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john vanlandingham
There the fact ya get every nut bolt bracket etc when you get a motor lifted right out but otherwise wot da fuq?
Pay muchos dollars to ship a heavy engine of unknown status thousands of miles.
Rear engine mount = Bin as no use in mk1 or mk2
Front engine mount = Bin as no use in mk1 or mk2
ABFs usually have huge combined aircon / alternator / pas bracket with tensioner system = Bin and fit basic alternator bracket assembly.
Alloy sump = Bin and fit steel sump (careful to check sufficient oil pick up pipe clearance)
Spend hours stripping out often damaged engine loom from lighting loom, and hope you get coded immob box and key. Or source an immob system from another car and tell it to read new ecu code.
All that whilst you hope you actually got a decent engine with no gummed up rings, scored crank journals, worn out big end shells, and loose exhaust valve guides etc etc.
Or just buy the actual components you need to build a clone and know the engine is sound.
Uh yeah.
I just build 'em from parts ..Just finishing second since this year Ford Lima turbo last and stripped down No3, and I have a Opel thing going in the satnds as soon as there's a free one...
I think I'm supposed to be doing a 2,0 16v VW.... The guy was talking ship his parts but that'd be a bit more than buy a core-motor down the hill a mile and a half and faster too,
Very few Merikuhns do mechanical work now... so building an engine is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy past most people's conception..
So if you do they have to hate you.
Remind me--was I supposed to hate you for something?
John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA
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