hardest thing ever to accept im gonna have to start taking it easy and look after myself, cause i love cars. its been the one hobbie i have enjoyed over all the others, i dont really have too many others. so very frustrating.
