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1) running junkyard engine (complete) - ~$500-1000
2) Japanese import - ~$1500 or so
3) remanufactured long or short block - $1000-2500 (crap shoot - particularly on the long block)
4) buy a junkyard core and rebuild it - core is $300-500 + $1500-2500 to rebuild (if you do most of the work yourself)
5) take your engine apart and see what can be salvaged - still, a minimum of $1500-2000, depending on what's done, who does the work and how many parts you need/want to replace.


Are these prices including labor? I figured I could do a complete rebuild on mine for less than $500 using quality parts. Is there something really expensive in there I don't know about?

1990 Montero RS (In pieces... for now)

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