Looking for advice and opinion on buying a built engine

[dgk910]

Hey guys I just recently picked up a 06 speed 6 and i am having some low compression across the board on all the cylinders. I don't really feel like spending the time and money to fix the engine because i have come across what seems to be a great deal on a built engine. I would like to see what anyone who cares to comment has to think about the engine that i may be picking up this weekend.

Its a fully built gen 2 block.
Sp63 pistons
Manley H beam rods
.020over
JBR BSD
PNP Head
65lb corwer spring retainers
corksport seals
freakstuds, and arp mains
The guys is asking 4k for the engine. It has no miles on it. He put it in the car and was going to do a 6266 turbo on it, but before he finished with all the piping and all he ran into a family emergency and is needing to sell the engine. This is his 3rd MZR engine assembly. It has a resurfaced and decked head and block and the crank is balanced. The compression ratio is 10.5:1 aswell.

[dgk910]

anyone have any opinion on whether i should pick this engine up this weekend or not? good deal, bad deal, check this, or check that? Any type of advice would be greatly appreciated before i make the 5 hour drive to pick this block up tomorrow.

[WetzMS3]

Who built it? Where is this at?

The picture of the full block on the stand looks familiar. Its possible the guy is a member here.

Without knowing who built it, it's hard to say if its a good block to buy or not. Pictures look good, parts list is fine, as long as it was assembled correctly and with new oem components, it should be fine.

[dgk910]

A guy named Gino that owns it did the assembly and pnp work. Longs machine shop in San Antonio, TX did the machine work. they have great reviews on google. He had it posted on the mazdaspeed buy/sell group on facebook.

[WetzMS3]

@SofaKingAwesome;, @MS3Shadow;, either of you guys know who Gino might be, and if he is on here?

[MS3Shadow]

i don't know.
i'll just mention @KotzurRacing; since he's also a engine builder, maybe he knows.

[dgk910]

his name is Gino Alfrido. he said he doesn't ever post on here so I'm sure he isn't very active.

[SofaKingAwesome]

Originally Posted by dgk910 his name is Gino Alfrido. he said he doesn't ever post on here so I'm sure he isn't very active.

Yeah that's him, he's in all the FB groups.
Haven't heard much out of him lately, think he runs in the same circles as RoRo and Ovaries.
You could have him meet you at @KotzurRacing;s shop and have him look it over for you.

[dgk910]

He apparently had his block at Kotzur and didn't see eye to eye with them i guess. He took it from Kotzur to Longs in SA. i don't know what went on between him and Kotzur and don't want to cause any problems anywhere. Probably would best if i kept Kotzur out of the equation.

[KotzurRacing]

He said that my guys were talking shit but it was his guys, so he came and picked up the block. I know that sp63 is the only place i have my cranks keyed you might ask him who did it. Im not spending 4k just for the same tooling as sp63 to key cranks. not worth it in the long run. cant beat $275

[dgk910]

Thanks for the info Kotzur. I will ask who keyed the crank.

[KotzurRacing]

What's the verdict

[dgk910]

i picked it up this past weekend. seems to be well built. Gino was a great guy and i felt really good about buying the engine from him. will be a few weeks before it's in my Speed6 though.