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I know there's probably a billion messages about this, but I would like a more personalized opinion. I picked my car up from the shop today only to find out it has a cracked head. The shop owner recommended a rebuilder to me that will charge me in the neighborhood of $2000 for a rebuilt engine - installed -w/a 3 year - 100,000 mile warranty. Or, I can do the obvious and fix the cracked head on an engine w/over 200,000 miles on it for around $1500. What would you do?
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1992 Arctic White Firebird<br />3.1L V6, TB Coolant Bypass, CAI, Turbo Muffler, other little things.<br /><br /> <a href=\"http://www.geocities.com/colinobu/MyHomepage.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.geocities.com/colinobu/MyHomepage.html</a> <br /><br />\". . .Finger in the air and the flag still wavin\'. . .\" -
Re: Cracked head
i would buy a beater pull the engine and go all out.
if it was going to be my DD for quite a while i would opt for the rebuild
if i was going to sell it id fix the head and get rid of it.
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Re: Cracked head
I'm emotionally attached to it and it is my DD, so I was thinkin' of the rebuild. Anyone who offers a 3 yr/100,000 mile warranty on a rebuild is a hero in my book.1992 Arctic White Firebird<br />3.1L V6, TB Coolant Bypass, CAI, Turbo Muffler, other little things.<br /><br /> <a href=\"http://www.geocities.com/colinobu/MyHomepage.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.geocities.com/colinobu/MyHomepage.html</a> <br /><br />\". . .Finger in the air and the flag still wavin\'. . .\"Comment
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Re: Cracked head
is a 3.4 swap out of the question?
if it's down to $1500 for a head fix & $2k on a rebuild w/warranty, pony up the $$$ for the rebuild.1978 Formula 461 in progress of being built :rock:
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Re: Cracked head
I actually called the shop back and asked them if they'd put a 5.0L in it, but they said what comes out goes in. Makes sense though - 'cuz it'd be hard to warranty an engine for that long that wasn't w/the original specs.1992 Arctic White Firebird<br />3.1L V6, TB Coolant Bypass, CAI, Turbo Muffler, other little things.<br /><br /> <a href=\"http://www.geocities.com/colinobu/MyHomepage.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.geocities.com/colinobu/MyHomepage.html</a> <br /><br />\". . .Finger in the air and the flag still wavin\'. . .\"Comment
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Re: Cracked head
gen1 sbc's are cheap
you could find the engine, parts for the swap for well under $10001999 Camaro Z/28
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