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Originally Posted by Yadkin
When I restored the engine bay on my Fiat and had the engine on a stand, I cleaned it, disassembled it into its major components, did not touch the rod bolts, checked the crankshaft for play, cleaned off the tops of the pistons, then reassembled with a new gasket set and painted. A pleasant afternoon job, and the full gasket set and head bolts cost about $100.  |
My '61 Corvette needed a freshen up, which I did for $700 including parts and labor. Bearings, rings, hone job, valve job. It's a 389 stroker built off of a '68 big journal 302-327 block. It had been a fresh build in 1980, but got ran hard on a dirt track with no air cleaner, so the rings were wiped out. I'll post on the GTO's rehab. It runs like a Swiss watch but has a lot of blow-by. So it's going to have to come apart. If the cylinders check out, it'll get the minimum to put it back into specs.
