Should I jump on this?

[Nagalf]

saw this on ebay as it was listed, what questions should I ask?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...20840

[evildky]

no, ithat engine is laying arond outside, has unknown mileage and is in unknown condition and is lacking many parts you'll need, turbo's intercoolers, piping, oil cooler, radiator etc, if you want to do the swap buy the front cut, if thats too rich for your blood, sell the n/a and buy a TT it's proven to be the cheapest way to drive a TT

[Nagalf]

I have the intercoolers and piping, ecu, wire harness. what else? also I seen this engine before but he had it wrapped up in plastic real tight so much u couldnt even tell it was an engine. so I'm guessing he just cut it open. I dunno but thanks for the advise bro.

[evildky]

it's still unknown milage and unknown condition, do a search here for "low miles JDM engine" and oyu'll soo how mnay of of us got bad ones from large suppliers, sitting in a guys bakyard I wouldn't touch if you paid me

[LIBRILZ]

YEah I got a JDM motors and that thing didn't last me 3k miles before it threw a rod. My engine with 170k on it seem to be a better engine than the JDM one.

[mikep1745]

id say no because you dont know how long the vg has been sitting outside its possible moisture got in and is rusting the internals