Nope valve tick is very bad if thats what youre actually hearing. That said a headjob isnt the hardest thing in the world, staged07ss made a very helpful howto for a head rebuild, if it comes down to that. Which it shouldnt.

Details on the cars? Are they stock? Modded? Riced out? If they have monster or shocker stickers on them i would steer clear lowkey

 

True on the gap! Sorry i was referencing what mine are at, which is a totally different snatchuation lol

Ps green im glad to see you are finally getting one! Know youve been on here snooping for a while so really hope all works out and you find a prized ride!

 

Thanks been wanting one for along time, super excited to finally have one. I want to find a silver one but it seems they are uncommon

 

FYI if you need head work hit up lsjion, might as well get it ported if you are taking it apart

 

Just sold my tC for $5750, time to start looking for an LSJ Little bit worried i dont have enough for a decent one, but who knows

 

I'm sure you will have enough

 

Possibly. The more i look on CraigsList the more worried i get There are hardly any for sale near me

 

They have a bunch near me lol

 

There always seem to be some for sale in michigan and ohio. Your not that far away.

 

So i ended up panicking at the last second and backed out of the sale. I'm just going to deal with the tC through the winter and maybe try again when having a car isn't so important, considering i need to get to and from school and work everday. Pretty bummed out im not going to be driving a LSJ for awhile, but it will give me time to save up some more money to get a decent one, and maybe even an LNF if im lucky

 

You can find a higher mileage lnf for around 8k

 

If you can get 6k for the scion you can get into a school pretty easy

 

Lol not around here you can't. There was one with 140k for sale for $10900 from a private seller not too long ago.

 

Yeah the lnf here are overpriced

 

It's worse up here in Canada.

 

All the advice here is good. I would also recommend a compression test since these are boosted cars and a lot of times people play hard and don't take care of them. A compression test is an easy, free way to find out the health of your motor. Go to autozone, rent a compression tester, the test takes 15-20 minutes usually.

Also look under the hood for bolts that have wear on them. This could be evident that something was taken off, replaced, or modified.