tenagah all the way , i got a EJ207 last year when i frew a big end , i also have a MY99 , ask abdus for the luke special (cheap ass
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It costed me around 5500 - 6000 ish for the short block and install. i also had a 4.444 ratio gear box put in a month before that ... it was a bad run for my car
if you wanted to compair it to my dead small block it was ok ish at first while driving but you would really hear the knocking when changing gears , it got worse after a couple of days then you would hear it all the time.