Cheaper to build or buy?
02-25-2007, 02:48 PM
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Cheaper to build or buy? Is it cheaper to build your own block say to a 383 or just buy a Longblock from a reputable shop. I've been looking around and was wondering this. Obvious advantage to buying one is less downtime for your car. Any thoughts? Thanks.
02-25-2007, 04:41 PM
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It's always going to be cheaper to build unless you find some sick deal on a used longblock. It costs more because of the labor involved in building it. You can save by doing it yourself.
02-25-2007, 04:45 PM
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383 is expensive because I think lunati is the only company that makes it. what are you planning on doing with the car? There is not point in stroking the motor because it'll make a decent amount of power on stock cubes and then you don't have to replace the crank which is a decent amount of money.
02-25-2007, 04:50 PM
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I don't have any way of doing it myself and would rather not bother as I don't wanna spend my time messing with it. I'll probably just stay with stock cubes anyway. I've just been doing some debating over how I wanna go with the car. I may just do a stock rebuild and upgrade it some.
02-25-2007, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by BrandonDrecksage
383 is expensive because I think lunati is the only company that makes it. what are you planning on doing with the car? There is not point in stroking the motor because it'll make a decent amount of power on stock cubes and then you don't have to replace the crank which is a decent amount of money.
02-25-2007, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by BrandonDrecksage
383 is expensive because I think lunati is the only company that makes it. what are you planning on doing with the car? There is not point in stroking the motor because it'll make a decent amount of power on stock cubes and then you don't have to replace the crank which is a decent amount of money.
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02-25-2007, 09:43 PM
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