Engine Swap or Cylinder Head Job?

Lkq is a good place to start.... but they mainly deal with big shops and dealerships. A single person trying to warranty or get info might be left hanging.

I know of a local guy that should be able to get u vq35de motors mainly pulled off a g35.

I don't know how different they are. But he is in burbank and normally asking for sub $1000 for working pull motors.

Let me know if u need another hand. I'm normally free Saturdays.
 
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la_fx35 said:
$700 for the engine with 95K miles. $1,600 for the swap at local shop.
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Was it an engine that you saw before purchasing or did you buy it sight unseen?
Any issues with it upon delivery or during the installation?

I’m guessing this was a shop in LA. Unfortunately I’m in Pittsburgh and performance shops or even car shops in general don’t appear to be as popular.
 
kahlilj said:
Was it an engine that you saw before purchasing or did you buy it sight unseen?
Any issues with it upon delivery or during the installation?

I’m guessing this was a shop in LA. Unfortunately I’m in Pittsburgh and performance shops or even car shops in general don’t appear to be as popular.
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Engine bought from ebay based on seller's description. No issues
 
kahlilj said:
Good idea. Hadn’t thought about the 350z tuning. One of those is reasonably close to me. Thanks for the link and tip [emoji106][emoji2535]
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For anything aftermarket that's the place to go for the FX. I use SpecialtyZ here in SoCal - and I drive 45 minutes away to use them because I found a shop I can trust. The 350Z guys get a kick out of us.
 
jumbosrule said:
For anything aftermarket that's the place to go for the FX. I use SpecialtyZ here in SoCal - and I drive 45 minutes away to use them because I found a shop I can trust. The 350Z guys get a kick out of us.
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Makes sense. When I lived in SoCal I’d only have RRE (Road Race Engineering) work on my Eclipse. Dang! I miss those days. Fun times. Would be great to find a shop like that for my FX in Pittsburgh though I won’t be tuning this car. Thanks again for the tips. I did call one of the shops today. Left a message hope to hear back from them soon.
 
OK so now I’m not sure my engine is actually seized. From what I understand if your engine is seized it won’t crank (turn over) if you try to start it? I tried to start it just to see what would happen and it actually started spinning or cranking even though it never turned on. I only did this for two or three seconds. I also took a wrench and was able to spin my crankshaft pulley. Would you be able to do these things with a seized engine?

Could I instead have a failed water pump?

Regardless I think I may want to replace the engine anyway because of the massive oil leak.
 
TurTLeG said:
Lkq is a good place to start.... but they mainly deal with big shops and dealerships. A single person trying to warranty or get info might be left hanging.

I know of a local guy that should be able to get u vq35de motors mainly pulled off a g35.

I don't know how different they are. But he is in burbank and normally asking for sub $1000 for working pull motors.

Let me know if u need another hand. I'm normally free Saturdays.
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LKQ will work with anyone, and tell you how many miles are on the “Tear-out” replacement parts.

They work with like 600 salvage yards too.:cool:

No, I don’t work for them, but I was impressed by them.
 
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