I am in the same boat as you Bryan... my old 2.4L was making a horrid ticking noise for like 3 years... I finally bit the bullet and ordered a new short block and had a shop do the labor... mind you my brother is the shop manager at a hot rod shop and I am pretty familiar mechanically with these cars, we were more than capable of completing it in a relatively short manner, but neither of us had the extra time, (me in the Navy on sea duty & my brother finishing his 29 model A cash rod)... thankfully I was super patient and held off until I built up the slush fund a bit more to have Spec-Ops take care of the labor...

Here is a pic of his car completed... worked on that quite a bit with him as well...

 

Daytona Mitsubishi in Florida has three brand new final edition complete heads in stock
$1375 each ...

 

That's a blank head, not complete, there is no valvetrain in it..

 

yea they have bare regular heads for $999, which is a great deal. (for new)

I highly doubt the FE bare heads are any different

 

before making any build decisions, you need to pull the head off...

that said, i would be surprised if you cant/dont just strengthen up the bottom end for a bit of coin, and leave unnecessary stuff alone...

 

Yup, not making any decisions until then.

 

If you go the OEM engine route, would you consider a pre loved unit out of a totaled car?
That's how I get my engines and I've dealt with a local company that deals with totaled cars, depending on the mileage you could get a long block (VC to oil pan) for around $3-3500. The engines come out running and they do warrantee if there's a unforeseen issue.

 

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sa...longblock.html

 

There are a few long blocks on ebay for around $3k right now as well. This one even has video...lol.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mitsubishi-E...NW9Ws7&vxp=mtr

 

Thanks letsgetthisdone

Anybody know if the cylinder heads are any different between say a 2008 and a 2012+?

 

The 08's have a provision for a upper chain guide that was deleted in 2010+ and the casting is also cleaner 2010+ but it doesn't affect the runners or combustion chambers.
Other then that is the exact same head.

 

Good to know, so it will bolt on no problem and perform the same it sounds like?

 

Yes.

 

Wow, it's been almost four months now.

Things are finally starting to move forward. Even if slowly.

Started getting parts for the build and the local shop should have space for the car mid to late September...

So far, parts in the trunk:

Kelford 214-B cams
Kelford springs
ARP head studs

with more to come....

 

Is the stock turbo going back on?