Date: 3/13/2004 11:20:00 PM
From Authorid: 10754
Best thing to do is get an older block ( maybe the rods too, if they're in good condition ) from a junkyard, have it re-machined, buy the smaller parts and have it re-built. Better than buying a whole new engine altogether and paying a buttload.  |
Date: 3/13/2004 11:23:00 PM
From Authorid: 12133
Abput $3,000 all together  |
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Date: 3/13/2004 11:24:00 PM ( Admin-PY )
2.5 or 2.2 liter? |
Date: 3/13/2004 11:27:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 36687
WOW 3,000 bucks! Haha I might as well buy me a used Mustang! LOL... Um... I'm not really sure about Liters... To make a guess I'm thinking 2.2 maybe? I don't know anything about cars, except how to change a tire and oil lol... Thats really sad since my dad's a mechanic...lol  |
Date: 3/13/2004 11:30:00 PM
From Authorid: 49689
Jasper has it in stock for $1,991.00 and some change and about another $500.00 or $600.00 to change it out..So yeah close to $3000.00...You can buy a fairly good used vehicle for that....  |
Date: 3/13/2004 11:31:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 36687
Thank you PY...I appreciate it!  Thats probably what I'll end up doing... |
Date: 3/14/2004 7:27:00 AM
From Authorid: 54570
A basic motor ( heads, crankshaft and pistons) normally runs about $150 a cyclnder. This is without the intake manifold, oilpan, timing cover or even the gasket kit. Crash is right. You figure time and energy about $3000.00 overall. Do not go to a junkyard and buy a motor. You do not know how old it is or how many miles were on it. And they wont tell you either. GO to a reputable dealer (Advance, Autozone, Pepboys, Napa) and they can set you on the right track for a block kit. Forget shadetree mechanics on rebuilding a motor. You can let a shadetree put the motor in however. Just be prepared for cost overrun. A garage is the best bet. Find someone that everyone has better praise of. They can also work out a payment plan with you as well.  |
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Date: 3/14/2004 9:25:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 36687
Thank you for your help smokn Joe! |
Date: 3/14/2004 9:40:00 AM
From Authorid: 47296
A short block from your local parts house will run anywhere from $599 to $1299 based on engine size. A good mechanic will charge you anywhere from $40 to $50 an hour to take your old one out, set up the new one, and and drop it in and get it running. Anywhere from 6 to 10 hours work to do it. Jasper engines build an excellent remanufactured engine, with a 3 year, 75,000 mile warranty. The cost installed for a Jasper is anywhere from $2300 to $4000 or higher, based once again on engine size, and whether or not the engine is factory spec, or special order. For your Dodge, it would probably be less than $3000. One thing you may want to check into though. If there is a tech school somewhere near you, sometimes they will do the engine work, and all you pay is the parts needed to do it. It gives their students a chance to work hands on, and there is a competent instiructor there to make sure everything is right. A friend of mine had her engine rebuilt, complete with remachined crank and heads, for about $600 at the local tech school. It may also be possible to get a good engine from your local junk yard. Many junk yards strip all usable parts from cars before scrapping them. A working V-8 from our local junkyard runs about $600.  |
Date: 3/14/2004 10:27:00 AM
From Authorid: 53052
depends what the problems with it is, if it's minor it could be cheaper of it's something magor it could be a bunch more enpensive, on average you pay about the same price for parts as you do for labour of not more  |
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Date: 3/14/2004 10:30:00 AM
From Authorid: 53052
if you can do the work yourself it's worth it, if you are paying a mechanic it's not worth it, it could be a great way to bond with your father |
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Date: 3/14/2004 11:02:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 36687
Thanks everyone for your help! Midnightly, I'd like to help my dad ya know it would be nice, but He works all the time and so do I... I have so much going on right now its not possible to help him put it in.. |
Date: 3/14/2004 1:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 27046
On an 88, the car is most likely to rot away around another engine...LOL. It's not even worth the expense on a car that old. There is no way that you would be able to replace on engine on your own whether mechanically inclined or not. It takes a bunch of high pressure tools that you probably don't own and would cost as much as the engine for you to purchase. You are better off spending a few thousand on a different car and junk the 88 Daytona.  |
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Date: 3/14/2004 5:39:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 36687
LMAO AZ...Do you have to be so blunt! LOL The cars in really good shape...No dents or Rust..LOL The motor just sucks!!! But I see your point..My dads put in tonz of motors without special tools too...hehe :P |
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Date: 3/17/2004 6:16:00 PM
From Authorid: 49689
You need high pressure tool to put in an engine? lol..That's a new one to me... |
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Date: 3/17/2004 10:35:00 PM
From Authorid: 27046
Py, you may not NEED to have these tools, but the job without them is a royal pain in the rear end. Bolts get rusted, things don't come apart and are hard to reach. Not to mention hoisting an engine in and out of a car is no easy chore. MOST people have your basic craftsmen tools set with a bunch of wrenches and screwdrivers. It's almost inevitable that the average person doesn't own all of the tools necessary to do the job and some of them cost a pretty penny. |
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Date: 3/19/2004 3:35:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 36687
Lol...Well my dad by far isn't rich enough to own a buttload of tools,..but he does own a Motor lift, and a bunch of craftsman tools.. He has put in several motors with the very same tools he uses everyday...but right now he is actually thinking about getting me another car hehe |
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Date: 3/20/2004 3:00:00 PM
From Authorid: 27046
Tg silly! Then he wouldn't qualify as the "average" person.....LOL! |
