Engine Rebuild Recommendations in SoCal
Engine Rebuild Recommendations in SoCal
Looking to get my XR engine rebuilt by someone familiar with the XR motor. Anyone know of a good engine builder in southern CA?
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Re: Engine Rebuild Recommendations in SoCal
Where do you live?
What kind of specs are you looking for with the rebuild?
What kind of specs are you looking for with the rebuild?
1987 Merkur XR4Ti. T5 swapped. GAZ gold coilovers. Custom rear strut brace. Polybushed everything. Mustang ten hole wheels. Mercury Tracer front bumper.
Re: Engine Rebuild Recommendations in SoCal
Jeremy Kemp
RIP: the Mutt….1988 XR4Ti Chestnut Brown/Spice Leather
MC2 Coilovers and Bushings, Contour Rims and Rotors, Ported Motorsport Head, Cosworth 4x4 Intercooler, Holset HY35 Turbo, 80LB Injectors, Megasquirt2 EFI
RIP: the Mutt….1988 XR4Ti Chestnut Brown/Spice Leather
MC2 Coilovers and Bushings, Contour Rims and Rotors, Ported Motorsport Head, Cosworth 4x4 Intercooler, Holset HY35 Turbo, 80LB Injectors, Megasquirt2 EFI
Re: Engine Rebuild Recommendations in SoCal
Stocknathankershaw wrote:Where do you live?
Escondido
What kind of specs are you looking for with the rebuild?
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Thanks, they appear to know the 2.3L Ford motor alright. I'll give them a call, but they'll probably convince me to go the performance route...
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"Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?"Marsman wrote:Thanks, they appear to know the 2.3L Ford motor alright. I'll give them a call, but they'll probably convince me to go the performance route...
In truth, a properly rebuilt stock bottom end should be adequate for all but the most power-mad. I'd be interested in hearing what they'd want for a stock rebuild, and what that would include.
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X2 on that.John Brennan wrote:"Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?"Marsman wrote:Thanks, they appear to know the 2.3L Ford motor alright. I'll give them a call, but they'll probably convince me to go the performance route...
In truth, a properly rebuilt stock bottom end should be adequate for all but the most power-mad. I'd be interested in hearing what they'd want for a stock rebuild, and what that would include.
Miguel.
89 XR4Ti Monique; Waking up a real "Night/Mare-Coor".
T5, NPR IC, PIMP ECU, Walbro 255, Dual piston BOV, Manual BC, 3" exhaust, One piece Aluminum drive-shaft, mc2 LSD, Boport 1.5 cam, Ported and polish head, big valves, 80# injectors, Bob's log, (soon HY35).
89 XR4Ti Monique; Waking up a real "Night/Mare-Coor".
T5, NPR IC, PIMP ECU, Walbro 255, Dual piston BOV, Manual BC, 3" exhaust, One piece Aluminum drive-shaft, mc2 LSD, Boport 1.5 cam, Ported and polish head, big valves, 80# injectors, Bob's log, (soon HY35).
Re: Engine Rebuild Recommendations in SoCal
Finally had the time to contact Esslinger on a 2.4L rebuild. Rough estimate was $2800 for the short block, excluding any bolt-on replacements such as oil pump, pulleys, etc., and assuming crank, rods etc are good. They seemed to dismiss the stock head as likely cracked, and said a completely assembled Al replacement would add another $3500. So, all told over $6K! Yikes.
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I actually asked what autozone would charge for a short block once just for fun, they quoted me 2400. Who knows whether it would be any good or not, just thought it was interesting and semi relevant.
Connor
'89 XR 254000 miles. Stock (until spring, then poor college student mods begin)
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'89 XR 254000 miles. Stock (until spring, then poor college student mods begin)
'99 Audi B5 A4 2.8 v6 (Technically my dad's, but he doesn't drive it)
Since I'm a Noob, i'll put an apology for dumb questions down here. I'm 19 and completely self-taught
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I wouldn't rule out the possibility that the head is cracked. When I did my HG in '05, my machine shop recommended replacing the head as it was cracked. No problem, had a motor in the garage from a parts car. Also cracked. No problem, XR in the junkyard gave me a head for $50. Also cracked. Finally got a good one from an '88 TurboCoupe (which wasn't all bad, it also gave me a big VAM and LA3 ). Ten years later, I'll bet they're ALL cracked.
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Get a used short or long block. Seriously, these engines do wel with time and mileage
Adam Escott
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89 XR with Outcast Body in red
Duratec build in progress(need cams and stand-alone)
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Dothan, AL
89 XR with Outcast Body in red
Duratec build in progress(need cams and stand-alone)
89 Scorpio. Needs everything
Re: Engine Rebuild Recommendations in SoCal
Unless you're doing an extremely crazy build, any competent machine shop will work. Wholesale machine in San Diego (on Mission Gorge) does great work. That's who I'm having machine all of my stuff for my Duratec build (E85 tuned to ~400hp). They also have great recommendations to shops for random stuff they can't do (i.e. machining a keyway in the crank, sprocket, and balancer).
Tim Spencer
1988 XR4Ti Duratec project car
2011 Taurus SHO daily driver...not stock.
1988 XR4Ti Duratec project car
2011 Taurus SHO daily driver...not stock.