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so I went with an FG F6 short, plan it to do up the fg xr6t bottom end at a later date. The mechanics pulled the head off the fg motor which supposedly had 7000k's this morning. I got a call to say come in and have a look, apparently it's all sludged up. They are saying maybe just get another head. Looks like it came from a 100,000k plus motor that gets serviced with calibre oil every 25 thousand k's.

Another call to the lovely bunch of lads who sold this thing to me :turboboink:

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ahh man dats sucks, just curious but so cant you use a BA head on an FG block?? looking into getting an fg short motor too

yep you can use a B-series head on an FG block, but mine needed work and this was meant to be a cheaper option.

xcopbf - I'd spotted that one, now bad with all the sh*t that comes with it.

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so I went with an FG F6 short, plan it to do up the fg xr6t bottom end at a later date. The mechanics pulled the head off the fg motor which supposedly had 7000k's this morning. I got a call to say come in and have a look, apparently it's all sludged up. They are saying maybe just get another head. Looks like it came from a 100,000k plus motor that gets serviced with calibre oil every 25 thousand k's.

Another call to the lovely bunch of lads who sold this thing to me :bowdown:

Well after that phone call, the bloke who runs this (rather large and well advertised) place I bought the engine from has promised to send me through all the paperwork and history for the car. He maintains that he bought the car to do up for himself.

Strange thing I found today when I inspected the engine. It was built a fair bit earlier than the car it was meant to come out of :bangcomputer:

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Another week has passed and still no paperwork for this engine. Still calling them every day but getting the run around big time.

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Please tell me you have everythnig he promised in writing, or at least email.

I don't know how things work up there but in Vic one of the first points of call would be Consumer Affairs Victoria for some free advice on avenues to pursue. Letter from a solicitor would be into the hundreds.

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