Hello all, new to the forum... just wanted to say thanks first of all, tons of awesome knowledge on here...

I am wanting to rebuild after my rod bearings went out on my 3 and am just wondering if any of you who have done upgrades to your internals might have some stock con rods laying around you'd like to sell... obviously in good condition. Trying to keep costs low as the engine has 140k on it. If anyone has a ranger (or stock) crank, id be interested in that too.

it's an 04 2.3L

If not, would anyone like to chime in with a source for a shortblock that isn't crazy expensive? Not looking for power gains, just to get her up and running again reliably. (mazda wants $2400 for a shortblock... a little pricey for me currently)

thanks!

 

just a follow up, got a long block, con-rods no longer needed...