Taking into consideratin that I'm doing 88% of the work I dont think I will be hitting the $3000 mark. I will have NYES do the head work since they're the one's that built the heads in the first place. The other items on top of that will be timing chain, timing chain cover, lifters, oil pan, and gaskets. I was going to do some extra headwork but decided to wait after talking to NYES. They recommended going to a larger cam profile in addition to the headwork for more power and I'm not prepared to go there yet. This shouldn't cost me more than $1500.

You are right though.........'tis part of racing :thumbsup:

Thanks Sieg. Last thing to check today will be piston to deck clearance. Hopefully we should be good. :thumbsup:

I had the engine in Welds yellow Mustang rebuilt by Lambeck at a cost of about 15K and it lasted about 1 session till the oil pump broke off. He had reused the old oil pump. My guess is somebody in his shop had dropped the pump and cracked it, didn't notice it and put it back on. His response to me was too bad but that stuff happens. Had me ship the engine back, tore it down, new bearing, rings etc but he said the old stuff wasn't really hurt, charged me about 5 thousand dollars more. Next time out I made it thru about 10 minutes of a session when the oil pressure started dropping. Pulled the filter and it was full of metal. His response to me was I must have been doing something wrong and told me to ship it back to him. I'm stupid but not that stupid. Sent the engine to Tony Oddo, got rid of the cheap parts that had been used and it has run like a top ever since. Never got one receipt from Lambeck for all the work done either.

That was the car. His engine ran fine until I sent it back just to have it freshened up. I never argued about price and mailed him checks the day he asked for them. I was surprised at the 15K bill for freshening but sometimes that is what it takes to make something bulletproof. I was surprised that the 15K did not include a new oil pump. Then I wondered what else wasn't new, especially since I never got a list of parts that went in it. I'm told he has gotten so big he has many employees doing the work instead of himself ? Maybe I just got the new trainee employee. My few track days are too important to me to be wasted because of crappy work or shortcuts. Maybe for other people he stands behind his work but in my case it never happened. It was a expensive lesson for me....Sorry for the highjack but when I read the name my blood pressure went up. Back to your regularly scheduled programming.:willy:

May as well swap the valve springs and check the oil pump for internal damage from debris. I'd find a local engine builder.

Thanks for having it done at Odo... before selling it to me! I L O V E this engine! I sleep with it under my pillow.


Chow!


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yeah its hard to find a great builder. I have worked with several machine shops so we have a few to deal with but we'll try to get him to trust someone near by.

Greg..Are you going to eat Chow ?

Ciao.

Chow is more my style and I like to try to be funny....


My new favorite saying while driving is "Skooza..." as in Excuse me - with an Italian accent followed by "so sorry..." I get quite pleased with myself. :lol:

Seriously. Especially after your issues with NYES I am surprised of your loyalty, G. It'd be one thing if they were local but they're half way across the country AND they sent you a leaker before.