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I suppose there might not be an exact deffinition of a crate engine, but I've usually seen it used to mean an engine that is more or less ready to un-box and fit in a car, and that has most, if not always, all, bolt on ancilaries fitted. ie the Kitspare one has: - Throttle body - Engine loom - Injectors - Fuel rail - Inlet and Exhaust manifolds - Leads and plugs - Coil pack - Water pump - Clutch - Flywheel - Thermostat housing - Oil filter - Sump You have different terms for different "amounts" of "engine" that you buy, so you can also buy crate engines, half engines and short engines. Half would IIRC be just the basic block, crank, rods and pistons. Short, again, IIRC, would be the more or less complete lower lower half of the engine, ie an almost complet unit, but twith no head or inlet manifold/carbs/throttle body or anything else attached to the head. I guess you don't see all the terms used so much now as in the days when cars needed engine replacements or major overhauls quite so much. Zetec engined were built in big numbers and loads of spares would have been made to service the spares requirements up to and after the end of the original cars lives. After that, they get steadily less valuable. (Except where for some reason a particular motor becomes sought after and artificially keeps value high)

A048 softs but may go a bit harder as I am tight and 2-3 track days a set is a little excessive.

Yes , i will be there, hopefully with some news of my car.

Hi Wesley not sure if you got one, but I have an 11inch Westie one in the garage and am in Cheshire. Let me know if it is of use. cheers Jon

How much did it cost in total do you think? I keep thinking about changing from the pinto

Top work by the A-plan team and thanks from me too. i've renewed today for my second year and my renewal has actually gone down in price

Went with A-Plan this year, got a good deal which included European/UK breakdown.