Re: piece together vs buying one done
[Re: maxie]
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11/28/20 06:27 PM
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polyspheric
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Only as good as the man who did the work. If he's not there, doesn't remember, didn't complete it you're walking into a minefield. I could name a famous MoPar shop that forget to check if the rods cleared the block before they shipped it... and they didn't, the engine had never been turned over.
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Re: piece together vs buying one done
[Re: polyspheric]
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11/28/20 06:47 PM
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Agree, there are good and not-so-good. I'm paranoid enough now that on a crate I'd want to open it up & double check, and I'd want to run it on a test stand before plugging it in. But much of what I see advertised seems a pretty good deal. Time is money in some situations... About 30 years a go a noted & well-known SoCal engine builder with Hemi experience from his days in SS driving & tuning for Landy, rebuilt my tired Hemi. Ran great - still does - though I had to get the carbs sorted out. 10 years after that, he went through my drag-race SB, and it had problems right away, and I took it back to him. Those flaws went uncorrected & turned fatal on its 3rd pass, only saved the intake & valve covers. $10,000 out the window, teardown showed horrible stuff, valve reliefs milled through the pistons, oiling & fastener & torque mistakes, I could go on.
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Re: piece together vs buying one done
[Re: polyspheric]
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11/28/20 07:49 PM
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Only as good as the man who did the work. If he's not there, doesn't remember, didn't complete it you're walking into a minefield. I could name a famous MoPar shop that forget to check if the rods cleared the block before they shipped it... and they didn't, the engine had never been turned over. How is that even possible? Got to spin the crank to install the rods. Just absolutely pathetic.
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Re: piece together vs buying one done
[Re: AndyF]
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11/28/20 10:18 PM
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I would trust a crate job as far as I can throw it!! Even just machine shop work has to be rechecked for accuracy!
HEMI-ITIS has no cure. My condition is fully BLOWN!!
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Re: piece together vs buying one done
[Re: hemi-itis]
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12/01/20 09:25 AM
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I would trust a crate job as far as I can throw it!! Even just machine shop work has to be rechecked for accuracy!
CHIP '70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60 '69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60 '71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75 '73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75 '90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt '06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax
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Re: piece together vs buying one done
[Re: an8sec70cuda]
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12/01/20 10:41 AM
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I enjoy the building part of it so for me I would much rather piece it together. Plus that way I can put the best parts in it. I enjoy building the motor more than driving the car. I guess I'm a motorhead. When a friends car blows up he thinks it's the end of the world and I'm over in the corner thinking.......YES!
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Re: piece together vs buying one done
[Re: rickseeman]
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12/01/20 10:58 AM
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I enjoy the building part of it so for me I would much rather piece it together. Plus that way I can put the best parts in it. I enjoy building the motor more than driving the car. I guess I'm a motorhead. When a friends car blows up he thinks it's the end of the world and I'm over in the corner thinking.......YES! I agree,yet the machine work needs to be verified and rechecked BEFORE assembly! Have heard too many stories,,,,,guides to tight,,,or loose. Final cylinder finish,pistin fit, you get the picture.
HEMI-ITIS has no cure. My condition is fully BLOWN!!
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Re: piece together vs buying one done
[Re: maxie]
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12/01/20 01:24 PM
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I typically (when time isn't a concern) piece a motor together. As stated prior, you get to put the parts in that you want at the price you want to pay. I look for opportunity's for cost savings and don't feel the need to have" a motor that has all new parts in it when sometimes used will do. Also as with what was posted (somewhere here on MOPARTS) Speedmaster (for example) had a 40% off sale. You don't get those discounts when buying a Crate/complete motor assembly.
'01 P1500, Blown/Inj BAE,/Veney ,Bruno/CS2,Dana 60 '01 Dodge 3500 S Cummins Auto, Fresh air kit, 4" Exhaust, '05 Dodge Magnum R/T - Too Much to list '60 Willys CJ5 '01 International LPX - Project,DT466, Allison '64 Plymouth Valiant, Inj 528 Hemi, 2spd
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