Engine Blew - What to do??
10-03-2007, 10:01 AM
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Engine Blew - What to do?? Im asking for a friend, blew his engine (97 z28). overheated it. Dealership quoted like $5700. Im an ls1 guy so im not familiar with the lt1 world.
What options does he have? Is there a good place to buy a new longblock from? What rebuilding options are there and what would labor be on something like that? This is my boss's son, so i dont want to give him any crappy advice, lol
What options does he have? Is there a good place to buy a new longblock from? What rebuilding options are there and what would labor be on something like that? This is my boss's son, so i dont want to give him any crappy advice, lol
10-03-2007, 10:27 AM
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if he wants a entire new motor, and wants power, tell him to look into golen racing engines with lloyd elliots heads/cam combo or buy a shortblcok and use AI heads/cam to make everyone happy. 
http://www.golenengineservice.com/ht...rt_blocks.html
http://www.golenengineservice.com/ht...rt_blocks.html
10-03-2007, 01:15 PM
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i think his dad is just looking for a stock engine replacement if it needs it. I dont have a lot of the details and i never saw the car so i dont know if the dealer is trying to take them to the cleaners or not. im just trying to figure out some solutions with price ranges cause hes not gonna want to spend $5.5k on a car worth 8k
10-03-2007, 01:45 PM
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10-03-2007, 02:36 PM
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Every shop has different prices. About 5 years ago before my uncle sold me his 94 z28. He actaully blew the engine - so what he said. The first place he saw he took his car to. Which was the hole-in-the-wall engine shop. When it was all said and done they charged him $7,500 to replace the shortblock. Yeah $7,500 for a stock shortblock and the worst part was it was used - not brand new. He still was having problems with the car so he decided to sell it to me. Turned out the optispark was bad and the timing was way off.
10-03-2007, 05:06 PM
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Well like I said, it might not need a rebuild. But if you go the shortblock or longblock route, that might be easier if you don't really know what you are doing.
10-03-2007, 06:33 PM
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I think even with a small amount of mechanical ability one could do head gaskets. That being said, gaskets are about $36 a pair (Fel Pro laminated). Replace the head bolts $26 (GM 12495499). Resurface heads ~$120. Then all you have left in cost is coolant, probably change the oil afterward.
10-03-2007, 07:19 PM
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Head gasket swap on these cars isn't easy. LOTS of stuff to remove. You will need tools of course. If you are good with cars, have some patience, and have tools go for it. I spent maybe 700$ on my head gasket swap. That included a new radiator, wp, opti, thermo stat, head work, and gaskets.
10-03-2007, 08:17 PM
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yeah. its hard to tell what your into without seeing what you got...... then you can narrow the options down. +1 on doin it yourself... and replacing the opti.. good time to do it.
