Engine rebuild?

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1999 Accord LX V6
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I'm finding it hard to save up for a new car, but I am thinking about getting an engine rebuild and going from there...

Nothing is wrong with my car now, a year ago my transmission went out in the matter of 3 days and I got that rebuild. My rear main seal blew and got that fixed. I replaced my front struts and put new CV Axels on the front cause they were blown.

Full rebuild the whole works, and a possible 5-speed swap with it all.

Any thoughts?

Pros or cons to it?

Should I replace my oil pan with the rebuild? I'm going to replace my timing belt for sure with the rebuild.
 
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First of all if nothing is wrong with the car now, then I'd save your money. Don't fix what ain't broke. Also for the V6 your thinking of the 6-speed swap I'm assuming, not 5-speed.

As far as pros and cons, I have a newly rebuilt motor with around 5-6k miles on it since the rebuild, and I can honestly say, it just does not run like it did when it was all factory. Doesn't run BAD, just not as smooth. I would definitely go for the 6-speed swap if thats an option for you. I have a 4 cylinder and I'm dying for a 5-speed swap. Can't stand this crappy auto trans. It is honestly the only thing keeping me from more serious engine modifications.
 
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Well my thought is that I want to do the auto to *6-speed swap soon and thought I would get my engine rebuilt at the same time. I would rather rebuild it now before something does go wrong. Instead of waiting till its blown. I run my car pretty hard, I know people may rip on me but I do and I probably wont change the way I drive it.. So yeah :)
 
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So why rebuild it, if it doesn't need it? I could see if you were doing some performance stuff to the block/heads but if you're not, it's kinda pointless if its running fine. Wait till a headgasket blows or something.
 
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Slim chance anything would go wrong with a J30, it's an overbuilt tank. Only way it will break is if it's severely abused/not taken care of. Save your money for the tranny swap, you're going to need it.
 
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I feel as if it would be better to do the rebuild in a few months rather then wait for something to go wrong, plus I could do the tranny swap at the same time and a dyno tune at the shop with the rebuilt motor. Also might thrown in a wire tuck while the engine is out. :lolrun:
 
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Well if you're gonna 6MT swap it too... It probably be worth it. But why the rebuild? Just throw in type s cams while you're at it and call it a day.
 
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