Well, with just a shade under 200,000 miles I just learned that I'm going to need a valve job. As that's about $1,600 - and the rest of the engine still has almost 200,000 miles on it - I figure that I might look into replacing the engine wholesale.

My mechanic suggested a Japanese take-out engine. Has anyone here any experience with these?

In any case, I'd appreciate any suggestions on where to go for a reliable 2.0 litre S2000 engine.

Thanks!

 

Japanese wholesale is hit or miss. With 200K I think your car part of your life; as is mine. Personally I would consider hitting up a major performance builer for the F20C. In Line Pro, Comptech, or one of the others. A standard build would be esoteric to them. That's what I would do.........

Utah

 

I'd say find a used motor from a trustworthy seller and swap it in.

 

That was my plan. It was for help identifying a trustworthy seller that I was seeking advice here.

 

Ah, sorry was very late here was pretty tired and I'm a bad enough reader when I'm not tired. Haha.
As skeptical as it seems, I'd wait for one to pop up locally, and before purchasing have a compression and leak down test done on it.
You could have one shipped too, but I'd be weary.

 

Or wary, even.



Thanks!

 

Dump the F20 and swap in an F22

 

Why?

 

One reason is that you can still buy a new engine from honda. (Which I don't think is possible for F20C's in the US anymore)

 

If you can find an early F22c you can still run it with your ecu. F22c + a 9K tach = Win