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Originally posted by GlacierFreeze
If you're buying all new stuff for the engine, why get one with under 80k? Buy one for reeeeal cheap with 150k+ miles from a junk yard, put the pistons, rods, and everything else you're buying new in it and you've got yourself a brand new built engine for a little less.
Oh yeah bore the cylinders .020 over and get the pistons that much oversized.
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I totaly understand your concept but this is sort of a one shot deal. Money is hella tight, if I purchase a 130k engine, and find out the head's ****ed or the block was overheated beyond repair, I cant exactly show up at the sellers house with a box of parts!
Also I dont want to have to get close the the 20 over mark. My feelings, which are shared by the shop, being that this block wasnt built for 400-500HP, we want to keep the walls as thick as possible. This means, hopefully finding a block that is in great shape and only needs a minor shavin...
I talked to Lisa yesterday, she is going to help me source a motor. Before we start building anything we are going have which ever block we buy, checked. Have all the spec.s measured out to make sure she is the best block for the build.
Headgasket - Copper bad? Why is that? What material are raceeng.com's gaskets made out of?