Finding a replacement 4.2 with good cylinder walls

[jmcS4]

were do people find good 4.2's??? i know car-part.com and shokan sell them and sometimes on the classified section theres a decent engine kicking around but otherwise i think they're hard to come by. i looked at a 4.2 long block today that was pulled from car that had timing failure. i scoped it myself and found scoring on the walls . my buddies are trying to convince me to do a 2.7tt swap but i like the 4.2 too much to move on. plus i have a b5 avant in my stable so i'd rather not.

has anyone purchased from car-part or shoken and had issues?? if so how did you resolve it with them? i don't want to spend $1500-2500 on a replacement only to have the same exact issue i already have.

[Blackstallion]

Slight chance JHM have a few laying around?

Ball out and grab Slow4s engine...

[dsgray16]

I ordered one off of a car-part listed re-ferb place. It's was fine.. Don't know where you are getting that number though, unless you are looking at short blocks. Plan to spend closer to $4k for a decent block with low-ish miles. It took me a while to find one too.. Like 2 months of calling around and search sites. Check eBay too. Good luck!

[jmcS4]

Slight chance JHM have a few laying around?

Ball out and grab Slow4s engine...

i think he sold it too jimmy bones



Paging Jake!! you guys have any BHF short blocks laying around???

[Blackstallion]

i think he sold it too jimmy bones



Paging Jake!! you guys have any BHF short blocks laying around???

Yeah I'm betting he will most likely part the avant out--he already has an s4 that is done top to bottom...

BTW what happened to your engine?

[xhackerekx]

i think he sold it too jimmy bones



Paging Jake!! you guys have any BHF short blocks laying around???

I leave my short block on junk yard without scored cylinders like 4 month ago

[jmcS4]

Yeah I'm betting he will most likely part the avant out--he already has an s4 that is done top to bottom...

BTW what happened to your engine?

well when i purchased it last year it was doing OK, wasn't burning too much oil compared to my first b6 s4 i owned. did a compression test and numbers were also OK but with a few lower than others. i know my valve seals are bad and possibly valve guides. i also put a camera in the cylinders and saw some scoring on a few cylinders but not all. took the car on a few 1K mile road trips and then it was down hill from there. it burns over a quart of oil if i go for a spirited run with friends and blows smoke on hard pulls in high rpm. also blows smoke when i take off from a stop... pretty depressing if i may say so but i love the sounds and torque of the 4.2 otherwise i'd sell for a B5 2.7 but its also a Nogaro and i love the B6 body lines. its the definition of a love/hate relationship

[A4Maine-iac]

I think Sandspeed just pulled his 4.2 and did the 2.7 swap.

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...S4-today/page9

[sandspeed]

I think Sandspeed just pulled his 4.2 and did the 2.7 swap.

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...S4-today/page9

It's not out yet, but could be soon. I'm about to scope it in the next few days to check for scoring. I just want to have all the info I can get when I sell it.