4kq 2.3 engine rebuild....

[Brendan/Coolian]

> > upgrading to a sweet 2.3 NF out of a 90. But first, I
> > have to get the thing rebuilt....I'm going to need opinions on what needs
> > to be done, what I should look out for, any caveats I may encounter, what
> > wiring issues I may run into...
>
>well, depending on how much of the rebuild you are willing to do yourself
>(BTW, how do you know the motor needs rebuilding and how bad is it?), it can
>go from reasonably cheap to un-godly expensive.  If you need over sized
>pistons you're in for at least $500 for a set of em' and another $150 in
>machine work (boring/deck planing/etc).  As a general price guideline,
>consider yourself lucky to spend under $1k for a minimalistic rebuild
>(requiring new pistons) and anywhere up to about $4k for a completely
>stripped,hot tanked, essentially NEW engine with somebody else doing all the
>dirty work.

 From what I am getting from the 20 or so places I've called....The ten 
times I've bugged Semple and Huw, and from what I read online...The bottom 
end of an JT/NF/NG engine is pretty much bulletproof til 300k, so the lower 
end doesn't much have to be touched, except for throwing new rings on the 
pistons





> > Thanks go out to Chris Semple for providing the engine at a very low cost
> > to me...coughcough www.Force5Auto.com coughcough and to Huw and Nate,
> > because hopefully, they're going to help me put the engine in...
>
>Sounds like a fun project.  What kind of a HP gain are you going to get out
>of all of this?  As far as wiring issues I think some people have used the
>stock 4kq CIS-E system on the 2.3 yes?  If not, it really isn't that big a
>deal to swap systems.  I think in total there were about 6-7 wires needing
>splicing in my turbo harness... although Nate and Huw both had a HUGE hand
>in helping me out there (thanks guys!).
>
>
>Later
>
>
>-Marc-
>
>
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