lukeyn

Alright, my car has roughly 140,000 miles on the engine. but the body is in good condition, the timing belt has been changed, and the tranny has not given me any problems. Im looking into adding more power to the engine, but i dont want the life to deteriorate. What can i do to rejuvinate the engine back to when i first got it, and add a few extra ponies along the way?

Nate

Dmitry

is you engine burning oil?
what's compression over cylinders?

you can do n/a bolt-ons (headers, exhaust, intake...)

homey14h

buy a motor and tranny with half the miles for couple hundread bucks. have it built up outside the car as much as you can then when youre ready, swap it in.

Ericy321

exactly. thats really your best bet

faithofadragon

i have 10k more miles than you and im doin the same thing mang

best bet would be to either overhaul the motor you have now or just buy a lower mileage engine

hyundai says the designed "life" on this motor is 180k if i remember correctly if you start adding more hp to a motor that wasnt designed for it it will bring the life down

kb5133

I agree with finding a "newer" engine and swapping the old one out. Then you've a spare if you need to do something to the new one.

lukeyn

does anyone know where i can get a lower mileage engine from ohio>
thanks for the help so far guys

JonGTR

I just bought a motor from a local yard for $350 with 22k miles.

I would make that your first mod. It's not hard to swap and It'll make you feel better with the reliability.

REDZMAN

I haven't seen you post it Nathan, but is it an auto or manual?

lukeyn

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My tib is a manual REdz Sorry I didnt respond before dunno what happened. Prolly had something come up with the military than forgot about it. .

So fellas, What would I need to do to rebuild my engine ? ?? ? IS this practical or just buy another one?