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Buy new engine or build it?
05-07-2009, 12:25 PM
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Buy new engine or build it?
well my engine is taking a **** on me....so i have to come to this conclusion!!
i owe just a little over 5k on this car....so i was thinking bout getting another loan to pay off the car and use the extra cash to build the engine or buy a brand new engine....
what u guys think??? my payments on the loan would be cheaper also
i wanna go the safer way too.....and i was thinking bout getting a new car but i just cant...i love the color of this car way to much...i get so many complements
i owe just a little over 5k on this car....so i was thinking bout getting another loan to pay off the car and use the extra cash to build the engine or buy a brand new engine....
what u guys think??? my payments on the loan would be cheaper also
i wanna go the safer way too.....and i was thinking bout getting a new car but i just cant...i love the color of this car way to much...i get so many complements
05-07-2009, 12:35 PM
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what if i go find a salvage yard....and find a wrecked 06-07 ss....and get that??? maybe itll have LSD so i can get that too....is that more reasonable>?
05-07-2009, 12:37 PM
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Looking at around $2750+ for a used combo like that. Really depends on what is wrong with your motor. If if just needs a hone and some slugs, I would go that route.
05-07-2009, 12:41 PM
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well our engines our just like any other 4 banger for the most part.... I dont see how buying a new engine is gonna be a good thing to do ? unless your block has a hole in it or something (highly doubt it unless your at the track every weekend , and even then....)
Just rebuild it man , its cheaper and you'll learn all about your motor , be patient , barrow your girls car in the meantime or something (thats what i do) cuz pistons and rods and **** is a helluva lot cheaper. Thats why I got out of my cobalt , I hate making payments on it when I can just rebuild someones car they dont want , I bought a crx for 300 and now it has a freshly rebuilt d16 with forged rods pistons and a block guard and its running 15 psi and I have over 250 whp. and I put a total of 1100 in it , granted I got all this stuff on the cheap cheap from CL , even tho it was all new in the box (cept the motor lol ) I got a brand new car basically for 1100 , Its not pretty by any means but another 1200 and It will be of show quality( painting myself) I used to be mechanically dumbfounded but hondas taught me alot , and forreal the cobalt aint that much different so I vote for rebuilding , just my 2cts.
Just rebuild it man , its cheaper and you'll learn all about your motor , be patient , barrow your girls car in the meantime or something (thats what i do) cuz pistons and rods and **** is a helluva lot cheaper. Thats why I got out of my cobalt , I hate making payments on it when I can just rebuild someones car they dont want , I bought a crx for 300 and now it has a freshly rebuilt d16 with forged rods pistons and a block guard and its running 15 psi and I have over 250 whp. and I put a total of 1100 in it , granted I got all this stuff on the cheap cheap from CL , even tho it was all new in the box (cept the motor lol ) I got a brand new car basically for 1100 , Its not pretty by any means but another 1200 and It will be of show quality( painting myself) I used to be mechanically dumbfounded but hondas taught me alot , and forreal the cobalt aint that much different so I vote for rebuilding , just my 2cts.
05-07-2009, 12:45 PM
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itll start in the morning and misfire bad!! it shakes the whole car, the exhaust is going everywhere and i have to let it warm up for 15 minutes before driving or itll just drive like ****....and if i get on it at all itll misfire.....and its making noises that no one has ever heard b4
05-07-2009, 12:58 PM
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itll start in the morning and misfire bad!! it shakes the whole car, the exhaust is going everywhere and i have to let it warm up for 15 minutes before driving or itll just drive like ****....and if i get on it at all itll misfire.....and its making noises that no one has ever heard b4
05-07-2009, 01:03 PM
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Gap at .030- .035 and that should help. You might have bad coil packs as well. MAF cleaning is always a plus when the car runs like doo doo. Black smoke means you are running rich sir.