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well, looks like i have a worse case senario on my hands at this point.
removed the head on the 3s ive been working on, first thing i noticed was TONS of carbon..tops of the pistons are coated with it, its so heavy is actually flaking off. next i had a look at the cylinder walls..and i discovered this: ![]() needless to say, the wife can feel it with her fingernail, and from what ive read, that = time for the machine shop. which absolutly blows. i had no intention of "building" this motor, as my power goals (~250WHP) really do not warrant it, and i really wanted to try and get it in ASAP. so, now im at a crossroad....do i say to hell with it, and buy forged rods and pistons over the next several months, and slowly over the next year or so build the motor, and then start the headwork...(cause IMO its kinda pointless to put a factory head on a built block) which could take ANOTHER year with MY budget!...lol OR another option at this point is a factory short block..i can get one new for as little as 1450$ or so to my door. have the head rebuilt (~600) and start new... OR at this point, im fairly confident in the 5s block, we know the weak point is pistons and rods..and hell, im pretty close to my power goal as it is with the 5sfTe..im starting to think that for my power level, i could build the 5s to take the beating pretty easily for the next few years..especially if i spent a little more time on tuning, or stepped up and bought the emanage or somthing... thoughts? ideas? comments? help me out here, guys, im kinda bummed out about this whole thing. ![]() -------------------- Former Team 5SFTE pro member ;)
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QUOTE I 100% agree with Art - you have done what no one else has done with that 5s, what no one thought you could do, and what no one thought would last its funny you said that, because i pretty much said the same thing to manny today on the phone. no one else has really taken a 5sfe this far. mad props to manny. QUOTE 5s costs pistons, rods, 2.5 MAP, flywheel, cams, injectors, clutch...what around $1600-$1800ish ? 3s costs rework (and pistons, rods) or new block around $1400 easy, head rebuild - $500, and still all of the costs waiting in plans for the 3s...a bazillion $$ very good point. the one thing im missing is, why crack into the 5sfe? it runs, its fine. keep it where its at an enjoy it while it lasts. its all uncharted terrtory, and for all you know, you could make a mistake while installing the new pisonts or some other unforseen problem could happen and end up with 2 damaged motors. when you step back and look at it. your going to be spending 2grand on either motor. i would put that money into the 3sgte. why? because you can get a very realiable OEM short block and head rebuild that has been proven time and time again to be a rock solid setup. it will give you lots of room to grow in the future too. you know that next year your going to want to have 300hp and try to break into 12s at the track, right? we all say we only want XXX hp ... but the fact is, that you alwasy want more . -------------------- 15PSI - 30MPG - Megasquirt Tuned
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