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Good b20a5 engine rebuild kits?

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OK guys well I am in the middle of a b20a5 rebuild. I ended up bending a valve on it when the timing belt slipped and decided to tear it down. So i yanked it out of my parts car.

It has new rings, and main and rod bearings. But one of the main bearings is screwed up from someone hammering it in. So I might as well run new mains and rods. And I need a full gasket set.

I saw the cleggs sells a rebuild kit. Which is pretty cheap at like $220. Do you guys think the gaskets and bearings are any good?


Or I can buy mahle bearings at oreillys or rock auto. And a victor reinz head gasket set on rockauto. Thats about the best I can find without buying gaskets separately. But that is like $400. For everything on rockauto.


Or on this website they sell a complete gasket kit and I can buy bearings as well from them.


Or I can buy a super cheap ebay gasket kit which sounds kinda sketchy.


Just curious what you guys think.

I want this engine to last awhile and not leak. But it won't be in a race car and at least now will not be boosted. It will be in a nice weather/summer daily type of car.

Thanks Sam
 
#4 ·
Yeah I guess i was just worried about the cheaper gasket sets sealing. But that's what rtv is for! Lol.


I might buy that cleggs kit it seems to be the best deal.
 
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Clegs and ebay are the same, different wrapping.

Throttle body gasket will be off size and leak, distributor gasket missing, idle air control gasket missing, timing belt cover gasket awkward to get on and that cover slider won't fit, down pipe rings won't fit 1990 and 1991 models, air intake manifold gasket will overlap. The rest is good, head gasket top notch. I reused rings, even after mangling one of them to get it out. Its all good.
 
#10 ·
Yeah I got the headgasket set in the mail from cleggs. The other gaskets are coming soon. Its just a cheap ebay one. But it should last for a couple years until I possibly might go k swap.