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| posted on January 10th, 2011 at 07:38 AM |
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Turnkey Engines in Australia
personally i wouldnt be buying form over seas as its a long way to send it back for warranty.
most of the vw shops will do turn key engines. where are you and that may help people point you in the right direction.
also do you have a budget in mind?
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| posted on January 10th, 2011 at 08:21 AM |
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Engines are a case of, 'you get what you pay for.' Turn key are built down to a price, for a bulk supply of engines for the industry you might say.
In Oz there isn't really that kind of demand, so generally most VW shops will overhaul 'your' engine so any/all cost is carried by the customer.
Having said that there are still engine rebuilds and there are engine rebuilds.
As for sourcing from overseas.......I'd say 30% of my engine builds are redoing others work. Some are local professionals, one recently was a 'turn
key' from the States that didn't even make it out of the driveway, and some are also people 'having a go' themselves.
All of the rebuilds that I undertake for example, are a cafefully determined combination of components to hopefully give the owner exactly what they
want within budget. This is never easy as there is myriad of parts that vary in quality and performance that are available, so some experience here is
priceless (so to speak).
Then there's the installation and first start up proceedure and camshaft breakin and tune up. All needing to be expertly done for long engine life.
Go pro including the install if you ask me !! Obviously everyone has different levels of experience and their own set of circumstances so depends on
what fits  .
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| posted on January 10th, 2011 at 08:26 AM |
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build one here will save u a lot of headaches
where are u located ??? check out the local guys near you
do u have a budget and what parts do u have already
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| posted on January 10th, 2011 at 12:56 PM |
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Three and a half grand isn't much for an engine. With a budget like that, I'm not sure that you could really afford to get an engine professionally
built. I have plans to eventually build my own engine and it will cost me more than that in parts. I would recommend that you source a used 1600cc
twin-port engine in good running condition, then add on a nice pair of Webers and a quality exhaust. That will leave a little bit of money left over
in your budget and you will have a nice engine. If you could find a used hotted-up engine to buy, then that would be even better, but it might take a
bit of searching.
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| posted on January 10th, 2011 at 01:02 PM |
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Even those cruddy mexican 1600 crate engines are more than $3.5k now
If your engine is in good health now why not spend 1/2 that and add a few mods, twin carbs, decent exhaust and ignition system?
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| posted on January 11th, 2011 at 04:39 PM |
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Search is your friend:
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=87726
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=87946
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| posted on January 11th, 2011 at 07:51 PM |
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I have a workshop at the north end of the Sunshine Coast, between Nossa and Cooroy. If you want to see some engines and what you can do come up for a
visit. I generally have 3 or 4 on the go, but I do specialise in the better quality of build than you may get a your local garage. At the moment I
have 2 1915's, one 2.0, one 2332, one or two 2447's, one 2840 type 4 and a few hipo little engine projects on the drawing board. If you time it
right, some times there is a bug or two you can test.
For $3500 you may want to spend it on freshening up what you have, or mildly up grading it, if it's in really good condition you could put on a pair
of decent heads and carbs and exhaust, but money may be a bit tight for all that as a drive in-drive out deal.
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| posted on January 11th, 2011 at 11:23 PM |
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I have no experience of them but there's a company on Bribie Island just down the road from you - can't think of their name at the moment though.
But might be best to get your boat out and come up to see Matthew
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| posted on January 11th, 2011 at 11:53 PM |
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posted by ancientbugger
I have no experience of them but there's a company on Bribie Island just down the road from you - can't think of their name at the moment though.
But might be best to get your boat out and come up to see Matthew
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that would be Conti Engines 07 3408 3177
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| posted on January 12th, 2011 at 07:43 AM |
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The only reason that I would consider importing an engine, would be if there was nobody here who could build a good one.
Do your homework, shop around, and listen to people who know what they are talking about.
We have some of the worlds best here in Australia.
Cheers, Greg
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| posted on January 12th, 2011 at 08:29 AM |
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yep my old gf got an engine USA turn key n it was great
until we started it up in her beetle n found it had a cracked case so it was as good as useless n needed a total rebuild
very expensive 
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| posted on January 15th, 2011 at 11:40 AM |
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Definitely worth dropping in to see Matt on the coast, he kept my Manx going for many years!!! lol. Definitely one of the gurus with vw engines etc.
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