Quote Originally Posted by rspears View Post
What's your timetable? Are you wanting to minimize your downtime, or is having your ride out of commission for month or more during the good weather OK? If you're in a hurry and wanting reliability buying a crate engine from a reliable source is probably your best bet, but you're going to drop around $4K to get a "built" engine. Like MP&C says, you might also be able to find someone wanting to upgrade, but then do you truly know what you're getting? Lots of kids out there who think they can simply throw a new crank in their old block to make a stroker and then pass it off on someone as "rebuilt". Also lots of "crate engines" on the market with rattle can rebuilds (pull, power wash, paint & sell). The old adage, "Let the Buyer Beware" is especially true for engines.
downtime isnt a big deal to me right now.
but reliability is.
i just DO NOT trust this 31 year old engine with an unkown past
i got this engine for free in the 1st place so in my mnd i wont cry too much over saving up for a crate engine with a good warranty from a respected source.