Cambelt snapped, mods to do while I'm at it?

[RobBrodie]

Hey,
My cambelt snapped a couple of days ago (garage I brought it from said it was done and obviously not) so obviously need to take the head off to get at the valves ect ect.
I hate spending loads of money on something when it's going to be exactly the same as before so does anyone know of anything I can do for abit more (£100-£200) that is really worth doing to a 1.2 8v?

Cheers
Rob

 

[Sam@NP]

drop a 2 liter in.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Lesson learnt.. Check the history properly !

Would it be much cheaper to put a new engine in instead ?!

You could buy new cams and pets pretend they give you 20% more power... That's still only going to be SLOW.

Don't bother !

 

[RobBrodie]

When I'm looking at about £4500 to insure a 172 I think it's out of the question getting a 2l dropped in

 

[Dan519]

Good solid engine, well worth fixing, but honestly don't try to mod it. At the most get compression raised with a head skim that you should do anyway.

 

[Jonny1*2]

Not worth doing anything extra to mate. Would you be doing the work yourself? If so, just get it up and running again, but if you have to get someone to do it for you, i'd imagine it will cost more than the car??