Between 1 and 10 how hard is it to rebuild a t2 motor?

 

why? you plan on rebuilding yourself? what part of ca are you in?

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Never built a t2 motor and want to do it on your own. 10

Built a few and still learning 3

Built many motors and porting 1

I dont suggest you building it on your own .

heres your options-
1- buy a used t2 motor from a japanese engine importing company for around $1200 avg and drive that
2- buy a full rebuild kit and have a shop do the work for you-$1300-$2000 parts and labor
3- buy a rebuild kit and build it yourself with a helpfull "HOW TO" video ..ie. atkins rebuild or diy 13b--NOTE: if you go this route make sure you do it right the first time because serious damage car occur to your engine and that $800-$1000 for rebuild parts alone will double then you take it to a shop and have them stick you anothe couple hundred buxs

4- MY WAY!!!!!!

Buy a used JDM motor , buy a rebuild kit, have a shop do the labor , sell your blown parts motor to the shop or on the forums and still come under $2500
YOU WILL BE SAFE AND SECURE WITH A FRESH REBUILT ENGINE !


you choose

 

It's different for everyone. I'm more of a hands on learner. The more into the tearing apart I got the better I got and the more confident I got. Honestly though for the first time you should pay someone to do it or walk you through.. like AcidAngel7477 or DkwasherexD or iLikeEatPoo. Probably 20$ each + lunch should do it.

Costed ~550$ for the basic rebuild kit when I first did it. + 70$ for the engine hoist + 5$ for using Military hobby shop to take off my flywheel nut. But I didn't spend a cent since a certain company paid for it.

I would say it's easy to rebuild since rotaries have so few parts and it's pretty strait forward. It's time consuming your first time. After that it's easier than bringing home a drunk fat chick.

 

Thats just the skip of the first casted stone.

Then you have the following to do and make sure gets done.

1- proper tear down of the motor
2- Fully cleaning the parts and I mean clean- My buddy Dave aka Guitarjunkie28 was **** about cleaning so it stuck on me.
3- Inspection of parts. If you have no one to tell you whats usable or not and you rebuild it again then what?
4- proper rebuilding of engine, all seals and springs must go a certain way

 

thier all the same 12a 13b turbo or n/a....its all about how clean the parts u r going to use in ur rebuild....and which parts u wil be replacing...minor or major....

 

11......... but then again WHY do it??

 

the hard part for me was getting the endplay set right.. I ended up using a different series housings and rotors, and when you do that sometimes the same front endplay spacer wont work.. the endplay cant be too much and cant be to tight or else the bearings will get fucked up.. but yeah everything else was easy..

 

its about 33% Easier than rebuilding a 20b!

 

i live in vallejo

 

its pretty easy,i got a few under my belt already.

 

I wonder if rebuilding a rotary would be much easier than rebuilding a piston engine for someone who has never done either before (like me). The only thing that scares me is how to properly place the springs.

 

I haven't gotten the chance to rebuild a rotary (still looking for a donation of one I can rip apart and put back together over and over again for fun), BUT I have done many piston engines and just by looking at the books, WAY WAY easier to rebuild a rotary over a standard Ice engine. With pistons there are SOO many moving parts as well as so many timings that you have to deal with and clearances and just utter b.s. Belts here, chains there, 4 strokes 5 events. What order they go in.
Rotary, put some seals in a triangle, put that triangle in an oval. Tada lol. (yes I know more to it than that, but you get the idea) also the weight. Cute little engine versus some massive tank piece.

 

Rebuilding is not hard at all. Even with a Piston engine.. Just take your time and dont rush yourself. While your at it start doing some ports and watch rebuilding videos for a day. Before you know it your done.. Alot of people always says its hard, its either they too never rebuilt an engine or a person that owns a shop that will always want you as there client. Good luck!