Engine replacement....everything or just block?
03-17-05, 01:02 PM
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fd with no motor or blown motor?
Hey, I have a quick question for you guys. Is buying an fd with no engine more of a pita than buying one with a blown one? If I were to buy an FD with no engine, would the whole rats nest be in there? Or would installing a new engine be a pain in the *** because the whole nest would have to be installed as well? I'd imagine replacing a blown engine would be easier than installing one from scratch with nothing to work with. I guess I'm imagining an empty engine bay and a nightmare to get everything running again. Any opinions? thanks guys
*edited the question a little*
btw thanks glass man
*edited the question a little*
btw thanks glass man
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03-17-05, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by saxman47
Hey, I have a quick question for you guys. When someone drops in a reman does that come with all new vacuum hoses, soleniods, check valves, etc?? I don't imagine it does, but if I were to buy an FD with no engine, would the whole rats nest be in there? Or would installing a new engine be a pain in the *** because the whole nest would have to be installed as well? I'd imagine replacing a blown engine would be easier than installing one from scratch with nothing to work with. Any opinions? thanks guys
03-17-05, 01:20 PM
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Nobody sells a new or rebuilt longblock with all the accessories and externals in place. Anywhere you go for a rebuilt engine it'll come shortblock more or less...some might include the oilpan, flywheel, and waterpump, but that's it.
IT's MUCH easier to start off with a bone stock complete car that's just blown, and work on either rebuilding or exchanging the block. At the same time you can elect to remove or replace whatever hoses and accessories you feel are bad or unnecessary.
IF you buy a car with nothing there at all, you have to find it all, which can be very expensive doing it piece by piece. Then you have to figure out where it all goes, never having seen how it went together to begin with (you didnt get to take it apart, label stuff, take pictures, notes, etc.). The only thing you could do in this instance would be to buy a complete jspec longblock used engine, but you'd still need a US spec wiring harness at the very least, and some other peripheral stuff like intake hoses and the like.
I wouldnt buy a car with no engine unless it were dirt cheap.
IT's MUCH easier to start off with a bone stock complete car that's just blown, and work on either rebuilding or exchanging the block. At the same time you can elect to remove or replace whatever hoses and accessories you feel are bad or unnecessary.
IF you buy a car with nothing there at all, you have to find it all, which can be very expensive doing it piece by piece. Then you have to figure out where it all goes, never having seen how it went together to begin with (you didnt get to take it apart, label stuff, take pictures, notes, etc.). The only thing you could do in this instance would be to buy a complete jspec longblock used engine, but you'd still need a US spec wiring harness at the very least, and some other peripheral stuff like intake hoses and the like.
I wouldnt buy a car with no engine unless it were dirt cheap.
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