Originally Posted by
bj928
the newer dodge engines can be had relatively cheap compared to the new coyote ford, if u have a friend in america where u can strip a car, dodge challengers and chargers are plentiful salvage and cheap (iaai and copart usa), get a salvage complete car, way way cheaper in the long run, thats why i bought a complete f150, i paid $3018 including fees, an engine package would have cost me near 10k, as it happened the engine was unusable, but it got me a complete loom, ecu and loads of other bits, easily 3k's worth of parts, got another engine cheap as i didn't need the full running package, i picked up a spare gearbox as well, just in case, and i need a core to rebuild and beef up for the next project
Hopefully the quotes have been fixed
My wife lives in America so I spend time in both countries. I can find some cars in the breakers easily and its just my time and a minimal amount to get the bits I need. I might look into dodge's. I did enjoy the charger I had for a bit but absolutely hated the challenger to the point I was going to leave it in the middle of San Francisco and walk away I hated it that much.
We are looking for land to build a house/workshop on as her current place only has a double garage and I can't store much there. My two storage units I can store engines/parts but both have cars of mine in so getting a car to break is not an option until we move to a different state in the future.