Should you buy a used engine or a remanufactured engine? Heck, you could even buy a crate engine or a rebuilt engine. With so many choices, which one do you choose…
Well, I’ll try to be as informative as possible but there really isn’t one correct answer here so I’ll give a breakdown of let’s say a Camry Engine, let’s use a 1998 Toyota Camry Engine for this example.
A good remanufactured Camry engine is going to run you around $2,900, unless of course you use GotEngines.com, who sells these for $1,900 give or take depending on the shipping. This is a high priced engine for a Camry engine. But on the other hand, this engine will be like a brand new engine and run for years and years.
A rebuilt Camry engine will cost less and you could figure around $2,200 for a 1998 rebuilt Toyota Camry engine. This may be cheaper, but a lot of times these are custom jobs and you need to understand that a rebuilt is much different than a remanufactured engine. A rebuilt is usually rebuilt in just the areas the mechanic thought needed to be updated and the rest is still an old engine. A remanufactured engine has completely been remanufactured to like new condition. If you do decide to choose a rebuilt engine, please be sure you know who you’re dealing with. Or for more advice please call toll free 1-877-268-0664 and ask the GotEngines.com staff.
When it comes to a used 1998 Toyota Camry engine, your prices will be all over the place, because of mileage, warranties, condition, etc… But for this example we will go with a used Camry engine that has 70,000 miles on it. While you can expect to pay much less, around $1,500 – $2,000 (please call GotEngines.com first of course), this engine is a used engine and may get you back into the same situation you were in before with a blown or broken down Camry engine. You may be able to get a great warranty to help ease your mind, especially when buying from GotEngines.com who offers up to lifetime warranties on their used engines.
And then there are crate engines that are straight from the manufacturer and brand new performance engines. I don’t have any crate engines for a Camry available as I write this post, but I can tell you a crate engine will be extremely expensive. If you’re looking for performance this will be a cheaper option then building out your performance engine yourself.
And last but not least, there are Japanese Take-Out engines that can fit the American model of the vehicle. These can be a much lower cost if you can find the vendor. Unfortunately there are not many out there. But you can always count on GotEngines.com
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