05-09-2024, 11:56 AM | #1 |
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rebuild engine
Buy or build? That is the question.
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05-09-2024, 12:21 PM | #2 |
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Re: rebuild engine
Does the engine number match the car frame number or title?
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05-09-2024, 12:21 PM | #3 |
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Re: rebuild engine
Depends on your machine skills and/or size of bank account. Can you do the work yourself? If not, do you have any experienced machine shops within a comfortable drive distance from you?
Since I have 2 really good machine shops semi-nearby and a thin checkbook, the answer is "rebuild".
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05-09-2024, 12:21 PM | #4 |
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05-09-2024, 03:38 PM | #5 |
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Re: rebuild engine
I always like to rebuild my own. I take the parts to a machine shop and I put it together. That way I know what I get. There many "rebuilt" engines out there with a valve job and new rings.
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05-09-2024, 04:01 PM | #6 |
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05-10-2024, 06:59 AM | #7 |
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Re: rebuild engine
I love my Burtz engine. I have no hesitation about driving the car anywhere. I have the original engine for the car sitting in my basement shop. It will go with the car when I sell it, in 2044. I will be 100 years old then. There is nothing wrong with the original engine that I can see.
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