FTO AUSTRALIA

Well all was going very well with my little red fto, just had a catback exhaust put on this week, and touch screen dvd player installed.
also went with cold air induction.

Long story short, last night I picked up the wife in Brissy city with all that bloody rain and I sucked up a monstrous amount
of water into the engine.
It ticks like crazy, took it to a local mechanic, he compression tested the cylinders and number 1 cylinder is shot, looks like a
bent conrod, damn it.

So, I have been looking around for a replacement motor, not too many mivec engines around brissy.

Does anyone know of some for sale?

Any help or suggestions appreciated

japan autos

Thanks Chiinkstarrh,

I have seen your car a lot in coopers plains near the fast food place near the railway lines.
I work around the corner.


I rang jap autos up and they have a mivec motor for $1799, they said about 110ks on it.

Good news is that on my motor all cylinders measured over 210 compression, just the one cylinder is 160 compression.

So after some brainstorming I might be just taking the head off and sump and replacing the one conrod and piston with piston rings.

If it looks too bad inside then I still might have to replace the engine.

Well, I picked up 2 mivec off the guys below last week for $595 each + freight. Havent got them yet, but low mileage and 3 months warranty. At that price, doesnt matter if they are near brisbane or not. Wouldnt be surprised if they had more:

http://www.ichiban.com.au/

clif wrote:I have seen your car a lot in coopers plains near the fast food place near the railway lines.
I work around the corner.

His car got written off a little while ago now .

Damn! I thought I haven't seen his car in ages!
Thought he might have started working somewhere else lol.

Ok, trying to find engine parts is not easy, have tried ringing bursons, and a number of performance places,
no one sells conrods or pistons, so if anyone has a heads up on where to buy them that would be fantastic!

Cheers.

dstocks wrote:Well, I picked up 2 mivec off the guys below last week for $595 each + freight. Havent got them yet, but low mileage and 3 months warranty. At that price, doesnt matter if they are near brisbane or not. Wouldnt be surprised if they had more:

http://www.ichiban.com.au/

Thats good to know!

*Bookmarks*

Wonder how much they'd charge for a manual conversion kit....

clif wrote:Thanks Chiinkstarrh,

I have seen your car a lot in coopers plains near the fast food place near the railway lines.
I work around the corner.


I rang jap autos up and they have a mivec motor for $1799, they said about 110ks on it.

Good news is that on my motor all cylinders measured over 210 compression, just the one cylinder is 160 compression.

So after some brainstorming I might be just taking the head off and sump and replacing the one conrod and piston with piston rings.

If it looks too bad inside then I still might have to replace the engine.

nps man, yeah that was my car months ago LOL

sadly it had to go

dstocks wrote:Well, I picked up 2 mivec off the guys below last week for $595 each + freight. Havent got them yet, but low mileage and 3 months warranty. At that price, doesnt matter if they are near brisbane or not. Wouldnt be surprised if they had more:

http://www.ichiban.com.au/

Damn your a legend man!!!

He had one left, so I got it, thanks heaps dude

Hey Chiinkstarrh,

you only just got it repainted dude, damn shame man!

No probs. I was pretty stoked with that price as well. Thats why I grabbed two of them.

clif wrote:Hey Chiinkstarrh,

you only just got it repainted dude, damn shame man!

haha yeah i know, so im guessing u've seen it when it was in its original colour?
im currently not in aus but when i get back u will see a mr-s parked there
would be good to see your fto when its back running again yeah

yeah I seen it in its original glory hehehe

Looked pretty cool after the paintjobby dude, I haven't seen anything like it.

Have to go for a cruise when I get it up and running, make a B line for the gold coast LOL

Woohoo!!!

Got the car back with the new engine! Its better then ever before, nice and smooth with no tappet noise, brilliant!

Thanks heaps to you guys, so awsomeness

This is one happy FTO owner

good to hear mate, where did u get the engine from in the end?

Unless im mistaken, he got it from the place I recommended above. They had one left at $595.......

dstocks wrote:Unless im mistaken, he got it from the place I recommended above. They had one left at $595.......

Yes, Thanks heaps ma man!!! I owe you a beer or 3 hahaha

Also a side note, I got it done at 'Coorparoo Mechanics' ph: 3847 1578

He had zero issues doing the job and was brilliant, he's only a little guy with just his son working with him,
but he's got skillz, and a clean workshop, I highly recommend him if you want some work done.

Cheers.