Stories from Standard... Damn...
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Stories from Standard... Damn...
So I hit Standard yesterday as I needed a couple caliper mounts for a friends car whom I'm doing the brakes on. It's a Toyota so I have to browse the entire import area to see what I can find. Thing is the place is a sheet of ice. It's like disney at the skydome, people wiping out everywhere. Anyhow, II am of course keeping an eye out for 7's while I'm there. In 2004 not a single FC went in to the U-pull yard which sucked and was a bit of a surprise.
Low and behold I find a blue on blue S4 nearly complete near the back. I pull the demister grills a few odds and ends then climb up to the hood and crank it open. Nice and shiny this blue Mazda reman. badge catches my eye. It's a fresh engine and the car was written off after being hit in the passenger side. I pop the UIM and the runners are pristine, yep, has to be sub 50K on it.
But I'm screwed, I brough limited tools, have to get my friends brakes done before 5, no cell phone to call someone to help me pull it. Just then a pair of guys come walking up the aisle and are upset but not surprised that I had the hood up and was tinkering, they were there for the engine.
Being the good samaritan I am and them having limited rotary knowledge I tell them if they're here to take it then I'll give up as I don't have any help. I help them strip it down to the keg showing what to remove in what order. Once the LIM comes off I see it has a Racing Beat Streetable 2 in-to 1. Another lost opportunity. The kicker was when he told me that the guys in the office told him he could have the engine once presented to the cashier for $125. We had the engine out in about 45 mins. and the new owner was very pleased.
Sucks for me but good karma will pay off. Pay it forward. I could have said the engine was garbage and he would have believed me or dropped a bolt in an exhaust port but I'm just terrbily gentlemanly I guess.
Enough rambling, I just made a strong drink to relax with....
Low and behold I find a blue on blue S4 nearly complete near the back. I pull the demister grills a few odds and ends then climb up to the hood and crank it open. Nice and shiny this blue Mazda reman. badge catches my eye. It's a fresh engine and the car was written off after being hit in the passenger side. I pop the UIM and the runners are pristine, yep, has to be sub 50K on it.
But I'm screwed, I brough limited tools, have to get my friends brakes done before 5, no cell phone to call someone to help me pull it. Just then a pair of guys come walking up the aisle and are upset but not surprised that I had the hood up and was tinkering, they were there for the engine.
Being the good samaritan I am and them having limited rotary knowledge I tell them if they're here to take it then I'll give up as I don't have any help. I help them strip it down to the keg showing what to remove in what order. Once the LIM comes off I see it has a Racing Beat Streetable 2 in-to 1. Another lost opportunity. The kicker was when he told me that the guys in the office told him he could have the engine once presented to the cashier for $125. We had the engine out in about 45 mins. and the new owner was very pleased.
Sucks for me but good karma will pay off. Pay it forward. I could have said the engine was garbage and he would have believed me or dropped a bolt in an exhaust port but I'm just terrbily gentlemanly I guess.
Enough rambling, I just made a strong drink to relax with....
You are a good man,
Damn a almost new reman for $ 125 . I cant even get a rotten block for that price in the yards here ( Im not counting RX7 heaven his rotten blocks are worth $ 1200 becasue he can do magical ports )
Damn a almost new reman for $ 125 . I cant even get a rotten block for that price in the yards here ( Im not counting RX7 heaven his rotten blocks are worth $ 1200 becasue he can do magical ports )
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Originally Posted by racerjason
So I hit Standard yesterday as I needed a couple caliper mounts for a friends car whom I'm doing the brakes on. It's a Toyota so I have to browse the entire import area to see what I can find. Thing is the place is a sheet of ice. It's like disney at the skydome, people wiping out everywhere. Anyhow, II am of course keeping an eye out for 7's while I'm there. In 2004 not a single FC went in to the U-pull yard which sucked and was a bit of a surprise.
Low and behold I find a blue on blue S4 nearly complete near the back. I pull the demister grills a few odds and ends then climb up to the hood and crank it open. Nice and shiny this blue Mazda reman. badge catches my eye. It's a fresh engine and the car was written off after being hit in the passenger side. I pop the UIM and the runners are pristine, yep, has to be sub 50K on it.
But I'm screwed, I brough limited tools, have to get my friends brakes done before 5, no cell phone to call someone to help me pull it. Just then a pair of guys come walking up the aisle and are upset but not surprised that I had the hood up and was tinkering, they were there for the engine.
Being the good samaritan I am and them having limited rotary knowledge I tell them if they're here to take it then I'll give up as I don't have any help. I help them strip it down to the keg showing what to remove in what order. Once the LIM comes off I see it has a Racing Beat Streetable 2 in-to 1. Another lost opportunity. The kicker was when he told me that the guys in the office told him he could have the engine once presented to the cashier for $125. We had the engine out in about 45 mins. and the new owner was very pleased.
Sucks for me but good karma will pay off. Pay it forward. I could have said the engine was garbage and he would have believed me or dropped a bolt in an exhaust port but I'm just terrbily gentlemanly I guess.
Enough rambling, I just made a strong drink to relax with....
Low and behold I find a blue on blue S4 nearly complete near the back. I pull the demister grills a few odds and ends then climb up to the hood and crank it open. Nice and shiny this blue Mazda reman. badge catches my eye. It's a fresh engine and the car was written off after being hit in the passenger side. I pop the UIM and the runners are pristine, yep, has to be sub 50K on it.
But I'm screwed, I brough limited tools, have to get my friends brakes done before 5, no cell phone to call someone to help me pull it. Just then a pair of guys come walking up the aisle and are upset but not surprised that I had the hood up and was tinkering, they were there for the engine.
Being the good samaritan I am and them having limited rotary knowledge I tell them if they're here to take it then I'll give up as I don't have any help. I help them strip it down to the keg showing what to remove in what order. Once the LIM comes off I see it has a Racing Beat Streetable 2 in-to 1. Another lost opportunity. The kicker was when he told me that the guys in the office told him he could have the engine once presented to the cashier for $125. We had the engine out in about 45 mins. and the new owner was very pleased.
Sucks for me but good karma will pay off. Pay it forward. I could have said the engine was garbage and he would have believed me or dropped a bolt in an exhaust port but I'm just terrbily gentlemanly I guess.
Enough rambling, I just made a strong drink to relax with....
Man i think i would've broken down in tears. Crap...time to start checking that place out again....
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Originally Posted by FC3S.USD
You are a good man,
Damn a almost new reman for $ 125 . I cant even get a rotten block for that price in the yards here ( Im not counting RX7 heaven his rotten blocks are worth $ 1200 becasue he can do magical ports )
Damn a almost new reman for $ 125 . I cant even get a rotten block for that price in the yards here ( Im not counting RX7 heaven his rotten blocks are worth $ 1200 becasue he can do magical ports )
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I came across the same little piece of gold a couple of weeks ago.
Complete with intake and T.B. and ex. manifold would have only been $300.
there were still papers in the car that showed the motor only had about 20k miles. It sounded good just from spinning it with a ratchet, it had to be a good motor. But I was broke from having bought things all day at other junkyards.......Damn the luck....
Complete with intake and T.B. and ex. manifold would have only been $300.
there were still papers in the car that showed the motor only had about 20k miles. It sounded good just from spinning it with a ratchet, it had to be a good motor. But I was broke from having bought things all day at other junkyards.......Damn the luck....
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