ok well this idea kinda came to mind. my motor right now has just alittler over 245,000 miles on it. and i was going to replace the motor with a fresh one (like 80k on it) at 250k. but then i got the idea to just run it until it doesn't want to start anymore and then put in the engine (as well as the transmission) that i will be buying. what do u guys think? run it till it runs no more, or replace it before it runs no more?

 

what kind of engine did you get? Just another 2.0?

 

yea...just another SOHC 2.0l with new headgasket, timing belt and water pump. it has about 80k on it.

 

I wouldnt run it "till it goes no more", but I would just keep running it till some things start to go wrong and you know that its time for the swap. OR you could just run it for a little longer and swap in the summer. I would probably just swap it in the summer so you dont keep running it and say all of a sudden it dies next winter and you dont have the time to do the swap then. So you could do either but I would just swap it in late summer.

 

you should have gotten a DOHC man!!!!

 

i like my SOHC's though. and plus i dont have to worry about gutting my hood or getting a power buldge hood.

 

i drive all my neons either until they blow up, or they are on the verge of blowing up
i figure i might as well get all my moneys worth out of these things

 

thats what my family does. but i think it might be sooner than i thought for mine lol. i was pulling out of the driveway and then came to a stop and placed it in N. and then i tried to put it in 1st and it didn't want to go in so i had to jam it in[:@] and then i had to double clutch it into 2nd