Engine rebuild choices
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Engine rebuild choices
Hi,
I have been thinking about rebuilds for a while now as my car is showing 145000km now but has had a rebuild already before I got it. Dont know how many km since that rebuild though so it is a bit of a worry.
I have been looking at getting a series 8 complete engine with very low km and throwing that in. In Australia a good rebuild is about $4k just for the engine whilst I can get an s8 (99 spec) complete engine with less than 20000 km on it with as new turbos for about $4.5k.
What do you guys think the best way to go is??
Surely the s8 engines have a lot of little fixes that Mazda have made to rectify weaknesses over the years. But, is there any wierd problems throwing the engine in. It should pretty much just bolt in if I use the s8 engine management etc, shouldn't it?
Thanks,
Gordon
I have been thinking about rebuilds for a while now as my car is showing 145000km now but has had a rebuild already before I got it. Dont know how many km since that rebuild though so it is a bit of a worry.
I have been looking at getting a series 8 complete engine with very low km and throwing that in. In Australia a good rebuild is about $4k just for the engine whilst I can get an s8 (99 spec) complete engine with less than 20000 km on it with as new turbos for about $4.5k.
What do you guys think the best way to go is??
Surely the s8 engines have a lot of little fixes that Mazda have made to rectify weaknesses over the years. But, is there any wierd problems throwing the engine in. It should pretty much just bolt in if I use the s8 engine management etc, shouldn't it?
Thanks,
Gordon
