low mileage used motor sources

[c4racer]

Since I have a fried headgasket on a 118K mile motor and am unsure what other damage may have occurred, I did some checking on the low miles used motors

Looks like a pretty good deal - I have two quotes so far
- first from http://www.engineandtransmissionworld.com/ is for a 36K mile motor for $1250 shipped

- second is a Japanese import - they do not specify miles, but say generally the motors have under 45K miles on them. www.UsedJapanMotors.com - the quote came from one of their brokers in TX - Engine World USA. $970 shipped.

Has anybody dealt with either of these suppliers?

Anyway - for about a grand for a good used motor with under 50K miles it seems silly to even attempt to rebuild mine. Best case all it needs is a headgasket and head resurface plus it needs a timing belt and tensioners anyway since I hadn't done that yet. That would run $400 aprox. But that is only if the head is slightly warped and only needs a surfacing. And then you never know if the rings are still good.

So I believe the 36K mile motor from the first company is a US motor. Is it worth spending an extra $300 to know the mileage is only 36K? The car already has 118K on it. Seems to me that is just a waste and the Japanese import is the better way to go.

Welcome any thoughts or experience from the group.

 

[c4racer]

So nobody has used any of these sources eh? Well - I am going to go with the Japanmotors place. If I get another 100K miles out of this mill I would be thrilled. Penny a mile - can't beat that - haha!!

 

[beachbum12tree]

if you're really going for it, keep me posted.
im pretty much in the same boat and was thinking about a rebuild.

 

[c4racer]

yes - I am going for it. engine should ship today. One note - they cannot ship to a residence, so if you are doing the install yourself at home you need to pick it up at a shipping terminal. $970 is the shipped price to CA. Not bad. Now I just need to figure out what external stuff I am going to replace while in there.

 

[c4racer]

Motor should be here by the end of the week. shipped last Friday. (boobs)

 

[hornsfan10609]

Since the motor is from Japan, I wonder if it has JDM internals or if is the same as the USDM FS-DE.