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repda916 · 03-28-2009, 01:45 AM

i can get a redtop sr20 with 20,xxx miles for $250.
im wondering if i should save and buy a motor set (trany,wiring,ecu. etc) Or pick up the long block, rebuild it and source all the parts... if i get the longblock i would have to source EVERY part needed from hoses to manifolds. would i be spending more piecing every part or more with the motorset then rebuild that motor. trying to build a Reliable DD Sr. let me know.

here is what i get.

Ceepo · 03-28-2009, 08:45 AM

I got my motorset for 500 bucks with a spun bearing... i rebuild it with upgrades for around 2500 more dollors, plus wiring, and intercooler, and radiator, and tuning, i still have to get, i would get a motorset or a front clip if i could do it agian... just my .05

garagelu · 03-28-2009, 09:27 AM

I am not sure that you would be spending more money sourcing your own parts but you will definitely be spending more time. Especially waiting on parts. I hate when you run into a seller that waits 3-4 days before shipping your stuff out. It definitely puts a lot of things on hold.

Sileighty_85 · 03-28-2009, 11:02 AM

buy a motorset, I picked up a long block and planned to source parts and build it
Shit was way more expensive then buying a motorset.

Buy both keep the long block for a back up or build it up on the side

03-28-2009, 01:45 AM	#1
repda916 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: cali Age: 33 Posts: 999 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	building Sr from long block or just buy motor set? i can get a redtop sr20 with 20,xxx miles for $250. im wondering if i should save and buy a motor set (trany,wiring,ecu. etc) Or pick up the long block, rebuild it and source all the parts... if i get the longblock i would have to source EVERY part needed from hoses to manifolds. would i be spending more piecing every part or more with the motorset then rebuild that motor. trying to build a Reliable DD Sr. let me know. here is what i get.

03-28-2009, 08:45 AM	#2
Ceepo Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cedar City, Utah Posts: 2,007 Trader Rating: (9) Rides Gallery: Ceepo Feedback Score: 9 reviews	I got my motorset for 500 bucks with a spun bearing... i rebuild it with upgrades for around 2500 more dollors, plus wiring, and intercooler, and radiator, and tuning, i still have to get, i would get a motorset or a front clip if i could do it agian... just my .05 __________________ TW: http://zilvia.net/f/cars-sale/390459...d9s-coils.html

03-28-2009, 11:02 AM	#4
Sileighty_85 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Misawa, Japan Posts: 6,815 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	buy a motorset, I picked up a long block and planned to source parts and build it Shit was way more expensive then buying a motorset. Buy both keep the long block for a back up or build it up on the side __________________ 後輪駆動車１番 1989 Built SR GT2871R -363whp 1998 S14 W/RB25- 250ish (For Now) 1986 SR86 - 200ish 1990 R32 GTR - 320hp Don't Buy Engines from JDM-Online http://zilvia.net/f/businesses/207457-jdm-online.html Don't Buy XS-Power or SSAC Shit

03-28-2009, 09:27 AM	#3
garagelu Nissanaholic! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 40 Posts: 1,856 Trader Rating: (60) Feedback Score: 60 reviews	I am not sure that you would be spending more money sourcing your own parts but you will definitely be spending more time. Especially waiting on parts. I hate when you run into a seller that waits 3-4 days before shipping your stuff out. It definitely puts a lot of things on hold.