rebuild kit

[congochris]

ok, I just went through this ntire section looking, but what I'm looking for is an engine rebuild kit for my 87 (V6) engine. just rolled over 200K, and it's been acting extremely strange. One of my favorite yet more expensive hobbies is ripping a motor completely apart and rebuilding it. generally older pontiac blocks, but the principles are really the same. I've been looking for what I generally buy for my pontiacs, a master rebuild kit, includes pistons, connecting rods, gaskets out the wazoo, and generally other misc things, like the oil pump, water pump, junk like that... yet I haven't found squat so far. I figured I may be looking in the wrong place.

 

 

and no, I'd rather not buy a whole new motor. parts are generally cheaper... and they're fun, too. that, and I'll probably hit the heads a tiny bit and polish the ports and whatnot. may have to bore it out a tiny bit to get parts to fit, but that remains to be seen, until I tear into it. (which will most likely be summer, while I drive my current project, once the motor in it is rebuilt, but that's another story entirely.)

[jj big shoe]

Check "VG30 engine kit" on ebay. There's a few there.

[88pathoffroad]

It's not cheap, either. Aftermarket kits/support for Nissans is unheard of for the garage mechanic, parts-wise.

[mws]

That, in a nutshell, is the only negative to how robust and reliable these engines are. No demand = no supply.

[unccpathfinder]

is there a performance issue...i dont see dumping the $ into a nissan engine with 200k...its just getting good now...i'd try to find a JY engine and try to build that up to swap later...but its pretty expensive for the entire kit if u do a complete rebuild

[congochris]

well, it's being odd now, the other day when I was trying to merge onto a local highway (50 mph speed) the RPM's went nuts and started bouncing up and down the RPM range through first and second, making the truck surge and buck. I'm thinking that's a clutch issue more than anything else, but also it's 200K worth of unknown driving styles. I know how I abuse my engine, but I have no idea how it's been treated up to the 194K I bought it at. I'd rather spend the cash to either rebuild, or build a replaceemtn motor before it explodes, since it's my main form of transportation now.

 

is there any info on what motors will bolt into ours? heh, a V8 from a titan would be fun, but I'm sure the bolt patterns have changed just a tad. sadly, I'm 5 years short of being able to put collector plates on it. in my state, once you put collector plates on something, it never gets smogged again... and then options are wide open. (all that computer controlled junk would be buh-bye, and it'd be getting an edelbrock) but that's for the future.. for now, I just want to know what's been done to it. mostly I'd probably just need gaskets, bearings and rings. piston and connecting rods are probably fine.

 

 

 

and lastly.. a JY engine would be? like I said, usually I'm into older pontiacs.. throw me a block code from one of them, and I'd be able to tell you the year and displacement..