engine and drivetrain 2002AD and T.E.P. - kinda long

[Guest Anonymous]

im only a sr. in high school right now, but next august im going to universal technical institute in chicago, and im towing my 02 up there with me to rebuild the car while im up there. im wondering from you guys where you get all of your parts for rebuilds. from the block to, hell i dunno, anything and everything with the engine and tranny. i get the parts 50% off and im trying to find the most inexpensive stuff i can get. i would op for a t.e.p. rebuild, but, i havent got the $3500 to pay for it. thanks for any help guys.

chris

'75 malaga - with a thrown rod :'(

[Guest Anonymous]

URL: http://www.purespeedmetalworks.com

The guys name is Steve and he specializes in 2002's. He has been working on them for forever. He can do engine work like you have never seen. Custom turbo chargers to full race suspension. He does 90% of the work himself and he runs the whole shop by himself. He is very reasonably priced (500 cheaper than TEP) and He used to knock off 5% of the price if you payed up front too. He definately takes pride in his work (he also has a warranty). If you want fgood work done give him a call. P.s-I am not an advertiser, just a satisfied customer and admirer of his awesome work.-David

[Guest Anonymous]

I did it over a month period as I had to send parts to different machineshops.

Hot-tanking the block, boring and honing, O-ringing it, was around $500 cdn

Planning the head, enlarging the intake valve seats to 46mm and having all new valve guides changed to newer style was around $350 cdn

I bought new bearings, water pump, oil pump, Deves rings, upper and lower gasket sets and recently a timing chain (I should have chganged for a new one when I rebuilt the motor, 2 months ago).

You can do your own rebuild for $1000 usd plus new pistons if you do not have a set of good used ones. In my case I found a good set of used 10:1 121Ti pistons.

[Guest Anonymous]

readily available from multiple vendors - 2002 AD, 2002 Haus, LaJolla Independent, JF Pro, Maximillain, etc (in no particular order). If it hasn't already been done, you might want to consider doing a 5 speed conversion while it's all apart, particularly if you're going to have shop space available.