I purchased one of the low milage used jap imported engines for a mitsubishi when i lived in england a while back, i think they were guaranteed below 25,000 miles and were way cheaper than a reconditioned one plus it came complete, ready to just drop in, connect wires, cables and fuel and away you go and i ended up with a whole bunch of spares from my old engine.

I think it was something to do with a large volume of vehicles being scrapped after just a few years but i cant remember why, some law or something that made it cheaper to buy a new vehicle than keep the old one in japan.

Anyone know?

Either way, i would certainly reccomend this route for a replacement engine

Pete