[sr20vet]

So driving the other day i decided to give my car a run throught he gears and it happend. i
i pulled over and i heard a strange noise. it sounds like its knocking from the left right side of the motor so i shut it off.
it had been making strange noises allready as im sure it sucked up a bolt or 2 from the intake manifold
because secondaries no longer open. also it had been smoking at high rpm.

so heres my question. Should i pull the motor and rebuild or am i better off buying a block off someone ?
I do not plan to build it. if i were to rebuild it would be oem drop in and go.
me and a buddy will be doing all the work so no labor charges. what can i expect when i open the block?

Any advice is appreciated.

 

[SoundEfx]

Why didn't you loctite the screws?

Either way, I would say swap for another QR.
That way you are back on the road and during that time, you can rebuild this one as a spare.

 

[sr20vet]

i bought the car and it happend literally like 2 days later so when i pulled of the intake manifold 2 of them were allready gone

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also i have another car so it doesnt have to been on the road asap just wanna know what id be better
off doing money wise.

 

[SoundEfx]

Money wise : just get another low mileage QR and drop in. (Junk yard)
Mid : Buy a brand new reman engine and drop that in. The car will drive like new.
Expensive : Drop in a brand new reman engine and rebuild the old one for boost later on.

 

[shift_03specv]

u bought it 2 days ago and it was already smoking and making noise, but you pressed it anyways and now it's a giant paperweight? :thinking:

take the head off and check the damage before you make any decisions

 

[yogi b]

2jr has a nice deal on replacement motors
esp if you can bring them the car
they install for the same price
nissan oem motor too

 

[Anteeke]

I say just get a junkyard QR and drop it in, doesn't seem like you care to build it or boost or anything so just get a cheap replacement used.

 

[tloof]

Doing a VQ swap is about the same cost as buying and installing a reman QR engine yourself, but it is alot more time consuming!

 

[Anteeke]

VQ swap is less than buying and installing a reman engine yourself, but it is alot more time consuming!

VQ swaps go for about $4500.. Reman QR from Joe is I think $3200 installed or shipped

 

[SOUND2NR]

My motor ships from 2J today, has a 3yr warranty & i did a few upgrades too, Joe is GREAT to deal with

 

[SoundEfx]

Congrats on your new engine.

Now rebuild the old one and boost that shyt.....

 

[SOUND2NR]

Congrats on your new engine.

Now rebuild the old one and boost that shyt.....

in time thats the plan - block will go to AEBS

 

[tloof]

A VQ swap is about $3000-$3500 if you do it yourself, not $4500. The QR reman route will still cost close to the same, but will take about a third of the time to complete yourself. If you hire anyone to do the changeout for you then it will likely cost more!

 

[ImJustMe555]

Personally I would do the swap since the price isn't too far from a QR rebuild and you'll have significantly more power and a nice baseline engine to build. With the VQ you start out with ~220whp instead of the QR's ~146whp.