Why do you care if he wants to spend HIS money on it?
Nevermind. What I was going say means little.
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Why do you care if he wants to spend HIS money on it?Yeah, I guess.
How enjoyable is paying 1000.00 for something that you could've done yourself?
If somebody is too " busy" to learn about the car they covet...they need to realize that they'd enjoy a higher monthly payment on the new car they don't have to pay somebody to fix.
Have you looked at www.fordstrokers.com? A buddy of mine got a 427W shortblock from them a few years back. He never had any issues with how it was built. He just didn't properly match the top end parts to get the results he was expecting. Now he's in the process of going overboard....but the shortblock is still together.seems none of the mail order engine builders have stellar reviews.
Theme I see is buy a kit and DIY it find a reputable engine builder. I might have to go that route. Problem is I need to tear my engine out first and disassemble it. I was trying to minimize downtime
Why do you care why I care?Why do you care if he wants to spend HIS money on it?
Nevermind. What I was going say means little.
seems none of the mail order engine builders have stellar reviews.
Theme I see is buy a kit and DIY it find a reputable engine builder. I might have to go that route. Problem is I need to tear my engine out first and disassemble it. I was trying to minimize downtime
If it was me, I'd source a block and buy a kit.Il check them out but seems cheapest assembled short block starts at $5k before options.
If it was me, I'd source a block and buy a kit.
When you consider that you are buying an engine that got built assembly line style, only with some guy(s) knocking in pistons with no regard for much more than how many more they gotta do, I doubt that the quality of the build is ever that high.
Seems to me if you can find some bodies bare block, or donor engine for cheap as a foundation, the machine bill won't be any more than you want it to be..
"Square decking? Align honed? Balanced? Blueprinted? How would you ever know any of that crap was ever done if you didn't either pay a guy to do it directly, or do it yourself? ( the only thing you could do yourself is the blueprint part, and I seriously doubt any of those mid line engine builders do any of it.)
The piston gets an ots .030 ring set that isn't checked, the rods get a .010 bearing set that isn't checked, and the mains get a .010 set that gets equally thrown in.
I have a multi page hand written and hand signed build sheet for the engine I bought. Doesnt seem assembly line style. Plus the PO of the engine sent them his own heads, and they assembled it all noting pushrod length, ring gaps, bearing tolerences, etc.
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