yeah just up the road from me
yeah getting another car would be nice and easy.
we do have a local scrap yard down here that will sell you everything you need for £110. thats engine with alternator + plastics, ECU, wiring loom, key and CODE box (plus any other bits that take your fancy)
you'd then have to get other things from other places. (such as the fuel pump and some pipe connectors).
if you want, i can weld you up an exhaust if you can get me the down pipes from the panda 4x4 and the punto.
hell i am pretty sure i could come and give you a hand if ever you get stuck if you want. be a bit of fun.
there's a few other folk on here from chesterfield too
the main differences between the punto 60 and 75 is pretty much the power the engine gives out.
the punto 60 is a single point injection system
the punto 75 is a multi point injection system, it has a higher lift cam (the punto 60 had this in later models), larger valves and bigger ports. everything in the cylinder head. the bottom end of the engine is completely the same as the punto 60.
it is a shame that you did not come on sooner. there was a really nice punto 60 in the scrap yard with 30k miles on it. sadly it has gone now. there was also a punto 75 in too. but that had 88k miles on it.
here is a list of what my local has in:
http://www.albertlooms.com/content.aspx?id=10
you are looking for anything older than 2000. so 1999 back.
theres 2 that would be good if they were low miles... the yellow 60 S and the red 60 SX.
all the others are the mk2 punto. they have knock sensors and cam sensors.. complete nightmare wire up.
stick with the mk1 stuff and you will be laughing.
if you did really want to go mad, you could stick the 16v engine in. hell even the 1.4 16v would fit and bolt up to the gearbox. you would just have to cut your cabin fan air box up a bit to get it in. also a cam belt change would be almost a engine out job :/
(the 8v cam belt can be changed in a pub car park with basic tools... in the rain. i know i did it!)
like i say the choice is yours on engines. you have loads that would fit so long as they were all the "FIRE" engine.
my dream is to get the 1.3 diesel multi-jet engine in a classic panda. that would be soooooooo awesome.
