The longest Thread ever!!!

[Puddle31]

what happened to it or what did you do with it?

[gse_turbo]

should i start bitching on how much i miss my lanos? lol BUMP!

nah, just buy another one!!

[Puddle31]

they are certainly cheap to buy, it's the keeping them on the road and your time that gets expensive!!

[Rodd1s]

they are certainly cheap to buy, it's the keeping them on the road and your time that gets expensive!!

especially in the UK when you have to pay £245 per year just for the road tax for a 1.3!!!

unless its a 2000 or older model 1.5, then the tax is only £125... doesnt make sense!! (plus they're only like £300 to £700 to buy a decent one last i checked)

I might be selling mine soon... i am, however, sincerely considering getting a 1.5 or 1.6 Lanos and see what i can do with that.

[benzino]

i can't believe what the top gear boys manage to buy on their small budgets

prices are so high in australia...

[Rodd1s]

Yeah, some cars in the UK are dirt cheap... as long as u dont mind having to fix it at least once a week. occasionally you can find decent bargains tho, like one of my mates who bought a mercedes 190D for £200 and sold it for £600, then money from that combined with what he had save bought a lexus is200 sport for £2000 with nothing but the slightest ever scratch marks here n there. now thats a bargain.

[benzino]

yes, yes it is

i was thinking things more like evos
an evo 5 here would be around £10000 but can't you get like evo8's for less than that? (plus you get the fq versions )

[Rodd1s]

The general rule as I see it for evo pricing (if you just want an un-tuned, daily-used one) is the evolution number is the price in thousands, ie: evo4 costs around £4000, evo5 = £5000, evo6 = £6000 and so on, with the exception of the evoX, which is still highly priced.

I was tempted a couple years ago to buy an evo1 which I had found for £1500 and it was on the market for quite a while, but the money i saved ended up getting blown in a single night on booze, club entried and strippers. NEVER DOING THAT AGAIN!

[benzino]

hahahahahahahaha great story

wow those prices are ridiculous! Makes me want to move!

how bout the 6.5, the TM edition? here they're still over $20k/£13k... bloody ridiculous i tell you

[jidasas]

Got new woo...will post pics later.

been a while I know...need to find forged or at least high strength connecting rods and a really good clutch for the new lanos any info?

Jimmy

[benzino]

contributing contributing contributing

need to keep this thread going... it's pretty slow

so anybody doing anything interesting?

[benzino]

plus i only need 64 more posts to get to 1000

[jidasas]

I have another lanos now. should be getting the turbo on within the next six months:) I have everything I need except for forged rods unless someone can tell me the stock rods will handle 250 hp if they are shotpeened and nitrided?

[benzino]

i'm pretty sure garrett can supply all the stuff you're looking for

[gse_turbo]

are you keeping the 1.6? the 1.6 come stock with forged rods. you really only need ARP rod bolts if you only want 250. I have ARP rod bolts main studs and head studs if you're interested. I can also provide a cometic MLS head gasket and several different levels of performance clutches. I also have a light weight flywheel that was in my 1.6 before I went to the 2.0. it's awesome and it's been modified to use the larger 2.0 pressure plate and disc if you wanted to.