Well crap! Advice needed with shot engine

[supraman121]

Originally Posted by finaltable

I said 3K in good shape, and obviously, a car with a rod knock is not good shape. I am trying to figure out what it might be worth taking the problem into consideration.

Well for me to put in a new 7mge in my supra cause i have a blown headgasket and a bad piston, its going to cost me 1600 for someone to do it, 800 for the motor and 800 for laber in removing, so i guess if you fix the car you'll make 1400 bucks off of it, but those are the rate around here.

[SideWinderGX]

i thought by '3K in good shape' you meant the shape it is in now, DESPITE the rod knock. i gotcha now though

assuming you do the work yourself, and correctly, youll very easily be able to clean up the entire car and have an almost spotless automobile after the swap, if you decide to go through with it. depending on the outcome and how much luck you have, id say youd be able to get more than 3K

[supramacist]

What another 500 bucks.

Max bet on these cars wether you have 10k in it or not matters very little.
The kbb is where it's at.

If you think your going to mod it out and make bank.

A fresh un-modded supra is worth more the the real car buyer.

No one wants to wade through what you or I have done to the cars.

[finaltable]

I am not trying to make money on this car. I paid 2K for it, well below market because the owner was leaving the country and wanted to get rid of it quickly. I got it in stock configuration and it is still in stock configuration. Right now, however, it has a rod knocking so anybody looking to buy this car is going to know going in that it needs some serious work from the get go.

My options are:
1. Put a new engine in it so I can sell it for something nearer to what I paid
2. Sell it as is, taking a huge hit for the engine problem.

What I really don't know is what a person looking for a Mk III would pay for the car as it is right now. If it is worth 2K with a working engine but only $500 with a messed up engine then even putting $1K toward the car is worth it.

As part of my considerations, a friend of the family restores cars and will do the swap so labor will be negligible. Most of the cost will be the engine itself if I go that route.

[supramacist]

Originally Posted by finaltable

I am not trying to make money on this car. I paid 2K for it, well below market because the owner was leaving the country and wanted to get rid of it quickly. I got it in stock configuration and it is still in stock configuration. Right now, however, it has a rod knocking so anybody looking to buy this car is going to know going in that it needs some serious work from the get go.

My options are:
1. Put a new engine in it so I can sell it for something nearer to what I paid
2. Sell it as is, taking a huge hit for the engine problem.

What I really don't know is what a person looking for a Mk III would pay for the car as it is right now. If it is worth 2K with a working engine but only $500 with a messed up engine then even putting $1K toward the car is worth it.

As part of my considerations, a friend of the family restores cars and will do the swap so labor will be negligible. Most of the cost will be the engine itself if I go that route.

You are in over your head and you aren't quite quick enough to realize that you got boned.

I bought this great car under market value. With rod knock.
2k for any engine replacement. Probably the same to rebuild what you have.

Hows that bargain looking now??????

Everyone wonders why those of us that stick it out with these cars are so hardcore. It's because any fool can buy a supra.

It takes a real gear head to keep one running, and you are quite possibley one of the many posers that have no business getting one.

If the alternator belt stumps you..., there's another guy around here that just figured it out. You 2 should start a clicke.