Bottom end too worn to build top end?
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From: Evans GA
Bottom end too worn to build top end? My car has 86000 miles on it and i want to do the stage II/cam setup, but i wont be able to for a while, and honestly the car will probably have 100,000 miles on it until i actually get around to it. My question is will the short block be way too old and 'broken in' or would it last a while. I currently have good rings as far as i can tell (no observable oil usage).
Re: Bottom end too worn to build top end? My .02
Why not just get a block and buy the parts as you can afford and do a new engine instead of building on an engine that sounds like it will have well over 100,000 miles on by the time you can do the package. Or save up and buy a rebuilt short block or a low mileage short block and build on that.
That way you can probably avoid doing a rebuild a year or so after doing heads and cam.
<small>[ August 29, 2002, 05:21 PM: Message edited by: 99 Black Bird T/A ]</small>
Why not just get a block and buy the parts as you can afford and do a new engine instead of building on an engine that sounds like it will have well over 100,000 miles on by the time you can do the package. Or save up and buy a rebuilt short block or a low mileage short block and build on that.
That way you can probably avoid doing a rebuild a year or so after doing heads and cam.
<small>[ August 29, 2002, 05:21 PM: Message edited by: 99 Black Bird T/A ]</small>
