Quote Originally Posted by darkhorizon View Post
rebuilding a 3800 in michigan is a horrible idea.. You can buy good motors for less than a set of pistons... you will spend 2k rebuilding a 3800 if you can even manage to do it correctly
Quote Originally Posted by 231FUN View Post
Just buy a decent short/long block or complete motor...rebuilding aint' worth it!
This.

Especially here in Michigan. There are a million wrecked GP's around, and picking up a decent short block is the way to go. If you don't rebuild the bottom end perfectly, it will take a dump on you after 300ish miles. Your better off just buying a used short block and putting it in instead of rebuilding. It would be cheaper that way too.