Replacement ve30de?
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Replacement ve30de?
Any reliable places to find a decent shape ve30de?
Found front and rear main seal leaks yesterday and I don't have the time to rebuild myself would be much faster swapping it. Is there an alternative? Possible to drop in the newer 3.5L?
Found front and rear main seal leaks yesterday and I don't have the time to rebuild myself would be much faster swapping it. Is there an alternative? Possible to drop in the newer 3.5L?
#2
3.5 swap is alot of work and only a few people have done it. if youre already going to take the engine out to replace it might as well just keep your current engine and take the engine and trans out and replace the seals and change a bunch of stuff like the water pump at the same time
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Normally, you could drop in a JDM VE for $500-600, but unfortunately it's virtually impossible to find any JDM engines now since just about the entire stock of JDM engines was wiped out with the tsunami. It's even hard to get the JDM Honda engines that used to be so plentiful
Anyway, the crank seal isn't hard or expensive or time consuming AT ALL to replace. The rear main seal also isn't hard or expensive to replace. It's somewhat time consuming because you have to remove the transmission and flywheel.
In the time you spent to swap in a new/different engine you could very easily just replace the seals.
Anyway, the crank seal isn't hard or expensive or time consuming AT ALL to replace. The rear main seal also isn't hard or expensive to replace. It's somewhat time consuming because you have to remove the transmission and flywheel.
In the time you spent to swap in a new/different engine you could very easily just replace the seals.
Last edited by James92SE; 05-27-2012 at 06:30 PM.
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Normally, you could drop in a JDM VE for $500-600, but unfortunately it's virtually impossible to find any JDM engines now since just about the entire stock of JDM engines was wiped out with the tsunami. It's even hard to get the JDM Honda engines that used to be so plentiful
Anyway, the crank seal isn't hard or expensive or time consuming AT ALL to replace. The rear main seal also isn't hard or expensive to replace. It's somewhat time consuming because you have to remove the transmission and flywheel.
In the time you spent to swap in a new/different engine you could very easily just replace the seals.
Anyway, the crank seal isn't hard or expensive or time consuming AT ALL to replace. The rear main seal also isn't hard or expensive to replace. It's somewhat time consuming because you have to remove the transmission and flywheel.
In the time you spent to swap in a new/different engine you could very easily just replace the seals.
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The place where mine came from (several years ago) has one in stock. It is in the Seattle area.
I agree with James, though. It would be easier to just fix the stuff you have wrong. Doing a swap is a lot of work and you might as well do a lot of other things during the swap while the JDM engine is accessible and the engine is out of the car. Water pump, manifold studs, seals, etc.
I agree with James, though. It would be easier to just fix the stuff you have wrong. Doing a swap is a lot of work and you might as well do a lot of other things during the swap while the JDM engine is accessible and the engine is out of the car. Water pump, manifold studs, seals, etc.
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The place where mine came from (several years ago) has one in stock. It is in the Seattle area.
I agree with James, though. It would be easier to just fix the stuff you have wrong. Doing a swap is a lot of work and you might as well do a lot of other things during the swap while the JDM engine is accessible and the engine is out of the car. Water pump, manifold studs, seals, etc.
I agree with James, though. It would be easier to just fix the stuff you have wrong. Doing a swap is a lot of work and you might as well do a lot of other things during the swap while the JDM engine is accessible and the engine is out of the car. Water pump, manifold studs, seals, etc.
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