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[email protected] Wed Apr 03, 2019 4:31 pm

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who should I buy a new Turnkey motor for my 85 Westy?

the joker Thu Apr 04, 2019 4:03 am

not waterboxer inc or any of his partners in crime (parts guy on samba)

mikemtnbike Thu Apr 04, 2019 4:50 am

Budget: AVP-worldwide/Bus Depot. ~3000-3500, delivered and whatever other expenses you end up with. 3-4 weeks delivery time.

Mid level: Stock Rocky Jennings. ~5500, same as above except probably a longer lead time. GoWesty has a 2.2 motor that could go here, I guess, but it's getting up around 6000-6500 in cost.

Upper tier: Performance Rocky Jennings or GoWesty motor 2.3 and higher. 7k plus, delivered and all that. By my math, one could easily spend 10-11k in this category, with mechanical upgrades like the vanistan/RMW exhaust, fancy injectiors/rocker arms/ etc, or even the GW EFI system.

GoWesty is probably going to get you a motor fastest. On all of the above, I'm not including core charges, so there's another 1000-1500 up front cost that you may or may not get back.

This is also why so many people go the Subaru or other conversion route. Even buying a rebuilt motor and paying for other work (i.e., wiring harness), you can stay below 10k going Subaru and I think Bostig.

Only cheaper option might be a local rebuilder, but I doubt that will be much less than the Bus Depot/AVP option.



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