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Originally Posted by RedReplicant
Transmissions are effectively the same across all years
Long block can be used across all years, but you will need to swap a few things from your old motor depending on year. There are some threads around here if you search the motor year you're swapping and the base year.
I would personally not touch a motor that has been opened by anyone since it left the factory on these cars since they are already kind of hand grenades, but your mileage my vary. I went K24 and sold my 30k-ish mile motor as a long block for $3k.
I think prices for these motors are higher than expected because they effectively only came in BRZ/FRS/86, cutting the donor pool significantly.
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Yeah, I been down that road. Got an engine from a "master" Toyota tech. It was a mess. Threw a rocker but don't think I can attribute that to his work but the FIPG job he did was awful, he must have used 2 full tubes of it on that thing. It wasn't going to be long of this world.