What do you guys think of this ?

[brad.rex]

I have seen this on piston heads, at a glance it looks quite good ?
Does anyone here recognise the vehicle at all ?
Could some of you guys maybe point out any bad/good points at all ?
 
Thanks for any help.
 
LINK - http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/756605.htm
 
Im Brad by the way im looking to by a Rex (who would of gussed lol)

[chrisJDM]

looks good to me, the t04s is a good size single tubby.  If you decided you wanted to mod it further you may have to ditch the panspeed ecu and go for something like a apexi power fc.  Apart from that all looks fine for me, not a bad price looks tidy bodywork

[brad.rex]

looks good to me, the t04s is a good size single tubby. If you decided you wanted to mod it further you may have to ditch the panspeed ecu and go for something like a apexi power fc. Apart from that all looks fine for me, not a bad price looks tidy bodywork

 
Thanks for the fast reply, I see you have been around here for a while !
I takre it you dont recognise the car at all ?
44,000 miles with no rebuild though is this a little concerning at all ??

[jurgen]

i seen a pic of the engine bay and its prety shocking

[brad.rex]

i seen a pic of the engine bay and its prety shocking

 
I knew there was something missing from the photo\'s lol.

[Timmy]

It\'s 1992 the clock were probably changed at some point so probably not 40k. It\'s probaly been rebuilt too at some point but completely unknown. I would value it on a basis on the mods forget about the rest. £5500 still is not that bad a price.

[chrisJDM]

i agree with timmy that i wouldnt trust the mileage reading, might be an idea to get a compression test just to check that as you dont want it going pop 5 mins down the road.  

Jurgen how bad is the engine bay?

[chrisJDM]

also seeinng that its got Dragon written on the side you could contact Dragon and see what they know about the car.

[turbo boy]

I`ve always liked white fds, looks really nice. If you do have it, get a decent wing.

[brad.rex]

also seeinng that its got Dragon written on the side you could contact Dragon and see what they know about the car.

 
Yeah good point.  
 
Also Jurgen could I/we see the engine bay pic please ?

[Freddy]

The ex owner posted it for sale here at one point last year. You could try and search for it.

hth

[karl_tate]

looks nice and a good price too, but like timmy says, you dont know anything about the engine, i would say take it for a test drive and have a good look around it.

hot starting is a sign of low/bad compression, search on here for the water seals test as well as its pretty simple.

but if you decide to buy i would have some money saved for a rebuilt.

[brad.rex]

Thanks for your responses guys real helpfull. Ive decided to wait for a standard ish FD with a rebuilt engine. I would like to mod it my self from scratch also

[karl_tate]

good plan, there is still plenty of very good examples, just dont get sucked in, and use brain over heart :yes

[Laeeq]

That car was previously owned by Andrew for few years with no problems.  The car was very well looked after and hardly driven:Hammer I know he sold it for about 8k not so long ago.  I would take the panspeed ecu off and replace it with Apexi and remape:3gears-lh