Originally Posted by
krbrooking
@rkinskey & winemaker
The only thing with that is that I have already rebuilt the motor with a new head. Not only that, I don't believe that the 2.8's can handle pulling around the extra weight on an ongoing basis especially once you have put more stress on the motor by upgrading the power. The other thing is that if I am going to spend around the 10k mark to rebuild my motor again I would rather spend the extra 8k or so and do the 4.2 and know I will be happy with the result, I know it is a fair bit more and I will have to save more but I think in the long run I will be happier. Having said that I am still open to the thought of if the right buy comes up I will definitely think about it.
@mudski
Are you just doing a motor swap or have you bought a whole new 4.2 and rebuilding that??? And if I remember correctly yours is an auto and I am not a huge fan of an auto.
I know it seems like I am being picky but I am sick of buying second hand cars and having to rebuild them a year or so later, I am not for one second saying that there is a chance of that happening me buying a car off someone here and it being a dud but at the same time the cars in my price range will have at least 250k on the clock if not more. At least with a full rebuild I know everything is new.