worth it?
06-30-2004, 06:18 PM
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worth it?
Alright guys, here's the deal..
I have my old block out in the backyard of my mom's house. I plan on taking it apart once I have a garage to take it apart in. However, since I'm a "stupid girl" and don't know too much about salvaging engines, this is where all your knowledge/input/advice/suggestions/and put downs come in. Unfortunately I do not know 100% what happened to the thing since we never had it professionally checked out when it broke. The connnecting rod on 6 shattered and messed up the piston (or so i was told)but I do know that rod is shot.
Now, the car genius
I was with at the time, said the engine was pretty useless because there would be metal shavings everywhere and God knows what else wrong with it. Also, it's been sitting out in the backyard uncovered and in the dirt for a year now. 
I'm sure there's probably millions of spiders and ---- in it by now. Not to mention corosion probably? My dad just kinda threw it in a wheel barrow and dumped it out on the side of the yard. I'd like to be able to use it for my own personal learning sessions or whatever. Since I don't have a bf with access to a shop and lots of nifty ---- whenever he wants and can teach me all there is to know, I'll do it the hard way and take my own apart and bug other people when I get stumped.
What I'm interested to know however, is whether this thing will serve only as a learning/reference tool, or...could it be salvaged to a reliable running motor again? I don't know the criteria for something like this to be worth while. Or what determines an engine "done" (meaning don't bother fixing it, it'll never be the same and will just be a hassle til the day you die if you ever get it running again). So....let the criticism begin!!
I have my old block out in the backyard of my mom's house. I plan on taking it apart once I have a garage to take it apart in. However, since I'm a "stupid girl" and don't know too much about salvaging engines, this is where all your knowledge/input/advice/suggestions/and put downs come in. Unfortunately I do not know 100% what happened to the thing since we never had it professionally checked out when it broke. The connnecting rod on 6 shattered and messed up the piston (or so i was told)but I do know that rod is shot.
Now, the car genius
I was with at the time, said the engine was pretty useless because there would be metal shavings everywhere and God knows what else wrong with it. Also, it's been sitting out in the backyard uncovered and in the dirt for a year now. I'm sure there's probably millions of spiders and ---- in it by now. Not to mention corosion probably? My dad just kinda threw it in a wheel barrow and dumped it out on the side of the yard. I'd like to be able to use it for my own personal learning sessions or whatever. Since I don't have a bf with access to a shop and lots of nifty ---- whenever he wants and can teach me all there is to know, I'll do it the hard way and take my own apart and bug other people when I get stumped.What I'm interested to know however, is whether this thing will serve only as a learning/reference tool, or...could it be salvaged to a reliable running motor again? I don't know the criteria for something like this to be worth while. Or what determines an engine "done" (meaning don't bother fixing it, it'll never be the same and will just be a hassle til the day you die if you ever get it running again). So....let the criticism begin!!
06-30-2004, 06:28 PM
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Re:worth it?
Originally Posted by Travis
why not just rebuild the engine thats in your car already ?
06-30-2004, 06:36 PM
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Re:worth it?
Originally Posted by sccaeg
Hell yeah. rebuild that sucker and boost the hell out of it!
where are you from?
where are you from?
)and i'm an oregomer...i'm like the only one
I wish I wasn't such a retard on the keyboard today so I could stop having to edit this damn post.
