02-12-2015, 02:29 PM
Hey guess what.....I still don't have a turbo.....
Edit:
Once the turbo is in I will do the compression check. If it comes back as bad, I am too deep into this car to do anything other than rebuild it, without completely losing my ass. Plus nothing out there is really peaking my interest, this to me is the perfect balance of utility and performance. So I have a few options laid out.....being the type of website this is, I think I know your answer already though.
Option 1:
Buy OEM shortblock, I reassemble motor, put back to stock as far as performance goes. Sell off power mods to help with cost of new short block.
Option 2:
Rebuild existing motor but with Forged pistons. This runs the risk of me royally fucking up a motor rebuild and wasting money. But it may be about the same price once it is all said and done. I can reuse the existing rods, my main cost is tied up in pistons, bearing and wrist pins. I may look into how much I can get a shop to rebuild the bottom end for me, but this will obviously increase the price exponentially.
Option 3:
Buy a pre-built forged internals short block and reassemble.
The car has been down for over a month, mostly due to time constraints, travel, and now waiting on my turbo to come back (3 weeks). Luckily I have nice in-laws who have let us borrow one of their cars during it's downtime, but we don't want to push their generosity. So time is kinda of the essence, and I have none, so maybe having a shop rebuild the motor is the path I need to take. I dunno, spitballing a lot here. Really hoping the pcv will solve all of this, but I am not getting my hopes up considering everything involved with this car has gone down an unhappy path.
Edit:
Once the turbo is in I will do the compression check. If it comes back as bad, I am too deep into this car to do anything other than rebuild it, without completely losing my ass. Plus nothing out there is really peaking my interest, this to me is the perfect balance of utility and performance. So I have a few options laid out.....being the type of website this is, I think I know your answer already though.
Option 1:
Buy OEM shortblock, I reassemble motor, put back to stock as far as performance goes. Sell off power mods to help with cost of new short block.
Option 2:
Rebuild existing motor but with Forged pistons. This runs the risk of me royally fucking up a motor rebuild and wasting money. But it may be about the same price once it is all said and done. I can reuse the existing rods, my main cost is tied up in pistons, bearing and wrist pins. I may look into how much I can get a shop to rebuild the bottom end for me, but this will obviously increase the price exponentially.
Option 3:
Buy a pre-built forged internals short block and reassemble.
The car has been down for over a month, mostly due to time constraints, travel, and now waiting on my turbo to come back (3 weeks). Luckily I have nice in-laws who have let us borrow one of their cars during it's downtime, but we don't want to push their generosity. So time is kinda of the essence, and I have none, so maybe having a shop rebuild the motor is the path I need to take. I dunno, spitballing a lot here. Really hoping the pcv will solve all of this, but I am not getting my hopes up considering everything involved with this car has gone down an unhappy path.