I water locked my car today and turned over the car... i might have to buy a new engine or rebuild it.. my auto shop says its probably totaled and a 1uz engine would cost 8-9k is that accurate? for 8-9k i might as well go find another sc400 in the paper or at carmax and see what condition they are in and haggle prices... i havent brought the car to the shop yet for the estimate or see if there is something else we can do so we don't have to rebuild it but AAA is being slow due to all the cars getting flooded out...

 

You can buy a 1uz longblock for ~600 bucks. 8 to 9k seems like they're trying to take you in the pooper. Another member on here flooded out his IS-F in Houston :|

 

They def. aren't that much. Why don't you get the water out of the engine?

 

600 bucks? thats awesome thanks.. i'm not sure but i think he was including the price for labor for the rebuild or putting the new engine in... i saw someone on here post that a 1uz could be found for 25.-3k... and i really love my car and lucked out getting it for a first.... don't want to drive anything else and I planned on driving my sc through college

 

turned the car over which you don't do after you stall it in water... it f's your engine up.. if i left it as is and he didn't touch it i would be fine

 

forgot to ask, what year? if it's an early 1uz, they're cheap. the VVT-i ones fetch a premium though...

 

95 =] its not a vvt-i because if i'm not mistaken they didn't put those into sc400's until 97? correct me if i am wrong

 

98+

 

Look around, I bet you land one around 1K. Just thank goodness you aren't trying to buy a 2JZ-GTE because those are much more expensive.

 

maybe



and the house my car got water locked in front of had a sc300... might make an offer hahahah

 

i hope this doesn't turn into another uz>jz>uz thread now that you've mentioned it..

 

You can easily get them them for $600... Do it yourself. Save the money.

 

jeezz on uzeee all day

 

who lets you drive a lex man, "get the water out of engine"

dont even mess with that engine if it has been in water, waste of money, look around youll find nice uz for less that grand

or total the car, get the check and buy yourself a better coupe

 

This would be a perfect time to do a SUPRA SWAP if you ever planned on it.