My engine and transmission have 190k. I bought lower mile head to replace my busted one...but I'm starting to think it's not worth having a short block and transmission with such high miles...given that I want to do a lot of restoration on the car. Ideally I'd like to pull the engine and repaint the interior and replace all the parts with the engine out of the car to make it a lot easier and cheaper labor wise. Do it once, and do it right kind of thought.
I hear so many bad things about JDM engines now a days it seems like they're not worth the trouble of buying for their "low miles" not to mention I'm having trouble finding one at what I think is a reasonable price.
Which comes to the second option doing a full rebuild, pull the motor strip it down and replace all the important parts with new parts. I think parts wise this will cost the same and I'll have a better idea of the quality of the labor and overall total condition of the motor.
I guess I'm either asking for a good place to buy a long block w/ 5spd with low miles (60k or less would be ideal) for a decent price OR what parts should I replace when doing the rebuild?
Thanks for the insight!
James
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