BOOSTscoop

well... recently ive found myself (18) with NO job, and NO car. and I live alone, in a 4 bedroom 2 bathroom house with a 2 car garage... so yea. needless to say im pretty bored. I dont want to ruin anything. I am not the most talented with a wrench but im def. not stupid. I want a motor rebuild and have debated about

A. driving to or towing my car to banzai
B. Pulling the motor and shipping it
C. Rebuilding myself

its all some what of a learning experience. what do you guys think?

BOOSTscoop

oh yea. what else sounds fun? im making a custom 2 gauge vent cluster (where the center vent is) i cant find any for sale or know of anyone who makes them so... yup. its winter here so I need a hobby.

Sgtblue

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BOOSTscoop

I completely forgot about the dvds.. with it being as chilly as it is i might just bite the bill and go to banzai...

fd_neal

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it all depends on you my man... IMO doing a motor in one of these cars is easy. If your thinking about doing it and you have the time and resources go for it.

BOOSTscoop

I know pretty good mechanic who would probably be willing to let me work next to him in the pulling of the motor. trailing my car home and just rebuild myself. then go back to him for install. what about porting tho? and how hard is it to determine a good from a bad housing or rotor?

MOBEONER

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well... recently ive found myself (18) with NO job, and NO car. and I live alone, in a 4 bedroom 2 bathroom house with a 2 car garage-------------

well the first thing you should do is get a job.(unless your rich)
Second-get a girl friend to keep you un-bored.(unless you don’t like girls)
Third-if you are planning on rebuilding the engine your self you need to make sure you have an extra 2 or 3 thousand to buy another engine if your rebuild goes wrong and you end up shredding your housings.

BOOSTscoop

im not rich, but I have enough money to cover this and the house. and i enjoy being single. the house brings its fair amount of people in, females included. which tend to land in my room. so, why have a gf when I can have the perks without the downfall. job soon, don't worry. I actually debated about a nice roller... hmmm

JStrib

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I say go for it. Pulling the motor isn't too bad, we did mine in an afternoon. Working in the cold hurts though lol

fd_neal

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A download of the shop manual, a GOOD straight edge, and a set of feeler guages will tell you about the irons, rotors and housings. There is a vsual inspection component in this as well that isnt really covered in the manual, good use of common sence is critical here.

Porting is an art, find someone who truly knows what they are doing and trust them to do it. Do your research, ive had an experiance that tells me not everyones porting lives up to the hype....

Pulling the motor and reinstalling it is the easiest part of the job, do you research tho. Everyone has to start somewhere, take your time, take photos and notes, if you have a mechanic buddy to call on ill guess it will go allright.

Ottoman

4 bedrooms? dude sub let some of those out.. make some money!


alot of ppl get gung ho about a overhaul.. they tear apart the motor.. they get half way there.. then get unmotivated and end up with it half done laying in a bunch of boxes.. and then have to pay someone else to finish it..

unless ur sure u can finish what u started..

if not.. I suggest u pull the motor, strip it down to a Keg.. stick it on a pallet..
and ship it to a reputable shop.. have it speced, street ported and rebuilt and sent back to.. re-assemble the long block and ur good to go..

one of the things I regretted when I did my own rebuild.. was not porting the motor when i had the chance... (I was too afraid to take a airtool to my brand new housings)

muibubbles

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pulled the motor and tranny with 2 friends this weekend.. cake.. im not car knowledgable but a good handy man..

BOOSTscoop

ok badass. i think I convinced coby to do it

Copeland

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I think with two friends it will only take about 6 hours if you've never done it before. As always take your time so you don't accidentally destroy something in the process...like another car.

jeff p

I think keeping a 4 bedroom house without a job is harder than pulling a motor. (LOL).... I would like to see a how-to write up on this.

Anyway! you can do it with some friends and a services manual. keep detailed notes and pictures. also use ziplock baggies and a marker to to keep track of your screws and bolts and what they go to. this will be a big help later when you install the motor.