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Originally Posted by quick
I will absolutely not send the engine to a builder who's many miles away as you have no control over him should things do go bad. It would always be your word against them as shops NEVER EVER take a blame should things do go south
Make sure the replacement engine is healthy (oil analysis), spend $3000 on replacing all the week links including but not limiting to valve stems, RB, TC, the coolant pipes, all hoses, vacuum lines, coils/plugs, thermostat etc
If you are not happy with it sell it but selling with a rebuilt engine sounds terrible from resale point of view especially where it was rebuilt by a shop known to only few internet users 
Hope that helps |
This is super helpful. Thank you! The list you included of the weak links is precisely what my mechanic and I agree upon, minus the thermostat.
My local shop warranties everything they do for a year, no questions asked, so I'd rather have them do the work than a Ghassan or Jeup, despite having less experience.