Subject: rebuilding N/A 5

[lebakken@cdicadwa.com]

Ken at auditude@impulsedata.net  wrote:

"If I wasn't planning on the turbo conversion, I would be buying  some Techtonics hi compression pistons for $500, and going about  it that way.  
But I am going to do the turbo".

(patient is '85 4KQ)

If you _are_ going to do the turbo, buy an equivalent junkyard I5 for  about $400-$500, drop it in in a weekend, drive it, then sell it for  $400-$500 when the turbo goes in. Take the money you saved by  not rebuilding the old motor and get a decent intercooler set up for  the 4K. Really, the I5 is such a tough motor, and relatively plentiful in  the junkyards that rebuilding them is not yet practical. Maybe in 5  or 10 more years.

HTH

Craig Lebakken
1986 4KQ 240K mi.
Turbo someday.