12-15-2004, 02:06 AM
A friend of mine asked me a question the other day that I really couldn't think of a good answer. He is undergoing a swap on his car over the winter but isn't looking for enormous power.
His head is interchangeable betwen 2 blocks of different displacements. He has the low displacement block readily available, giving him time to clean it up and replace rings, check specs, etc, essentially allowing him to make sure it won't fail him anytime in the near future. The larger block would not get this prep if he put it on the car due to time constraints. No large upgrades will be done on either, so expenses will be minimal between the two. I asked him why not just push it back and use the larger block and fully prep it, but he said that wasn't an option. The amount of work between the two will be negligible, since the block cleaning will occur while he amasses money for the rest of the swap.
Essentially, would you go with a lower ultimate power/torque in trade for a greater amount of reliability over the long run?
His head is interchangeable betwen 2 blocks of different displacements. He has the low displacement block readily available, giving him time to clean it up and replace rings, check specs, etc, essentially allowing him to make sure it won't fail him anytime in the near future. The larger block would not get this prep if he put it on the car due to time constraints. No large upgrades will be done on either, so expenses will be minimal between the two. I asked him why not just push it back and use the larger block and fully prep it, but he said that wasn't an option. The amount of work between the two will be negligible, since the block cleaning will occur while he amasses money for the rest of the swap.
Essentially, would you go with a lower ultimate power/torque in trade for a greater amount of reliability over the long run?