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• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  How much do you want to spend? You could find a junkyard pull that may or may not be better then what you have or a rebuilt engine what should run like factory, but wont address things like a rusted frame.

  If you want a different engine, you’re going to have to deal with whatever quirks that come with that and you may not have anyone to ask for help if something happens.

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• BetterDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I think their point is, yes, of course you can use another engine, because, at its core, an engine spins a drive train. That’s all it does. However, to replace one engine with another, you may need to change every hose, mount, sensor, and customize the computer, because what it shipped with assumes you’re using… What it shipped with.

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  • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    no I got the metaphor - I mean specifically like, are replacement car engines a commonplace thing? Not being shitty that’d just be really convenient and I know next to nothing about cars.

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    • BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yes, either a junk yard used one or you can purchase a crate engine, that is just the main engine block internals and heads, and you swap all your parts to it.

      Currently doing an engine swap on a friends car.

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      • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        “crate engine” appears to have been the magic words I was after, thank you so much!!

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    • makeshift0546@lemmy.today ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes. I bought my f150 for 2k not running. Replaced the engine (my labor, 4k worth) and now I have a 15k truck.

      If you want some side cash flipping old cars can be profitable.

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    • lemongarlic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Depends on the car, I don’t think it’s too hard to find one from a scrapyard

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    • Bongles@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Sure. Basically every part of a car is replaceable, including the engine (and parts of the engine). As the car gets older finding the parts gets harder but that’s about it.

      Engine swaps are expensive though, especially since you wouldn’t be doing it yourself knowing next to nothing about cars, so a lot of people get a new car at that point.

      But there’s nothing stopping you.

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