It'd be a daily driver with adding power down the road. I don't have a current budget set for it. More of see what my best option would be then save upI think that would depend on the end results, daily driver with a little more power (if that really is a thing), brutal tire fryer, power adder in the future? Budget?
Some of your decision making will be influenced by the condition of the motor. What kind of machine shop work it may need etc etc.
If it’s your driver-maybe consider a junkyard explorer 5.0 for a rebuild. Then you can take all the time you need to go through it ,and would have the better heads etcAs far as I know, it shouldn't need any sort of machine work, but it also doesn't help that I don't have a second car to drive if I were to take it apart
If it’s your driver-maybe consider a junkyard explorer 5.0 for a rebuild. Then you can take all the time you need to go through it ,and would have the better heads etc
As far as I know, it shouldn't need any sort of machine work, but it also doesn't help that I don't have a second car to drive if I were to take it apart
I have never heard of rebuilding an engine with no machine work, at least one I would trust. Have you rebuilt an engine before?
How many miles on the engine, why do you think it needs rebuilding? If you don't have alternate transportation then a rebuild is out of the question if you only have the weekend, a good used engine swap could easily be done in a weekend( and the knowledge pool necessary would be much less for a swap).
An engine rebuild is not something that you typically do over a day or two. As you are taking the block apart you need to exam the cylinder walls, piston skirts, rod and main journals on the crank. Most times this will involve some precision measuring tools.
Now, this is completely doable in your home garage, if you have th knowledge and tools to do it. Like stated above, most times some type of machine work will be needed during the rebuild.
It could be any of the following and maybe more:
- crank journals turned
-cylinders bored and/or honed
-mains align honed or bored
-deck resurfaced
-new cam bearings and freeze plugs installed
-heads decked
-valve job, valve guides
-springs checked
The list gets plenty long. I have built a couple of engines at home and I always end up at the machine shop for the things that require high dollar machinery. If you really want to do it at home, spend the next few months studying up on the how-to's. You will then understand what to look for and what to expect with the budget and machine shop.
Now, there are some who do the down and dirty re-ring, hone and bearings and have good success, but you need to know if you fall in that category when you take it apart.
Joe
I'm confused as to why this is important to the conversation?This is a GT right?
Oops missed it in the title. Because he mentioned a 302 or 351 and if his car was a V6 well......I'm confused as to why this is important to the conversation?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?