Re-con old engine or buy 2nd hand engine

My corsa VXR hasnt got an engine at fhe moment its sat next to the car in bits do i just shiny parts to sort the engine out or just go all out and buy an engine? Would it be more work or less just replacin parts?

Needs help due to turnin this car into a track day car for next year

Riggers!

what exactly is wrong with the engine?
cause is could be an easy fix or it could be a nightmare
all depedns on whats wrong with it

My mate ran the dry of coolant :/ overworked the turbo to the point where it doesnt boost cant drive it five mins down the road before it overheated n was smoking think the waterpumps gone and im not sure wether the manifold is nackered :/

swear i just posted something here...

before anything check all of the air pipes, might be easier doing a 2nd check whislt engines running, usually th turbo inlet pipe. when air pipes split it causes smoke and loss of power obv as teh turbo aint getting what it wants.

check for coolant leaks. if ya cant find one, take the belt off n check the waterpump pulley.

then worry

if no air leaks take turbo off n chekc turbines are working.

erm...forgot what else i put before...lol

hmm...

let me know what ya find lol

Checked everything and everything seemed good untill the engine got up the temp then things started to happen started hissing then there was oil leaking from the head just a say roud the back then there was a strong smell of fuel and when looking under the car there was a nice puddle of oil and coolant :/ im confused to whats going on! Think im gunna strip the head down take pretty much everything i can that might be causing the problem,

Any pointers cuz my heads in the shed at the mo

sorry to say mate but does sound the symptoms of headgasket failure any more symptoms would help diagnose the problem

Been haunting some other forums and i have had some pointers about dropping a vectra vxr 2.5 v6 lump in it

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starboyWRX
Been haunting some other forums and i have had some pointers about dropping a vectra vxr 2.5 v6 lump in it

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modiloveit123

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starboyWRX
Been haunting some other forums and i have had some pointers about dropping a vectra vxr 2.5 v6 lump in it

That would be something to see and hear. Have you sourced one yet? I would imagine it to be something else.