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whats the least expensive but best way to rebuild my engine? i have the 7afe and would like to rebuild it or at least get an idea so i can save up. i kinda do want to do a swap because of the issues and the money you have to put towards it but what can any one do? anyways if some one near by would be able to help that would be really good only because i dont want some mechanic to do it and not know what he has in hos hands so to be safe some one thats knows the car would be nice... thanks for the help

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I've looked into rebuilding my 5S, and I found that by the time I pay a mechanic to pull the engine out of my car, buy the parts, rebuild the engine and drop it back in, I was better off to buy a rebuilt engine from Jasper that has a warranty.

if you are just refreshing the engine (IE, bearings, rings, seals, ect), and are not planning on boring the cylinders, you can buy the parts to rebuild it yourself for ~5-700

i just priced the parts for a 7A. it was about 500 for new bearings, rings, and gasket kit. get the toyota BGB and do all the work yourself.

I got a used (60k miles) 7A-FE for only $650 shipped to my door. It works fine too, just replace all the maintenance items, timing belt, water pump, valve cover seals, ect. and it saves alot! of time and a ton! of money.
This would be the direction i would suggest to you, if your just looking for a new reliable engine that will get you from point A-B
Unless you are planning to rebuild with much better internals and bore it out, so do some kind of turbo, then i suggest just getting a use engine, you can find them pretty cheap on ebay... just keep your eyes open

jasper rebuild with 100,000mile warranty is 3400$ for a 5s, little less for the 7a

thanks guys for the feed back it really calms me down a bit because the engine just hot 175,000 and it doesnt feel right to me any more, like idk abiut mechanics or what not but on the highway ill be going at 70mph and the engine is up a 3,000 to 3,000 rpm and it feels soooo slow and it itakes some time to go a lil faster. im not in to racing or turbos more in to the look of the car but i would like to have a pretty good engine you know? presure you got ur engine swapt right? did you do it your self or had help? i know some of the guys up north do it (mass) but idk if i would leave the car up there over night. its like my baby..

Look into a used engine, just do some research! and if it makes u feel better i got 124k out of my old 7A-FE cause the first owner beat my baby up! deff look into the reliability of the swap places! my friend got robbed at one of those places, leaving his civic overnight, but couldnt prove it was them..I think it was personally i went with him and they were shady. do your research first! is all i can say-

no doubt thats what wories me a lil and im not sure im gonna be able to make the meet down in NJ cause of it