New engine? or rig old one? ARGH lots of posts :)

03-31-2001, 04:24 PM

A much better way to go would be to get a rebuilt engine or a good running wrecked car engine. Let's say you put on heads and do things to the top end. How are the bearings? maybe they're scored from getting coolant in them. Maybe the oil passages are plugged w/crap, maybe, maybe, maybe. You're block could be warped....why did it overheat in the first place. Maybe some of the coolant passages are rusted shut from bad previous maintenance. You never know. A rebuilt is the most expensive but likely the most reliable way to go, a junkyard is kind of a toss up, but probably better bet than you're engine, and i'd say a last resort is to use your engine. In my opinion you just don't know what's next with your engine without rebuilding it and assesing what's wrong, but since you don't have the resources to do it keeping the same bottom end sounds like a gamble. I hope this works out for the best for you.

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03-31-2001, 04:24 PM	#4
84stangLX Guest Posts: n/a	A much better way to go would be to get a rebuilt engine or a good running wrecked car engine. Let's say you put on heads and do things to the top end. How are the bearings? maybe they're scored from getting coolant in them. Maybe the oil passages are plugged w/crap, maybe, maybe, maybe. You're block could be warped....why did it overheat in the first place. Maybe some of the coolant passages are rusted shut from bad previous maintenance. You never know. A rebuilt is the most expensive but likely the most reliable way to go, a junkyard is kind of a toss up, but probably better bet than you're engine, and i'd say a last resort is to use your engine. In my opinion you just don't know what's next with your engine without rebuilding it and assesing what's wrong, but since you don't have the resources to do it keeping the same bottom end sounds like a gamble. I hope this works out for the best for you. ------------------ '84 Mustang 5.0 T5, FMS aluminum radiator & 180* thermostat, 1 5/8 shortys/2.5" duals, '88 GT tail lights and wheels, Holley 4160 4 BBL, smog pump idler, more coming soon