engine work question...
Vipey1337
12-08-2006, 09:23 PM
So if by some random chance I wanted to turn my car into a slightly-lesser version of Xero's car (aka building the engine up), how much time would I need to invest? This includes new cams, chromemolly pushrods, pistons, etc etc...
I'm assuming it would cost a ridiculous amount of money for a shop to do it as well...
I'm assuming it would cost a ridiculous amount of money for a shop to do it as well...
crazy Jim
12-08-2006, 10:19 PM
fogeddaboutit
xeroinfinity
12-09-2006, 09:39 AM
Well Vipey just to do the intake job is like an 10-12 hr job.
So to dismantel the engine and replace all that stuff is ungodly amounts of time.
I have spent between $6-7K on parts/Mods, I'd hate to see what labor would have costed if I hadnt done the work myself.
:dunno: Maybe 600-800 hrs :yikes:
No motor biuld are cheap, and you get what you pay for.
So to dismantel the engine and replace all that stuff is ungodly amounts of time.
I have spent between $6-7K on parts/Mods, I'd hate to see what labor would have costed if I hadnt done the work myself.
:dunno: Maybe 600-800 hrs :yikes:
No motor biuld are cheap, and you get what you pay for.
Gir-_-
12-09-2006, 10:27 AM
Well Vipey just to do the intake job is like an 10-12 hr job.
So to dismantel the engine and replace all that stuff is ungodly amounts of time.
I have spent between $6-7K on parts/Mods, I'd hate to see what labor would have costed if I hadnt done the work myself.
:dunno: Maybe 600-800 hrs :yikes:
No motor builds are cheap, and you get what you pay for.
:iceslolan very true
So to dismantel the engine and replace all that stuff is ungodly amounts of time.
I have spent between $6-7K on parts/Mods, I'd hate to see what labor would have costed if I hadnt done the work myself.
:dunno: Maybe 600-800 hrs :yikes:
No motor builds are cheap, and you get what you pay for.
:iceslolan very true
Vipey1337
12-09-2006, 11:08 AM
ok that pretty much determined WHERE I'm going to stop with my car hehe
xeroinfinity
12-09-2006, 01:18 PM
Parts are cheaper today then when I was building mine up.
I still need the bottom half done, but this requires the engine to be removed.
So, this now brings me into a predicament... :banghead:
So I'm thinking of swapping drivetrains with the GT and making it the SSssssssss's :p
The crank/pistons/bearings will probly run me around $2k, depending on whether I bore it out or not :sly:
3.4s are known for piston slap, which is the wear of the top of the cylinder walls , on start up.
I'll probly bore it out tooo :D
Then the heads will need reworked to match the piston bore.
Not sure how big I can go though, 3.6-3.8L :naughty:
And With a Tuuuuuurrrrrrrrbooo,
this will be fun :grinyes: :grinyes:
Well till the trany get schreaded :sunglasse
I still need the bottom half done, but this requires the engine to be removed.
So, this now brings me into a predicament... :banghead:
So I'm thinking of swapping drivetrains with the GT and making it the SSssssssss's :p
The crank/pistons/bearings will probly run me around $2k, depending on whether I bore it out or not :sly:
3.4s are known for piston slap, which is the wear of the top of the cylinder walls , on start up.
I'll probly bore it out tooo :D
Then the heads will need reworked to match the piston bore.
Not sure how big I can go though, 3.6-3.8L :naughty:
And With a Tuuuuuurrrrrrrrbooo,
this will be fun :grinyes: :grinyes:
Well till the trany get schreaded :sunglasse
Vipey1337
12-09-2006, 02:18 PM
haha dude you're going to make people cry when you race them :p
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