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91RED3S · 06-10-2005, 02:36 AM

ok, my local source for engine rebuilders (2) cannot rebuild my 3sgte, so now i have to ship my motor off, to someone i dont know/dont know if i can trust, and to be honest, this doesn't make me angry it makes me sad, you guys understand im sure, so if anyone knows where i can find a good place to get my engine rebuilt at, a place that i can trust, let me know, i only want a stock rebuild, and i only want to spend 1500, if someone out there can just do it for me i can pay you, i dont care, i just need a quality, reliable rebuild to last me through colledge, thanks, im serious by the way pm me if someone wants to do it with your number and ill give you a call and see what can be worked out

Piddy · 06-10-2005, 02:50 AM

CRAP!.... for $1500 you could probably get an already built longblock. I see people selling them on mr2oc all the time.

Pineapple · 06-10-2005, 09:18 AM

Did they say why? Toyota got all the parts. You can do it yourself.

***MRQtwinturbo*** · 06-10-2005, 09:39 AM

^^for the avg joe...its not that simple...theres still plenty of machine work that is req'd and involved.....

Pineapple · 06-10-2005, 02:39 PM

Depends on condition of the block and head, minimum is to hone the cylinder which any engine shop can do. They can also clean out all the sludge in a tank. If the crank bearings look good, you don't need to change them. Unless the block /head is warpped, you don't need to machine them.

Still don't know why a shop can't rebuild an engine.

91RED3S · 06-11-2005, 08:03 AM

my block should be ok except i have a knock and i dont know if its bottom end or top end, plus i need heli coils in the head one for the exhaust stud and one for the valve cover, plus ive never rebuilt any kind of engine, i know how to do it, but ive never done it