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Will Smith

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Well car is at the dealer now they said i spun a bearing on #4. Is this a normal thing that has happend to anyone else or just me. Also I bought the car used with 63K miles on it and i take it that was the stock engine. now another quesiton that comes to mind is with the spun bearing they are putting a remanufactured engine in. now would u rather have a engine with 63K miles on it or a re manufactured engine?

Also I was considering doing some hood work. I know we would all love super chargers or NOS but would cutting out the fake intake on the hood and making it into a real intake and routing it to the TB give my engine a performance gain. I know its not pushing alot more air in but would it work. If so any pros or cons?

 

FallenPhoenix

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how many miles were on the engine when it spun the bearing, 63k? I'd rather have a rebuilt (remanufactured) engine than one with 63k on it anyday.

I seem to remember a guy taking the honey comb out of the scoop but it caught too much air and he thought it was going to rip off at highway speeds.

 

damacman

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Will - you need to do a little research here. Are you sure you can't buy a fresh short block with a forged bottom end for what the dealer is charging you for the remanufactured motor?

 

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Will Smith

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oh no car is still under warranty. all i pay is $100 deducable for a remanufactured engine. as for the motor when it went into the deaer it had 74K miles.

 

muzztangman

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damacman said:

Will - you need to do a little research here. Are you sure you can't buy a fresh short block with a forged bottom end for what the dealer is charging you for the remanufactured motor?

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Yup, if you're going to spend the money for a motor, why not upgrade at the same time. I say this because once you start to do performance mods (it never ends) you never know where you'll end up. you might want to add a blower, nitrous, turbo later on.. then you'll be set up to handle the extra strain that a stock engine might not be able to. Just my opinion.
good luck on your engine which ever way you decide

 

muzztangman

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Will Smith said:

oh no car is still under warranty. all i pay is $100 deducable for a remanufactured engine. as for the motor when it went into the deaer it had 74K miles.

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oops O.k. then see if you can pay the difference for a forged engine.

 

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Will Smith

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as much as I would like a forged engine right now I can't afford it. between jobs and very little extra cash to spend. Also has anyone looked at the Sean Hyland 4.6's. I was looking at them and they look nice to me but i am still green when it comes to modding my car.

 

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Personally, I wouldnt touch a motor from SHM. That is very odd that it spun a bearing at such low miles. Seems like someone ran it with low oil. How much oil was in it when you bought it?

 

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Will Smith

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when i bought it used it was topped off. now i can't vouch for anything before i bought it but I have always checked the oil daily.