I have recently determined that I am not going to be able to afford a rebuild on my engine. I definatly could use a fresh engine. I purchased my current engine a while ago for dirt cheap and it is leaking oil from everywhere.

I was hoping that someone here might have a good engine laying around that they would like to get rid of. I would like something that is reliable <50k miles on rebuild. It can be a shortblock or a longblock. I would love to be able to toss in a 5-speed while I am at it since most of my driving is on the freeway. Lastly I have a limited budget, if you can cut me a deal I would love it.

Thanks.

Almost forgot, I live in the Bay Area. The closer you are the better. Anywhere in Nor-cal or central-cal will be considered.

In my experience, the most affordable way to get a decent engine is to buy a parts car. Rusty or wrecked, but find one that will start, so you can assess the engine. As a side benefit, you can look for something with the five speed at the same time and kill two birds with one stone.

Seems like Craigslist in the Bay Area frequently has Z/ZX cars and parts posted.

I have no room for a parts car. I just found this site

http://www.rpmrons.com/Nissankits.html

As you can see they make a master rebuild kit for a 240Z. I need a crank also (mine is worn where the woodruf key is supposed to be). I would also like oversized pistons (if they can do that).

This is my problem though. It is still $500 plus machine work, new hardware, transmission, and my old head has a bent valve so a new head (or rebuild) is also required. That easily puts me to $1000. I can't even afford that.

Thanks for the advice Arne, hopeful I can solve this problem.

check down the page at kcoke post may not be the engine you want but hey keep the car running