its back

hi guys , well my fronty's back from france ,at last ,only one problem ,the car that was above it on the transporter had an oil leak all over the roof of my car , :twisted:

, still looking for an engine , had a couple of quotes from scrapyards , but what i,m thinking is what if the engine from the scrapyard has the same problem or is on its last legs and i,m in the position i now find myself in . the cheapest price so far for a recon one is £1200 , ouch , any ideas lads of a decent reconditioned engine place in the mids , thanks mick

Dont forget the same engine was used in cavalears (2lt 8v) :wink:

Only main difference being the sump & oil pickup pipe.

Your best chance on getting a good engine is to get one from a low milage mot failure (rust bucket)
At least then you can hear it running

What can be very easily done as well is getting SEH engine, which is very similiar to C20NE but will output 130bhp instead of 115. Can be found in prefacelift Cavs Mk3 SRi. You can get nice motor in very good condition (wherever C20NE or 20SEH) at one of other forums. I would point you to www.cavmk3oc.com. Many mechanics who will sell reckon motor for around £300, as second hand one will cost around £50 only these days (from Cavalier or Astra).

and the calibra,

Hi m8, there is an engine recon place thats one of our customers and He's got a 2.0 fully reconned that he's had for about 2 years (the car it was going into was written off) Hasn't been run yet. wants £300 for it. If you are interested let me know.