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12-25-2002, 12:04 AM
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How much could I get a reconditioned short-block for? Where could I get one? If I weren't to get a reconditioned one, how difficult would it be to bring it up to 'reconditioned' standards. What would be the best way to clean it? Which way is more cost / time / ability-to-work-right / learning process effective? Thanks in advance - and a very merry christmas, and new year! <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />
12-25-2002, 04:14 PM
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The cheapest way to get back on the road is to get a complete block out of a running wreck and transplant it. If you want to keep the car for a long time and keep it in primo condition it will be better to get a good block and work your way up from pistons, rings, gaskets, waterpump, belts and tensioners, etc and cost you from few hundreds to more than thousand plus very fast. Good luck.
12-25-2002, 10:26 PM
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If I did find a running wreck, pulled the motor .. ripped it all up, what do you think the best way to get it clean would be? Where could I bring it .. could I do it myself? Can anyone recommend any places that I may find a running wreck?
12-26-2002, 03:25 AM
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"How much could I get a reconditioned short-block for? Where could I get one? "
"If I did find a running wreck, pulled the motor .. ripped it all up, what do you think the best way to get it clean would be? Where could I bring it .. could I do it myself? Can anyone recommend any places that I may find a running wreck?"
Hmmmm, remember that a running-wreck will probably have high miles on it and may or may not be that much better than the engine you have now. Calling the dismantlers will get you a used engine for $750-1500.
Why not get a completely rebuilt short-block engine from say... <a href="http://www.andersonmotorworks" target="_blank">Anderson Motorworks</a> and have the piece of mind that you won't need to mess with the engine for another 200k-miles? Won't cost that much more than a used engine and you'll have options like high-compression 2.8L pistons to really give you the power-increase that's really significant!
"If I did find a running wreck, pulled the motor .. ripped it all up, what do you think the best way to get it clean would be? Where could I bring it .. could I do it myself? Can anyone recommend any places that I may find a running wreck?"
Hmmmm, remember that a running-wreck will probably have high miles on it and may or may not be that much better than the engine you have now. Calling the dismantlers will get you a used engine for $750-1500.
Why not get a completely rebuilt short-block engine from say... <a href="http://www.andersonmotorworks" target="_blank">Anderson Motorworks</a> and have the piece of mind that you won't need to mess with the engine for another 200k-miles? Won't cost that much more than a used engine and you'll have options like high-compression 2.8L pistons to really give you the power-increase that's really significant!