303 bhp punto gt

[Mr Hans]

IMHO spark advance was tooo agressive and engine was on the detonation limit - this is why this 1.4litre was over 300BHPs, torque comes from spark advance timing

in the yellow PGT we had changed the engine twice in a half year for the same reason, cylinder wall broken same like this
this is an common open deck block failure, with highly tuned engine

Should've used X19 block...

[Superman]

Get most of if not all your money back breaking it tbh , such a same it happened tho .

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I fail to see how he is going to get all of his £3k back from breaking it, fubared engine, shell needs a respray. Days are gone where you could sell GT seats and interior to a 60SX owner...

Thanks for your concerns people, I decided that the additional cost of fixing it plus the respray costs it just wasn't worth it

Brad feels bad so ah well, breaking it is for the best i feel

I bet he feels bad.... He's just ducked the huge loss you've made on it, did you test drive it before buying it?

[Puntoboy]

I'm with Dan on this. No money to be had with breaking. Beau will
Lose out either way.


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[beau]

I bet he feels bad.... He's just ducked the huge loss you've made on it, did you test drive it before buying it?

I didn't test drive it or anything, didn't even open the bonnet, just bought it, assumed it would be fine, everyone seemed to swear by it so didn't see any need..... :/

[clarkster]

how near was you to the £3k asking price?

[beau]

how near was you to the £3k asking price?

Not saying lol, but it wasn't cheap by any means, I paid a lot of money for what i was assuming Wouldn't have any issues

[Superman]

Well you've been ****ed then haven't you. That crack hasn't just appeared inside 3miles.

And we're all led to believe these GT's from Landan are all awesome, overly powerful and dead reliable etc, just a load of fairy tales as time goes by.

[Puntoboy]

To be fair, I how would Bradley know about the crack? He doesn't have x-ray vision.


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[KAS]

Well you've been ****ed then haven't you. That crack hasn't just appeared inside 3miles.

And we're all led to believe these GT's from Landan are all awesome, overly powerful and dead reliable etc, just a load of fairy tales as time goes by.

I alluded to it, you said it!

Puntoboy, 2 hoses popped within 3 miles, who's to say they hadnt been replaced in the 3 miles before that. Or maybe I'm just a cynical ****.

From the project threads I've read none of them big power GTs have been reliable! But you'd be foolish to ever expect a tuned car to be reliable, especially when its 15+ years old and got power increases of up to 100% or more. TBF I don't think anyone has mentioned good reliability on the big power rides.

Fukcery anyway, like I said before. The level of fukcery is kinda reduced by the lack of a test drive - but we live and we learn - and Brad's rep round here has no doubt suffered, but then again he's probably outta the Punto game for good now. Still fukcerys tho...

[Superman]

To be fair, I how would Bradley know about the crack? He doesn't have x-ray vision.


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It would have been chugging water like Shamu thats why, getting hot, probably the reason the pipe split. Maybe he didn't know for it was a cracked block for sure but I bet money the symptoms of an engine failure were there.

Beau is a complete idiot for not driving it before hand considering it was sold as a working car and very expensive for a GT, he must have had a lapse because he is seen as a good car trader by all, genuinely sorry for him as its likely cost him a small fortune.