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neilss
Joined: Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 72 Location: adel
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just wondering what you guys recon a 1.3 g13a engine is wroth second hand just wanna know if im getting a good deal cheers
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Scrawny

I live here!
Joined: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:30 pm Posts: 10528 Location: Brissie
Vehicle: Popemobile
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neilss
Joined: Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 72 Location: adel
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Taff
Joined: Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 889 Location: Brisbane
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queensland seems to be a bit cheaper with zook prices.
i have seen stock running 1.3s go from anywhere between $50 and $200... never more than that though.
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2stroker
Joined: Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 2689 Location: North Brisbane
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Taff wrote: queensland seems to be a bit cheaper with zook prices.
i have seen stock running 1.3s go from anywhere between $50 and $200... never more than that though.
Until you actually try to find one for that price.....
If anyone has good 1300 engines for $50 I will take 10 of them please, and can I come over this weekend to get them ??
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Taff
Joined: Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 889 Location: Brisbane
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These prices are not made up.
I have a complete bottom end you can have for free, im not home on the weekend though.
Another mate has three sitting in his shed. He payed nothing / $100 and $150 for one with a completely rebuilt head.
Another friend sold his for $150 when he did a 1.6 conversion.
I sold my 1.3 rebuilt head for $150
You must just be trading with the wrong people 
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Taff
Joined: Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 889 Location: Brisbane
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2stroker
Joined: Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 2689 Location: North Brisbane
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Yeah Taff I see what you mean they do come up and in fact there are a couple of cheapies on the forum at the moment.
Of the ones you just posted up the first two are incomplete suitable for parts or rebuild unknown condition and the others are in NSW stored out in the weather with grass growing around them. Also if your mate has bought 3 of them for - nothing, $100 and $150 and they are all still sitting in his shed is it because he hasn't found a good one yet at those prices.
Whenever I have been looking for a decent engine for someone I have usually end up paying around $300 for a complete good running engine, sure they come cheaper but you get what you pay for. The distributor, alternator, starter motor and carbie together are worth more tham $150. I wonder what the wreckers are asking at the moment.
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Scrawny

I live here!
Joined: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:30 pm Posts: 10528 Location: Brissie
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I got my current one for free, uses very small amount of oil and blows no smoke. I sold my old one, block and head only, for 150.
I guess for a decent engine I'd pay up to 300.
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Rockhopper
Joined: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 1265 Location: Chipping Norton
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I reckon $300 give or take a few dollars. If I ever do a transplant on mine, that is what I'd try and get for my 1.3
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