JSTOCK

I may have the opportunity to purchase a used high mileage B18C engine off of a friend with a shot tranny. I am wondering if this would be a worthwhile project to tackle. I figure it would be a good chance to rebuild the engine with all new internals and such. I would be swapping this with my D16Y8 I currently have in my EX coupe. What do you guys think? What would be a good asking price for this to be worth anything in the end?

Thanks in advance,

Stock

DX Generation

How much are you paying for the longblock? Also, are we talking about a B18C or B18C1? Just wanting to get some info...

JSTOCK

I haven't given him an offer yet and he's hasn't given me a price also. It's from a GSR and I would want the whole swap including the bad tranny. I know the engine has over 70k and I'm assuming it's OBD1. I figured on offering like $1500 for everything and just taking my time rebuilding it. His car has just been sitting in storage w/o the tranny for about 2 years and I'm trying to get him to part out with it. Is this something I should tinker around with or just save my $$ and get a complete changeover with less miles and such?


[Modified by jstock107, 4:32 PM 4/2/2002]

fowler!

70k is nothing. But if you can convince him that it's a lot of miles to get the price down, go for it.

I would buy it if I were you. If you can get everything minus the tranny for $1500, I think it's WELL worth it. Just get some pistons and rebuild a few things and you'll have basically a brand new motor.

DX Generation

What he said!

JSTOCK

Thanks guys. I'll be talking to him in a couple days!!