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Cost of a 1.6L long block
Just got a quote from a San Jose, CA dealer for $3,900 for the factory
rebuilt long block. $1,500 for labor. Four years ago, I did the same thing. Factory long block replacement for $2,700 parts and labor. Seems like I'm getting ripped off. Anybody done this recently? What did it cost? I thought 1.6 motors were relatively cheap due to Spec Miata's creating a lot of demand. Thanks, Bill |
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Cost of a 1.6L long block
A "Lot of demand" indicates a higher price, not a lower one!
Naturally, there are discounts if you are a member of the racing community. Poking around the internet, $3600-6000 gets you a "built" long block for racing. I don't know where the "Spec" 1.6 falls in the price range. "BillBetts" > wrote in message oups.com... > Just got a quote from a San Jose, CA dealer for $3,900 for the factory > rebuilt long block. $1,500 for labor. > > Four years ago, I did the same thing. Factory long block replacement > for $2,700 parts and labor. > > Seems like I'm getting ripped off. > > Anybody done this recently? What did it cost? > > I thought 1.6 motors were relatively cheap due to Spec Miata's creating > a lot of demand. > > Thanks, Bill > |
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Cost of a 1.6L long block
Chuck wrote:
> Naturally, there are discounts if you are a member of the racing community. True. Factory (stock - not spec built) long block can be had at close to dealer cost, which is under $2000. But the original poster's 2nd engine only lasted 4 years? I would think a $500-600 used engine would do better than that. For the $5500 that his dealer wanted, he might as well go buy the whole used 1.6 miata and have money left over. |
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Cost of a 1.6L long block
In article . com>,
"beater 90 miata" > wrote: > For the $5500 that his dealer wanted, he might as well go buy the whole > used 1.6 miata and have money left over. For $5500, he could step up to a very nice 1.8. -- Lanny Chambers '94C, St. Louis http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html |
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Cost of a 1.6L long block
In article .com>,
"BillBetts" > wrote: > Just got a quote from a San Jose, CA dealer for $3,900 for the factory > rebuilt long block. $1,500 for labor. > > Four years ago, I did the same thing. Factory long block replacement > for $2,700 parts and labor. > > Seems like I'm getting ripped off. > > Anybody done this recently? What did it cost? > > I thought 1.6 motors were relatively cheap due to Spec Miata's creating > a lot of demand. > > Thanks, Bill For that kind of money you can get a long block from Flyin' Miata with all kinds of goodies... <URL:http://www.flyinmiata.com/Store/engines.php?option=0> -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia "If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard." |
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Cost of a 1.6L long block
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:29:52 +0000, Lanny Chambers wrote:
> In article . com>, > "beater 90 miata" > wrote: > >> For the $5500 that his dealer wanted, he might as well go buy the whole >> used 1.6 miata and have money left over. > > For $5500, he could step up to a very nice 1.8. Speaking of which, how much trouble is it to change to a 1.8 from a 1.6? Is it simply a bolt in job, or is there much more that has to be changed? Will the 1.8's just drop in the same place but the same manifolds and ECU be used? Or is it better to do a complete swap, using newer 1.8 engine, wiring harness and ECU? TIA |
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Cost of a 1.6L long block
Jon Dough > wrote in
news > Speaking of which, how much trouble is it to change to a 1.8 from > a 1.6? Is it simply a bolt in job, or is there much more that has > to be changed? Will the 1.8's just drop in the same place but the > same manifolds and ECU be used? Or is it better to do a complete > swap, using newer 1.8 engine, wiring harness and ECU? Somewhere on the web there is a complete series of webpages showing how to do exactly that. Google will find it for you. |
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Cost of a 1.6L long block
In article >,
Jon Dough > wrote: > Speaking of which, how much trouble is it to change to a 1.8 from a 1.6? > Is it simply a bolt in job, or is there much more that has to be changed? All questions answered: http://www.flyinmiata.com/tech/1.8_conversion.php FM sells a kit of all the parts you'd need for the conversion. -- Lanny Chambers '94C, St. Louis http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html |
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