Looks ok to me i guess. Only one way to find out and thats try it. If i were to buy one of those short blocks i would really stay on them about warrenty and get firm with them and ask them EXACTLY whats in the block you will recieve. If they dont want to take the time and tell you everything about that short block, then to hell with em. Its not a couple of tail lights your buying, so they should understand.

When it comes in, go over it like white on rice. I would even carry it to a local shop you trust and ask them if they will walk out and take a look at it. You can check crankshaft and rod bearing end play easily with a haynes manual and some feeler guages. If somthing didnt check out send it back with the warrenty they provide. You may be out shipping charges, but if somthing wasnt in spec then i bet you they will refund your shipping or at least pay the shipping back to them.

But then again think about it, 6 month warranty is barely somthing to sneeze over. Most reman long or short blocks come with like a 30,000 mile or somthing like that, and even thats not that comforting. I paid a pretty good penny for my rebuild, but i believe if bad luck doesnt strike at any time, the motor should last me another 200,000 easy.

 

"You get what you pay for" is usually true, but it doesn't mean that the more you spend, the better the product is going to be. For example, look at the Dyson vacuum cleaner, it is the most expensive bagless vacuum(at least it was last year). You can get another brand that is just as good, or better for half the money. As with anything, you gotta look at it from the manufacturer's standpoint. See how much it would cost you to do the work, and buy the materials, then figure how much the shop is trying to screw you for. How this applies to the 22R purchace is, that it should cost no more than $300-$400 to do it yourself. So, it should cost MUCH less than $1200 everytime. Just because you are buying on some company's reputation(or they claim it is professionally done). It is your job as the consumer to thoroughly examine the product before you purchace, and it is the manufacturer's job to provide that product at a REASONABLE price. I know it doesn't take a larger company any longer than it takes a backyard mechanic to rebuild a 22R. And they probably get a business discount on their parts. Shop around, and find the best deal, then make all the other companies aware of your deal, and see if they can match it, or beat it. You will not be dissappointed.

 

3-400 to do what stormin?

 

Oh man, theres 22R's everywhere here, lowest ive seen one go is 75$ with a Header, complete running(good) motor. I see them in the $200-$400 range all the time.