Anyone know this company, Complete rebuild for 1,255.00 Options

[clark2]

I am trying to talk my dad out of rebuilding our motor 73 1.7 because I know it will be at least a year before he gets that thing done. Anyone ever hear of this company, seems like 1,255.00 for a complete rebuild is pretty cheap am I missing something?

http://www.importmotor.com/Store/ProductDe...arSelected=1973

[anthony]

lapuwali, they may be able to pull it off but I'm still skeptical of the the quality of the end result. I just looked at the link and went through the details. The only new parts are:

valve guides
valve seats
new forged pistons*
main, rod, & cam bearings
gaskets and oil seals

Everything else is used/refurbished. Do you trust them to refurbish lifters and a cam? To get the $300 core charge you need to supply them with a 2L engine (worth more than $300) and you get in return a 1.8L engine with a 2L crank and rods. So granted "1/3 of parts" isn't correct. They are giving you about $300 in new parts in your rebuilt engine.



*They don't mention cylinders so I assume they are used. Also, they probably don't really give you "forged" pistons. No mention of rings either.