4ag Rebuild or Swap?

[Trueno90Deuce]

Hey I blew the headgasket. Water in the engine oil.. right?

I have some light camshafts I wanna install for the new engine...

You think I should rebuild the engine with the camshafts.

or have a shop swap out the engine for another engine and have them install the camshafts.

or just do certain things on the rebuild... I know usually a valve job comes with headgasket repair so I maybe I should just do certain things instead of rebuilding the entire engine...
what would you do in this case?

which of the 3 would yall opt for... I'm pressed for time and I would LIKE to save money if I could, but I do want a good job as well.

[Flashmn]

Rebuild it... a "new" engine can also be junk.

[punter]

If your looking to upgrade the motor ie. cams, then i would suggest rebuilding your motor, If its just a blown head gasket (not overheated badly) it should be reasonably easy to fix.

Do you know why it happened. A blown HG is not a common fault for a 4age, would pay to figure out why it happened so it won't do it again.

[Trueno90Deuce]

not sure why it happened.
i only have 140000 miles. I use to drive it like a madman but that was back in the days now i just drive like a civilian. I would think it's the waterpump or thermostat... what else is have I missed?

I found a guy to rebuild it, 90% sure this is gonna happen... but they're gonna get a new block and have the head taken to the machine shop, where it might or might not be too bad. Don't know if that's necessary either... about the block. I figure headwork would be fine but he's still quoting cheaper than some of the other guys.

I will mention about the cause of why it happened to him though... I definetly don't want it to happen again.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...=en&cardist=13

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/737008

the first link I could buy for 2200 or I could finish my project with the blown headgasket on the bottom link.

I hope things will be OK

Mikey

[freakinbox]

depends on what you want. If you are looking to save money finding another 4age isn't hard but doesn't mean it's gonna run great. if you have a little more money to spend you could buy a brand new 4age, if you still can not sure with toyota. Or rebuild yours to like new condition

[toyotaspeed90]

i would suggest swap it out and build the one you have over time

[Flashmn]

Thats a waste of money and time imho, just do that one engine. Swapping junk to replace junk isnt gonna help much and lets face it, 4A-GE's are starting to be old, unless we're talking silver or blacktop, and chances are they're gonna need a rebuild too.

[toyotaspeed90]

Originally Posted by Flashmn

Thats a waste of money and time imho, just do that one engine. Swapping junk to replace junk isnt gonna help much and lets face it, 4A-GE's are starting to be old, unless we're talking silver or blacktop, and chances are they're gonna need a rebuild too.

well.... 4age's can be obtained for cheaply, and doing a straight swap would take maybe 1/2 a days of work..... that would make the car driveable, and give him something to start fresh with and be able to take his time with.

[canadianae92]

It depends what you want to do with the car, so what are your plans for it, racing or is it like a daily driver?

[Trueno90Deuce]

I appreciate all your replies, thank you very much...

But I think my problem is pretty much over now, I'm going to do a rebuild basically and having all these performance parts put it while they're at it. About 1700 dollars, discluding the cost of the ACT pressure plate and Toyota Clutch.

I actually found a Puerto Rican and Pinoy that has a collection of corollas and knows all about these cars... I think I'll get excellent results, and pay nearly a G less than the average plumber buttcrack showing A-hole that was questioning of why I would want to rebuild an old car.

They're going to be taking pictures to keep a log of the engine rebuild for me. I'll see about posting them for y'all in about a week for all the views given to me...

Thanks!