Time to Inframe?

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(07-26-2020 )david24 Wrote:  

(07-26-2020 )Lonestar10 Wrote:  30 or 40 thousand us. 50 60ish Canadian.

You do labor 25 30k us 35 40 can

Is a brand new isx around 35 or 40k? If so, why not just put a brand new engine in instead of doing an inframe?

I priced out a reman motor my first go around, I was quoted $28,000 US, two months later, that same CM-871, 600hp, still sitting at my Cummins dealer in his back room, went up to $38,000. I can only imagine the cost of a brand new crate motor, that has to be up there in the $50,000 range, if you can even get one.

I am glad I did not go that route, as the quality control on these Cummins motors stinks, they are of the same quality as their reman turbos. Cummins has not been cutting the ledges in the blocks, no shims and tossing the liners in, you have a 100,000 mile motor under the hood if that. You are better off taking the truck to Mr Hagg or doing it yourself. I would not trust a Cummins crate anything in regards to quality, warranty or no warranty.

At this point, a crate motor is a big gamble, unless you are comfortable tearing it apart and machining the block to properly set the liners. If you have to tear down a new crate motor to inspect the liners, you may as well just in frame your motor. Yes you may save on down time, but if it is of the quality I stated above, what have you really saved?