Lost my engine today

[robdelorenzo]

One of these days, Prodriver.
I have been drooling over that engine for a while.
From the little I know, it looks like you built this one to last.

[Starter986]

It's a beautiful engine. So clean... just waiting to purr.

My luck it'll sell and, a week later, I'll need an engine.

I factor $18K, to include install and ancillary parts...

$18K/60 mos/5.75%/$346

Sell that existing engine for $3K...

$15K/60 mos/5.75%/$288

If you can get a better % rate, better still. I just pulled the 5.75% from... air. If you can get more for the existing engine... better still.

Someone could sell their existing and running engine for, what, some thousands of dollars. Take that quid... get a personal loan... pull some cash from the jar... would take the sting out of $15K all at once.

That's less than a car payment and, if your (my/his/hers?) car is in great shape, maintained and, appearance-wise, beautiful... I'd be considering it.

I think I'm trying to talk myself into this.

Tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock...

[MrBen]

I haven't made a car payment since 1978 sure would not think about borrowing money for a repair. I'm going to buy another new 2500 hd next year have to write a ripper for about,70 k for that. Will be a little painful 😨. I make my car payment to a quality brokerage account and earn myself interest rather than pay the man

[DWBOX2000]

Ever confirm what happened?

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by PaulE

Yes you're right, nothing is bullet proof. It sounds like BYProdriver knows what he's doing he's been driving a near identical engine he also built for a few years.

9 years since I was in Jake Raby's 1st M96 engine rebuild class.

[Smhube00]

Can you put 3.2 engine in this 2.7

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by Smhube00

Can you put 3.2 engine in this 2.7

Yes external size is the same

[PaulE]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

9 years since I was in Jake Raby's 1st M96 engine rebuild class.

Like I've said before, if my car was a 5 chain engine instead of the 3 chain version I would have bought your ready to go engine instead of having mine rebuilt with the 3.6 LN Nickies. Those alone cost $5k and have a minimum 6 month wait due to the precision platers used by LN. One day someone will get this and be very happy!

[billh1963]

Quick update. After ignoring the car for a the past two months I've decided to swap out the engine.