Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Rebuild yours dude. f**k all this second hand BE bulls**t. Look whats happened with the last 2 engines.
Original crank and rods, new rings, shells and a fresh block. Cant go wrong.
if the bottom end is sound though, whats the point of spending twice as much rebuilding it? Im gona whip the caps off tommorow when i go and see it....
I know what you mean by saying it will be all new, and a perfect bottom end.....but its money at the end of the day
CS Wallet of WIN!!!1!1!!!
If the 30k B/E is sweet 100% i would go with that.. but im a pikey.. so...
I wish I had the CS Wallet of win!
FPS supply factors and trade suppliers, they wont deal with the public and wont sell direct to garages etc either. But you're right that's where pretty much everything comes from (unless you mean a different FPS)
Not sure where the guy got the price for the rings from (engine builder place), but he had to call some of his contacts, they didnt show in any of his catalogs...he called me back and quoted me that price though
I'd so go for the cheaper replacement BE. Rather than the ache of finding larger shells and so on..... But it'd need a good checking over to avoid an unhappy ending
He said I would not need larger shells as he would only be slightly polishing the crank, not fully regrinding it....
replacement BE is half the price nearly, and if its all good when i check it tommorow il probably get it, but if not, its going to have to be rebuilt....
Few bits from today, took the head off, block apart, all off the stand etc....Either way, weather its getting rebuilt or replacement BE it had to come apart....
And one last thing, Is this my engine fabrication/block number? If so, im going to check if the reg is it associated with matches the 172 that the seller owned. If it does, hes obviously ran his dry, bought a replacement unit, and flogged the fucked one on (to me)..
