Original Posted By: "John Dilatush"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 5 Msgs - 12/20/01Hi gang: There is a fella near me that has an A engine complete right out of a car. Wants 350 bucks for it. Is that a fair price? Ryder In Burnhamps: made a couple of ribs last month.________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 5 Msgs - 12/20/01
RE: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 5 Msgs - 12/20/01
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Ryder,I paid $200 for mine about 1 1/2 years ago, but it had been in a garage for20 years. I had it magnafluxed to be sure there were no cracks in the blockor crank. It is now being overhauled with new pistons, valve guides, babbitbearings, etc etc. My guy suggested undersizing the pistons a bit, so thatin the event of an oiling failure the engine would run longer before itseized. I also bought a Dan Price aluminum head to save weight and boostcompression to 6:1.It should be done be next spring, can't wait to hear that distinctive purrof the engine!Al Swanson-----Original Message-----
Ryder,I paid $200 for mine about 1 1/2 years ago, but it had been in a garage for20 years. I had it magnafluxed to be sure there were no cracks in the blockor crank. It is now being overhauled with new pistons, valve guides, babbitbearings, etc etc. My guy suggested undersizing the pistons a bit, so thatin the event of an oiling failure the engine would run longer before itseized. I also bought a Dan Price aluminum head to save weight and boostcompression to 6:1.It should be done be next spring, can't wait to hear that distinctive purrof the engine!Al Swanson-----Original Message-----
Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 5 Msgs - 12/20/01
Original Posted By: javier cruz
You could do better, you could do worse. If there's no block damage,has some "meat" left to bore out again, the carb, manafolds, water andoil pumps are included, it's a good deal.I paid $150 and got a block that was bored 0.070 over with no valvesor valve springs, included the manafolds, rebuildable (read: needswork) carburator, water and oil pumps.For a compairison, check out the core prices from some of thoserebuild shops...$200 - for a block$100 - for a crank$100 - for a cam shaft$ 80 - for a headvalve cover, connecting rods, pan, timing cover...$570 for the long block and then you need a carb, manafolds, and waterpump. And that's the core price only, then they rebuild it fromthere.Robert HainesM'boro, Southern IllinoisSubject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 5 Msgs - 12/20/01>>> Hi gang:>> There is a fella near me that has an A engine complete rightout of a> car. Wants 350 bucks for it. Is that a fair price?>> Ryder In Burnham> ps: made a couple of ribs last month.>________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 20:30:48 -0800 (PST)
You could do better, you could do worse. If there's no block damage,has some "meat" left to bore out again, the carb, manafolds, water andoil pumps are included, it's a good deal.I paid $150 and got a block that was bored 0.070 over with no valvesor valve springs, included the manafolds, rebuildable (read: needswork) carburator, water and oil pumps.For a compairison, check out the core prices from some of thoserebuild shops...$200 - for a block$100 - for a crank$100 - for a cam shaft$ 80 - for a headvalve cover, connecting rods, pan, timing cover...$570 for the long block and then you need a carb, manafolds, and waterpump. And that's the core price only, then they rebuild it fromthere.Robert HainesM'boro, Southern IllinoisSubject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 5 Msgs - 12/20/01>>> Hi gang:>> There is a fella near me that has an A engine complete rightout of a> car. Wants 350 bucks for it. Is that a fair price?>> Ryder In Burnham> ps: made a couple of ribs last month.>________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 20:30:48 -0800 (PST)