Well a while back i posted about an interesting tapping noise from my engine. Well turns out I fried 2 pistons/rings/ etc. yeah for me...Oh well anyone else had this joy yet? I think it was part me/part the first owner. I priced a reman. engine and its like 4k installed..ouch. I am know I could find an engine for less but the warranty is awesome. 3 year/120k mile..whatcha think?
Peace,
Brandon

2.2l stroker imo.

shit. ill install you a built vt engine for 3k

shyt you have no idea how tempting that is^^^^^^. i can do the install no prob...but i am getting help in swinging the money for the rebuild so i have to go thos route or else i would be all over it. i got a little one on the way and this is not how i intended to save money..lol. oh well

2.2L IMO... do you happen to have a recording of this tapping sound? did your car still run fine?

hey-
no sound recording. The car ran but was having huge issues..it kept dying and it was the roughest idle I have ever heard. I was/am thinking about getting anotehr engine but this one has the best warranty and with the miles i drive everyday I am going to need that 120000 mile coverage.

What about rebuilding your fried engine? That has to be less than 4k. I assume you could just bore it 0.02 over, clean up the crank, and put a bottom end kit in. A stock bottom end kit is $384 and a performance kit is $1,199. Machining would be $250-400. Bigger pain, but lower cost.

Corbin

'95 ESI-T
HRC+FMIC+ETC...



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