Thermostat or No Thermostat?
04-27-2012, 06:12 PM
#121
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Originally Posted by joshtowal
Do a cost comparison of rebuilding an engine back to OEM specs and buying a rebuilt long block. Just doing it by yourself using your free labor comes close to buying the long block if you're lucky with how much machine work needs done. If you don't have the tools or knowledge to do it yourself, you would be insane to have somebody rebuild your engine instead of put a new one in. Unless you like spending thousands of dollars needlessly.
04-29-2012, 03:12 PM
#123
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Often cheap remanufactured blocks are made with cheap parts. So if you want to build performance you can do well doing your own work. However if you just want close to factory the rebuilds are ok.
04-30-2012, 01:57 PM
#125
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It is about the cheapest on the market. A high quality crank and pistons cost more than that alone. Not to mention finding a set of high performance heads. That will run you around 1500 alone.
04-30-2012, 03:28 PM
#127
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So what exactly is the purpose of this thread other than the OP to argue with everyone else?
04-30-2012, 07:26 PM
#129
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Originally Posted by Warlockk
It is about the cheapest on the market. A high quality crank and pistons cost more than that alone. Not to mention finding a set of high performance heads. That will run you around 1500 alone.
04-30-2012, 07:27 PM
#130
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Originally Posted by joshtowal
Stock specs means no performance parts. Also, how much machine work did you have done?