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what should i do with my old engine?

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Old Apr 2, 2002 | 07:21 AM
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what should i do with my old engine?

i was thinking of taking it apart and just poking around in there......but im just not sure...if i do rebuild it just for the hell of it, should i keep it or sell it? im on the notion to keep it but its junk so i dont think it matters...maybe take the rotors out for a mantlepeice, or put them in my fishtank for them to play in.... and make the "shell" as my sister calls it, a cat bed...... all wonderful thoughts
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Old Apr 2, 2002 | 07:37 AM
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rebuild with a street port. or if its to far gone, send a rotor to me.
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Old Apr 2, 2002 | 07:37 AM
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Keep it around, you can allways make something out of junk. Hey, thats how my car got here
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Old Apr 2, 2002 | 09:44 AM
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Im gonna clean up the rotors from my engine and make em all nice and shiny...Then I dont know what Im gonna do with them . Im seeing custom "boxes" in the back corners of my car by the tail lights, Im seeing plexi-glass tops, im seeing neon lighting . Hey, it would match my amp box right? Oh, and if I decide to build the custom box for the capacitor also, it will have a plexi lid with a neon in there too . My car will be all kinds of cool when Im done .

~T.J.

PS - I havent figured out what to do with the housings and everything else yet though
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Old Apr 2, 2002 | 10:14 AM
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definatly tear the thing down. after that, what ever your heart desires...
i had an extra 12a and was going to take it apart just for the hell of it.. then probably turn the rotors into book ends. but like i said, i had one.
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Old Apr 3, 2002 | 01:27 PM
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I dunno what it is, but that slug looks trippy.
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Old Apr 3, 2002 | 01:44 PM
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lay off the acid when you are working on the car pele.. otherwise bad things might happen...
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Old Apr 3, 2002 | 07:53 PM
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lol thats slog......klickle got a bad cold and had to go to the doctor
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Old Apr 3, 2002 | 08:46 PM
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I think it would be cool to tear one down. There is only so much you can learn from pictures and diagrams. I didn't know crap about carburators until I tore into mine and rebuilt it. I always learn a lot when I can take something apart and see how it works. Have fun!
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Old Apr 3, 2002 | 08:51 PM
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plus, when you put it back together you always get some spare parts...
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