I went to hs in Nanaimo actually.
If your just droping a new engine in getting one from a wrecked car with decent milage is best as you know how long its sat and that it was at least running before the accident and you can take everything off the car yourself (usually). Chris, I wasen't suggesting you just buy a jdm engine and drop it in. They are CHEAP and thats whats so appealing about them. The local wreckers don't even try to compete with the jdm importers. Domestic 7mgtes from wreckers go for 3 to 4 times what the importers sell them for here. And yes most jdm engines are low milage, thats just how it is in japan, but I wouldn't drop a single one of those motors into my car without changing every seal & gasket on the engine and putting new rings in and honing it. My point was even with all that work and those parts you end up spending waaaay less for your engine then it would cost to buy a beat mk3 that has an engine with 300,000+ kms on it that needs a real rebuild, actual machining, overboring, new pistons, valves, springs etc. Real rebuilds on 7ms run around 2gs+ up here whearas you can freshen up an engine for a few hundred. Anyways, you know all this, I was just clarifying my point :wink: