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I think I am gonna give up now. I have two pre 98's both with bad motors and no money to fix em. I am going insane as it seems everytime I get something to fix the car it either is bad or something else goes out. I just dont have the money to keep throwing into these cars. I hate to do it but I may have to just get rid of them or at least one of them. 
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Still want my gutted precats?
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I have no life
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No 5L RWD swap? 
-'96 SE MTX 3L
-'98 SVT 1,173 of 6,535
-'05 Mazda 6s, loaded, g/f's ride
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Originally posted by todras:
No 5L RWD swap?
hater 
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Originally posted by todras:
No 5L RWD swap?
if he's already depressed about the stock drivetrain ginving him problems, i'm sure he'll do just fine doing a 5L RWD swap!
or not. 
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That 5.0 swap is on a different line. I am talking about the daily drivers I have that I have been trying to keep running. They are just sucking up my money like mad. I need two new motors one for each car. Everyone says to do the 3.0 swap on them BUT the total would exceed what I paid for the cars to do that swap. I suppose I could keep searching a little more and hope I come across a 2.5 that I can just throw in the cars and drive off. Heck maybe I could sell one for parts and get enough to get another motor for my car. Who knows, I am just p*ssed off about spending more money on getting the car running again. I am just not having luck with them right now.
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wait, so the cost of 2 stock engines bothers you, but dumping 5-10 times that in a 5L RWD conversion is just hunky dorey?
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Originally posted by Princess Tong Po:
wait, so the cost of 2 stock engines bothers you, but dumping 5-10 times that in a 5L RWD conversion is just hunky dorey?
~Andrew
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Because you paid $125 or whatever it was for one of your cars, you can't justify putting any money into it? A $125 car is going to need some work. Would you feel better if you paid $3000 for that same car with a good engine? If you can do the work, you'll have another $1000 into getting a 3L running with mostly stock parts.
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Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Originally posted by Princess Tong Po:
wait, so the cost of 2 stock engines bothers you, but dumping 5-10 times that in a 5L RWD conversion is just hunky dorey?
~Andrew
which part of that confused you?
he announced he was thinking about doing a 5L RWD conversion on his contour. that will cost an insane amount of money relative to buying 2 new stock contour engines. if he has a problem and defeatist attitude about replacing 2 engines, how does he hope to do a 5L RWD setup?
~Andrew
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