As mentioned in an earlier post, I have a motor from an 88 merkur. Sometime I'll get around to posting some pics, but as of right now its an assembled shortblock, everything else is off. My question is, should I replace the main/cap bearings or should I leave them alone? I plan on doing headwork down the line and it has been suggested that I would want to replace those to ensure the motor holds up to it.
On a related note, should I change out the piston rings too or should they be ok? The engine came from a wrecked Merkur, I believe it had ~85k miles on it. ...And if anyone cares, the problems with the former resident of the intake side of the turbo have been taken care of.
On a related note, should I change out the piston rings too or should they be ok? The engine came from a wrecked Merkur, I believe it had ~85k miles on it. ...And if anyone cares, the problems with the former resident of the intake side of the turbo have been taken care of.