Need new motor
1996 TS,2.6L, manual, 190,00km,
do not want a MITSUBISHI motor i want to know what well fit in to it and i am look for some think turbo with power i have $3000 to spend no more reason for doing just did timing chin

y not a mitsu motor? KB's car has the 3000GT DOHC engine non turbo but.. and i think its Silver Bullet which has the same but with the twin turbo manifold

OK well for starters getting an upgraded engine for $3k aint gonna happen, even if it is mitsubishi. turboing a stock engine will cost around the $3k mark with MINIMAL parts. Putting a totally different brand engine would require a ****load of changes which would surely cost far greater than $3k.

new engine in ur magna you would have to go another mitsu engine for $3g's, other engine will require new mounts then the new engine, then engine management, then mating a gearbox to the engine then getting it all engineered so u can drive it on the road


if u want a turbo best bet would be save up more, get another 2.6l and turbo that, if you dont want to (and by the sounds of it you dont want another astron 2) then i'd say take ur car to the wreckers, get some money for it, then save up some more ontop of the 3g's and get urself an import

well i want to stay with the same car would should i do, should i do the timing chian and do it up or find a 2.6L or a 3.0L that has all ready had work done to it and go from there. i like this car so any help would be nice :cry:

So when you say NEED new motor, really you just want a faster motor? you dont actually NEED a new motor as such, the old one is still working? I'd say the only feasible option would be to get a turbo. Sourcing cheap 2nd hand parts and doing the labour yourself (or getting a mechanic friend to help for some beer or nachos :P) you could probably do it for around $3k.

well i am a 3th year mechanic so doing **** to it is not so bad me and the boss can do that but yer the time chain just went and fu*k the hole think is seized up so yer need new motor

sell it and buy ts 3.0L, turboing the astron, i dont think (without more than 3k) it'd go that much faster than my mildly modded ts v6. The 6g72 is a brilliant engine, just watch the valave seals and tappets and lifters, otherwise brilliant, 4k for a stock 15.7 second quater...

or that oto, sell ur car, find a manual v6 TS, more potential

if your a mechanic and you can get the parts and machine work done at trade prices then why not rebuild your engine? If you stripped the engine and reassembled it yourself you could have a reco engine in your car for well under $1500 including a new oil pump. then spend the difference on a bomb to drive while your magna is off the road.
A V6 is not a straight swap into a 4cyl body, the engine mount on the LH wheel arch is further forward in a V6.

can i clear it up that i was saying it would be best to sell your 4cyl and buy another ts but v6

can i clear it up that i was saying it would be best to sell your 4cyl and buy another ts but v6

You did originally say "sell it and buy a TS 3.0L" it was already clear. :)

I was just trying to prevent somone from buying an engine and thinking it will fit their car when it won't.

worries none :)