deciding on whether to buy a new engine or a diff. car

[gloreboy89]

ok I had some bad news about my supra ... the engine caught on fire but it wasnt a complete burn only the wires was damaged but my mechanic changed the wires for me and then later told me the the engine had no oil in it while I was driving, so the engine is completely unrepairable. The question today i need advice on is whether too buy a new engine, I had a 1988 7mge in the car b4, and if so which engine should i buy(want to stay in the supra family), or buy a new car and sell my supra for parts.
PS, im a college student and i dont have an endless amount of money but i do have around $2,000 in the bank and like $2000 i owe for my car loan.

[ochowdero]

this is to bump,
but i personally like the supra 7m engines...
you cant get 1000 horse power out of them but you can get maybe 530?
i cant remember

you got 2000, thats well enough for a 1jzte or maybe a 2jzte
but id stick with the 7mgte, rebuild it and put a bigger turbo on it.. or just buy a 7mge and rebuild it....

and dude, check your oil! lol

[SupraHead]

Yea, get the 7m-gte

[gloreboy89]

ok then i know form other ppl that the 2jzte is an expensive engine but very powerful, ( my mechanic said he could get me an auto 2jzte for about $1700) and my plan for the car if i keep it is probably go to the 400-600whp. Also i talked to my mechanic today and he found a hole in the bearing under the car so, from the time he poured oil in the car to the time where he sat in the drivers seat the oil poured out.

[gloreboy89]

that pic form above is where the fire came from

[ochowdero]

i beliueve you can get that much hp out of a 7mgte,
i dont know tho,

how did the fire start?
i didnt know fires could start from no oil?

[gloreboy89]

there was oil in the car, when my brother was driving it, Side note: this stuff only happens when other ppl drive ur car, and told me he saw smoke coming from the drivers side and he pulled off to the next exit of the highway and opened the hood and fire happened. smh Anyway, there was oil in the car i changed the oil this jan. and it never used alot of oil, my assumptions is that the one of the cylinders exploded or something and caused a huge hole in the bearing thats under the car now. The hot oil lands on the slightly exposed wires and caused the fire.

[cre]

Originally Posted by ochowdero

you got 2000, thats well enough for a 1jzte or maybe a 2jzte

LOL...


I'm just gonna leave this here, gloreboy89 is going to need it soon enough.





And a few people have broken 1000RWHP on the 7M.... and I'm sure it cost an absolute fortune.

[gloreboy89]

o yeah i will remember to be careful when increasing hp, but i dont have any plans of building it anytime soon (out of money now, and my tax refund is gone, wonder where it went). the JDM 1jzte will have around 40000-60000 miles on it already but compared to the old 7mge (i had 95,000 before this) it is failry new.
Question do you guys know if i could put one of those extended warranty's on the car after i put the engine in my supra?

[907mge]

From what I have experienced and heard the extended warranties are worth less. Even if you get them to cover that old of a car with the engine swap they are a rip. Lets say you need a new tranny, they don't have to pay for a rebuild but rather can pick a used tranny from some junkyard to replace it as long as it works. Then if that one clunks out in a few months, you are back to square one.

If I where you I would just stick with a 7mgte if you are going to have to pay for the labor for the swap. To do the 1jz you are still going to need to modify the wiring harness and parts are a little more difficult to get with the engine not being used in the US.