Good point, Japanese manufacturing probably plays a part here, and I
agree that Toyota sets the standard for quality in mass market cars.

Before you spend $10,000 on your Westy talk to some of the list
vendors!!!  That seems like a lot unless you are putting in that Porsche
engine!   You should be able to get your tranny rebuild for under $1000,
and the engine for $2500-$3000, and I have found extremely competitive
parts prices from vendors here.

I am researching engine options myself, since my '84 has over 200k and
can't have long.  I am really torn between rebuilding a 2.1 core I have
sitting in the garage or installing an Audi 5000 engine, or even the
Eurospec, both of which would cost about $2500 more to do.
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Manager, Case Program
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