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Bad engine. Ressurect or donate? 700 1992

posted by  CW on  Mon Jan 26 11:22 CST 2004
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I'd replace the engine. They're great cars. My ONLY concern would be about the previous accident. How bad was it? Like was their major frame damage or anything like that? What I'm wondering is if the car lost a lot of structural strength from the accident. If not, then by all means, replace the engine! We don't want these RWD 4cyls to die young! :) Look for a B230FT that is out of an '90+, the best being the '93-'95 version. One shouldn't be TOO hard to find at a reasonable price and it's not like it would be a complicated transplant. Obviously you'll have to renew the cooling system components during the transplant, but I can't see how it wouldn't be worth the money :)
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Chris. Halifax N.S. '91 745Ti, 287K km and '91 745 NA, 363K km.






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