Vulcan 1700 x-flow on ebay

[adey]

There's a near-complete 1700 xflow, already gone over £1300, here, is this still a bargain? Never installed or run in four years. Would it still be as good as new after that time?

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2448812789&category=43120

 

 

[Irrelevant]

There's not much on the spec, apart from 150bhp, for which there is no apparent evidence. It's not even dry sumped.

I'd be asking what ancillaries it comes with, what pistons, what head work, and I'd want spec and build supporting evidence. At £1300 it's a lot if it's basically a tarted up £50 crossflow cast-off - he even says the block/head/crank/rods/rocker were NOT replaced when it was rebuilt. The seller says his initial price of £550 reflects the quality of the rebuild - i.e. he thinks this price is high but can be justified by the 'extensive' rebuild. Bet he's having a lauge now it's at £1300 .

 

J351 TPE . . . battered old X/Flow

[Richard K]

When a got my caterham last year it had not been used for about 3 years. The engine was fine once I had it going.

Mine is a Vulcan Maxi-flow origionally built to 145 bhp. Built and fitted about 1989.

You can search the spec. here http://www.vulcanengines.com/

..........£1,300+ seems a lot though

Richard

[Billy Bonkers]

When credit cards are accepted I've noticed some silly, money-no-object bids on ebay...

 

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