In the last 9 months I've gone through 3 motors. The original 7 bolt in my talon CW'ed at 100k miles (6 months after putting an ACT2600 clutch in, go figure), the second motor I bought from a friend (another 7 bolt) and it died after a month, and the third motor I never even saw... Mike from QPR charged me $1900 for the machine work/core/internals for a 2.3L 6 bolt he was going to build, then he left town.
So my question is: Where can I buy a *quality* rebuilt motor from a reliable, respectable and well-known company. Price matters very little, it just needs to be a 6 bolt 4g63 motor with some sort of warranty.
I googled rebuilt motors and found a few sites:
http://rebuilt.net/Mitsubishi_Engines.htm
"MITSUB 2 1997 4 - 4G63 89-4/92 Eclipse, Talon, Laser, 4G63, FWD, DOHC, Turbo, 16 Valve, 6 Bolt flywheel 228B $1,990 $400 $155*"
-this is for a complete longblock (new pumps, gaskets, t-belt) and 1 year warranty. the $400 is how much you get back if you send in your old core, but otherwise, the upfront price is the sum of the 3 numbers
http://www.bestrebuiltengines.com/MITSUBISHI4.htm
"88-4/92 1997 2.0 U Eclipse, 4G63, FI, FWD, DOHC, 16 Valve, Turbo, 6 Bolt flywheel, WP. See Note †. $2,499 $250"
-again, the price is the sum of the 2 numbers. I don't really know why it says FWD, but it says that for all the Eclipse motors.
Are these "crate motor" websites trustworthy? Anyone had dealings with them?
Any help is appreciated! Thanks.
-Nate
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