Buying a "good" used motor of any kind is a crap shoot, unless it comes
from someone you know and trust and you can actually verify that the given
"history" is  true....Even then, you just don't really know if sometime
maybe your "friend" may have run low on oil, or seen the temp gauge go
ballistic, or maybe has a habit of flooring it in 4th gear at 10mph or
something.
   Sometimes a crap shoot comes out great!    On the other hand, if you
have your old motor rebuilt to your specifications and your mechanic knows
his stuff you will be less likely to have a big surprise problem soon....
    Here's another consideration:  WBX motors are expensive to rebuild
properly aren't they?   And when you are done, would you be "underwater"
with the investment?  Spending a few grand rebuilding a type of motor that
people are throwing away or selling for scrap after they swap in a
different one....that doesn't make too much sense, either unless you just
like those WBX motors..

   I've been pretty lucky with buying used motors, so far.   I am expecting
to get a real clunker one of these times....happens.

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:

> hi all
>
> a 85' with WBX 1.9 need to be rebuilt or at least the top end rebuilt..
>
> if you have a choice to have the 1.9 rebuilt or swap in for a good used
> 2.1...
>
> for the same price...
>
> what would you do?
>
> thanks for any idea...
>
> dan
>