Hi all as some of you may know my Aristo TT 1996 is having a rebuild done, well things got worse, the pistons were so bad they could not be honed so it needs all new pistons, rings and a rebore, rest of the engine has been fully rebuilt and blueprinted(valves, oil pump, shims,crank polished etc etc), it also needed two engine mounts final bill will be £5000!, seems mad but it is being done by Mkiv store in Bristol who are awesome, if i gave up now i would lose more money.Only paid 3 grand for it so there you go and i do not like mk2 shape.Just a warning to you though when they go they do it in style.Also put two newer turbos on with 25000 on as turbos on it with 98000 were shot, engine will be like new.No symptoms initially just developed an oil and coolant leak!!!.Engine was carbonised inside which Martin thinks is a result of poor oil changes and thrashing in it's early days, looking forward to getting it back, it is staying stock but has had arp studs etc put in anyway
cheers
Matt