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05-11-2007, 11:49 AM
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I am putting my motor together and I am just curious on your input. I was going to assemble the motor myself with a friends help that has assembled motors before. I am interested in learning how to do this but should I just pay the 250 and have a machine shop assemble the short block? I can always assemble another motor later to learn. I'm just worried about screwing something up when I have so much money invested in this motor.
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306 stock block, balanced forged internals, main girdle, cam motion custom grind, Twisted Wedge heads, GT-40 intake with port matched lower, 24# injectors, Big Shot plate kit, equal length shortys, o/r x-pipe, CAI, electric fan, A/C and smog delete, all the supporting mods. |
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05-11-2007, 12:01 PM
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if you trust your friend and thinks he is knowledgeable on engines, go for it. you have to start somewhere. why not start now ? good luck
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05-11-2007, 12:14 PM
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It's pretty easy. Just need some measuring tools and a good step-by-step knowledge of how to do it. It's not difficult. Check bearing clearances, thrust, and ring setup. If these all check good, things are torqued down enough, and the motor spins relatively freely, it's probably fine. A little common sense goes alot further than some of the literature on it too.
 Go for it! 
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05-11-2007, 12:44 PM
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Take a few hours and read about it. I built my first engine 5 years ago. Before then I didn't even know how they worked. Best thing I have ever done.
First thing is keep it clean. Do it!
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05-11-2007, 06:24 PM
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306 stock block, balanced forged internals, main girdle, cam motion custom grind, Twisted Wedge heads, GT-40 intake with port matched lower, 24# injectors, Big Shot plate kit, equal length shortys, o/r x-pipe, CAI, electric fan, A/C and smog delete, all the supporting mods. |
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05-11-2007, 07:51 PM
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And if I can't break it someone did a very good job!
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05-11-2007, 10:08 PM
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3v's are slow
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Breaking things makes you gain knowledge.
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