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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 01:07 PM
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Not entirely sure where to put this but I have a 98 z28 with about 170,000 miles on it and looking to have an engine rebuild done. I'm trying to find a good shop in Charlotte that does good work as well as about how much its gonna cost. Just totaled my daily driver (her fault) so i need to get this done asap as the engine is not running now, its got coolant going in the oil and and a slight tick so while i have the money i want to get this done. any comment are appreciated.

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let me know what you find out. im around the Fayetteville aberdeen area and need either a rebuild or a replacement engine.
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Contact Jonathan or Joey at Tick Performance. There a sponsor on here and are located in Moorseville, NC. They do great work, you can search there name on here. Jonathan built my car and 100's of others in NC and SC. Hope this helps.
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what exactly did you have done and for about how much. I know good work costs, just working on a budget.
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Originally Posted by BJSS25
Contact Jonathan or Joey at Tick Performance. There a sponsor on here and are located in Moorseville, NC. They do great work, you can search there name on here. Jonathan built my car and 100's of others in NC and SC. Hope this helps.
+1, also, they are right there in you backyard. GL.
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Thanks for the help I'll be contacting them today to see what this is gonna run
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Thanks for the help I'll be contacting them today to see what this is gonna run
Once you get an idea, post up a ballpark rebuild cost. This has me interested for down the road
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Once you get an idea, post up a ballpark rebuild cost. This has me interested for down the road
definately x2
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Called around to a couple shops around here and got a basic rebuild with stock parts starting at about 2500 but another shop quoted around 3500 for a moderate build. If u want to go forged it will cost quite bit more. These are just some ballpark numbers to go off of. I decided to buy a salvaged engine with 44k miles for a pretty good price.
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Originally Posted by banditz28
Called around to a couple shops around here and got a basic rebuild with stock parts starting at about 2500 but another shop quoted around 3500 for a moderate build. If u want to go forged it will cost quite bit more. These are just some ballpark numbers to go off of. I decided to buy a salvaged engine with 44k miles for a pretty good price.
Pretty reasonable
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Called around to a couple shops around here and got a basic rebuild with stock parts starting at about 2500 but another shop quoted around 3500 for a moderate build. If u want to go forged it will cost quite bit more. These are just some ballpark numbers to go off of. I decided to buy a salvaged engine with 44k miles for a pretty good price.
machine work is pretty expensive just depends how deep your pockets are but those are pretty average prices on a stock overhaul.
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Called around to a couple shops around here and got a basic rebuild with stock parts starting at about 2500 but another shop quoted around 3500 for a moderate build. If u want to go forged it will cost quite bit more. These are just some ballpark numbers to go off of. I decided to buy a salvaged engine with 44k miles for a pretty good price.
that price is about right. a shop here in cali quoted me $3000 for labor to clean my block and install a forged 383 rotating assembly
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