Completely rebuild my 2001 Non EGR CUMMINS ISX or repllace with RECON CUMMINS N14 ???

Me, I'd save they 14 grand in labor charges and break out my wrenches. The hardest part of rebuilding an engine is lifting the head off.

 

Ok, guess we have a language barrier. A grand is simply American slang for a thousand dollars.

 

I'd think hard about the N14 swap. If thats a fully remanned engine from Cummins the block will have been decked back to true. IME the biggest issue with an N14 is the deck getting out of true as the block gets "seasoned." This happens because of the stresses placed on the block from head bolts, etc, combined with heat cycling. You'd be starting with a fully seasoned block thats been trued up during the remann process.

 

I vote n14 with 5 yr warranty...1 year warranty on overhaul is a crappy deal

 

If push comes to shove, I like the idea of the N14 reman.

 

If the difference is that little, I think you need to shop around. Those part prices are way to high. 15 to 17 thousand is easily double what those parts should cost. Sitting in my garage right now is a new head and in-frame kit, bought from detroit, oem parts. Price tag was just a tad under five grand. And while I'm fully aware cummins parts are higher than detroit, there is no way they are ten thousand dollars higher.

 

His $20K price includes a lot more than inframe kit and a head, and it includes Cummins doing the install on all of it.