Thread: new pistons: going down the checklist

Originally Posted by Sandman

How much did your whole rebuild cost you? I'm thinking about maybe doing the same thing you did for your motor. If the funds are there I'll get the heads done. I need to start pricing stuff out.

I've been easy on the car since the chip and it's getting regular mileage and not burning oil yet so I can run it for a while I think.

$100 for used L67 pistons/rods from Morad
$583.64 for gaskets,coolant elbows,rod bolts,main/rod bearings,piston rings from ZZP
$213 for Hot tanking,valve/seat regrind and surfacing the heads locally

I still have to get supercharger oil and possibly trans fluid. I also had all the RTV,thread sealant,lapping compound and other misc stuff on hand from other repairs I have done. I originally thought I could do it under $1000 then for awhile was thinking maybe $500 was attainable,but that was impossible. This past fall I past on a complete L32 for $750ish with 70-100K miles(can't remember exact amount) that would have been a lot easier to do. But, a used motor is a big gamble and it's fun for me to do this stuff.

The mileage on this car dropped like a rock to the tune of 12-15 MPG if I was lucky before the motor puked on my ex.