Thread: Engine swaps

I've quoted between 55,000-65,000 for a Toyota 2jz engine swap into an old Merc. This includes trade in on the old Merc engine 5k. Has anyone had this swap done in Pattaya/Bangkok and can recommend a good garage? Is this price competitive? 35k engine/20k labour. Thanks for reading.

I can check with a Thai friend of mine that does that kind of thing if you want. Is that motor and trans in the deal? Send a PM to me and give me the details on your Merc and I check with him.

Originally Posted by bangkokeddy

...a Toyota 2jz engine swap into an old Merc...

Sounds like an interesting project. Any chance of a picture of the Merc getting the transplant?

Originally Posted by bangkokeddy

I've quoted between 55,000-65,000 for a Toyota 2jz engine swap into an old Merc. This includes trade in on the old Merc engine 5k. Has anyone had this swap done in Pattaya/Bangkok and can recommend a good garage? Is this price competitive? 35k engine/20k labour. Thanks for reading.

I was quoted 50k for basically the same project but that was several years back so I think that 55 - 65,000 these days is probably about right.

This was in CM though so can't help with any suggestions/recommendations.

Hi.
This company has been doing engine swaps for a long time.

www.sindrauto.com

also a bit more info on engine swap ..by the above company.

http://writeonmotoring.com/features/japanese-jaguar

Originally Posted by bangkokeddy

Toyota 2jz engine swap into an old Merc

the gearbox, prop, and back axle will need to go together like
a horse and carriage
or love and marriage.

I cannot give any advice on that particular swap or on which garage to use. Whatever you do check the garages previous work and ask as many questions as you can. If you are mechanically inclined you need to think about how the engine will fit and what the best solutions are if there are any clearance issues. You will find that a lot of engine swaps that are done here are done with one eye closed, so long as the engine fits in and the car moves it’ll be okay.

Below is the engine bay of a 1967 MGB GT that I purchased earlier this year. Notice how perfectly aligned the engine is in the engine bay?



In this case the intake runners hit the brake booster forcing them to move the engine to the left. You’ll notice that the right hand cam is left of the engine bay centreline. Instead of changing to a different intake system they simply offset the engine. The offset is so much that the transmission mount had to be moved a couple of inches to the left as well. When I had the car up on the lift it was very obvious that the whole drivetrain was way off centre. There are a whole bunch of other issues with the car as well but luckily I brought it because it was cheap (for Thailand), had a blue book and I wanted to repower it with something else. The car has been stripped down to a bare shell and the main problem I have is the rust and corrosion caused by all of the cutting and holes drilled without any protection over the bare metal at the end of the job. Strangely all of the panels and sills are in very good shape, just the areas where someone did the modifications and didn’t use primer.

This is the second repowered car that I have owned in Thailand; the first was a 1970 Mustang with a 2JZ engine. It was converted just as bad as the MGB.