Engine damaged Bora v6 4Mo on ebay

[Dyldo]

what do we all REALLY think the engine damage is? water-lock? scored cylinders?

or is it truly a bargain?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VOLKSWAGON-BO...item335bd056ba

[Yevvy]

204000kms. with my 187000kms i can tell you that it isn't worth it, unless you are using it for parts

[GoLfMan]

204000kms. with my 187000kms i can tell you that it isn't worth it, unless you are using it for parts

if you could get it cheap enough I recon you could build a turbo mosnter for a total cost of about 25k

[Dyldo]

I reckon $5K is a good price if thats what it goes for. But wouldn't you really need to know what the engine damage really is before buying it anyway?

If the cylinders are buggered, how easy is it to bore them? I am sure a 2.8L bored and stroked and then with some sort of forced induction would be great?

[Tim]

the car has been water damaged and listed as a repairable writeoff. Who knows what the extent of the water damage is. The interior looks like it has been wet.
Id be very careful buying something like that.

[Yevvy]

tim is right. no one knows the condition of the gearbox/4wd, if the clutch has been changed, suspension and so on. worth checking before bidding

[goodfella]

I'd stay away too...

"2003 VOLKSWAGON BORA V6 4 MOTION (ALL WHEEL DRIVE)

TYPE 3CC MY09 V6 FSI DSG"

now thats a FAIL!

[Dyldo]

This sold for $5,500 fellas. If i had a cool $30K lying around it would have been fun to buy it and throw some cash at it and see what happened

[goodfella]

This sold for $5,500 fellas. If i had a cool $30K lying around it would have been fun to buy it and throw some cash at it and see what happened

If you had that... then import Vert1's supercharged bora as "non registerable" spareparts vehicle then transfer the good bits to your Bora and track the other!