Here is another blown motor

[Mspeedchica3.5]

Happen saturday day afternoon, the dealership called me wanting me to bring the mazdaspeed in so some customers could look at it and see the what the blazing yellow look like since there is none around here where i live. So i went and took the for a ride with the dealership guy in the car cause he never been in one. so i take off (the four of us) and make my way to the highway were i could show them a little bit of what the car could do and and just before that i saw the oil light come on then the car died on me. so i pushed in the clutch and started it again and heard the metal on metal sound and quickly pushed in the clutch again and pulled over the side of the road I knew what had happened after reading AZMSP and twistedjeckel!!! With 13,000 miles on the car i was like :wtf: the bad thing is that the dealership won't cover it (since they were in the car with me & know my mods) but its all good anyways since i wanted forged internals anyway. but here's the list of what mazda said it'll cost to fix it their way
Engine (short block) $ 2,520.35
gasket set $ 327.06
oil $ 45.00
plugs & misc fluids $ 250.00
cylinder head $ 995.80
silicon tubing $ 25.00
stainer & gasket $ 39.00
oil pan $ 93.74
sub total $ 4295.95
tax $ 193.32
shop supplies $ 19.95
labor (i like this one) $ 2,450.00
total $ 6,959.22

so can anybody beat this price instead of the dealership i'll pay w/ money order or cashiers check but i want forged internals or just some assistance to what i need to buy any help will be much appreciated.

 

[SpicyMSP]

Did it spike or were you even boosting at the time? That sucks, sorry to hear. All theese blown motor threads are slowly convincing me to remove my MBC

 

[ForceFed]

Did it spike or were you even boosting at the time? That sucks, sorry to hear. All theese blown motor threads are slowly convincing me to remove my MBC

NO DOUBT!
DO TELL!
Matt

 

[SpicyMSP]

and I have 36K on my car. So I am curious why theese motors are going out. I know that Mazda is going to be releasing A notice to MSP owners that states boosting more then stock is a bad Idea for the car.

 

[twiztedjeckel]

another one bites the dust....da da da, another one ..........


you get the point

 

[Captain KRM P5]

i blew my engine via turbo and had the whole thing fixed, parts and labor, for less than 2,000 dollars. so yes, i can definetely beat that price, and easily.

independent shop labor for engine swap = $1100
low mileage FS-DE engine complete from junked Protege = $600

I didn't do forged internals, but tack on $700 for rods and you're still only looking at $2,500 or so. Finding a 2.0 FS-DE is easy, and having rods/pistons put into basically makes a rebuild job giving you a brand new motor.

how much boost were you running?

 

[duMb KeoLa]

damn!!!...if i were you id just buy a used protege 2.0L engine and go from there...i think perfworks has some pistons and rods for sale at some damn good prices...youd spend only about 1000 for the used engine and by the time youre done rebuilding it it will be brand new...

just a thought

 

[Speed Vision]

Fuc,that's all I can say on that. Sorry to hear about that. What dealership were you at. If you were at Hall, I wouldn't have done shyt for them. They were trying to sell me a Blue Speed for $23,000. I almost told the lead Salesman to kiss my ass. But the female sales lady there is madd cool.

But anyway, I'm really sorry to hear about your engine. I know of one shop over in Chesp. that may be able to do the work. He is primarily a Euro Tuner guy, but he will do work on almost any Import. He's an older established guy that loves BMW's. The shop is called Sports and Imports. 545-9394. The owners name is Mike Roberts. He is kinda pricey, but he will def. do the job right and won't BS you. Good luck.

By the way, I'm in NN, and frequent the Beach. I use to work over at Ft. Story.

 

[mazdaspeedpower]

I think all the stories of blown engines has convinced me to not up my boost till I go forged, and get some form or another of engine management. Anyhting else I should consider so I don't have to blow my engine. And to make this somehwhat relevent to the thread, I think using a used block would be a good idea, cause it's alot ******* cheaper. Plus, since you'll have it taken out and stuff, if you have enough cash, you should get it Ported and Polished, so you can get a littloe something performance wise outta the whole expreience. Good luck though, and man, the horror stories of boosting are starting to scare me. PM me with ideas of what I should do before upping my boost. thnx.

 

[Mspeedchica3.5]

smooth boost no spike
it was hall va bch i live right down the road from there

 

[rocketspeed]

Upping the boost is a baaad idea, it appears, on the MSP. No surprise, as the motor was not designed with FI in mind like the VW 1.8t or the SRT-4's 2.4.

 

[Mspeedchica3.5]

customers in my car that i was showing off for still bought a mazdspeed after they knew i blew the engine!!!!

 

[rocketspeed]

guess they plan on leaving it stock!

 

[Dexter]

**** you, youre dumb

 

[rocketspeed]

Huh?

 

[Dexter]

not you, dircted to the engine blower.

 

[irr5302]

how much boost

 

[twiztedjeckel]

**** you, youre dumb

wow. somebody's got a chip on his shoulder and a head up his ass tonight. nice seein ya around Dex

 

[BlkZoomZoom]

hhhmmmm......that's pretty good, blew your engine saturday and you have an estimate on monday afternoon. sounds like the dealership isn't really busy or their bending over backwards for ya.

 

[SpicyMchaggis]

dexter always bringing a smile to the forums.