Re: Subject: rebuilding N/A 5

[Javad Shadzi <javad@mail.csuchico.edu>]

Totally agreed...rebuilding a I5 is a waste considering all the cheap,
good donors out there.  You could get the bottom end for $100...

On Tue, 25 May 1999 lebakken@cdicadwa.com wrote:

> Ken at auditude@impulsedata.net  wrote:
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> 
> "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)
> 
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> 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.
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> <nofill>
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