Another vote for Jasper if you go the reman route. They do upgrade weak spots when they rebuild stuff. They also stand behind their products with a great national warranty.
For example, some years ago, during my days of being a parts store counterman (those were dark days, indeed), we had sold a reman 302 v8 for a Crown Vic to one of our regular technician customers. Some months after the motor swap the tech came by the store and let us know there was trouble with the motor making some unwanted noise. We called Jasper while, simultaneously, the tech dove into the engine to find the trouble.
He found a broken rocker arm, and luckily, no other secondary damage. He let us know he'd be happy with new replacement rocker arm and valve cover gasket and a small labor claim. Jasper said nope, pull the motor send it back and we'll send you a new (reman) motor and full labor allowance including new fluids. They even fast tracked delivery and had it there the next day, (normally it took 2 or 3 days to get something from them). That's a good way to treat your customers.
Over the time behind the counter I had the chance to sell around 1/2 a dozen different brands of motors and transmissions and, by far, had the least trouble from Jasper products, and even when we did they never gave us a hard time on warranties.
Last edited by blynyrd; 11/18/14.
