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Old 01-15-2019, 01:41 PM   #1
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Originally Posted by 1320racer View Post
who's rich? If your definition of rich is the guy that can afford the $1500 - $2000 typically charged by professional race engine builders to assemble your engine, then I'm rich. My time is far more valuable than that for days worth of labor and many, many class racers all across the country agree with me as evident by the numerous race engine builders who are now swamped with rebuilds and orders for new race engines, some of which build hundreds of race engines a year
Surely you know there is more to it than screwing the engine together. Cam voice, where to degree it, choosing the piston ring combination, and ring land clearances to specify when having the pistons machined, oil pump volume & internal clearances, bearing selection & oil clearances to use, oil pan choice, intake manifold & plenum volume. Much more to it than picking your block up from the machine shop to either screw it together, or choose to have them screw it together.
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