Rebuild costs

[[ion] C2]

And that has to do with this conversation about the 2.4L Twin Cam how? Pistons don't melt due to horsepower output, they melt from running lean, overheated.

[leoalero]

Originally Posted by [ion] C2

And that has to do with this conversation about the 2.4L Twin Cam how? Pistons don't melt due to horsepower output, they melt from running lean, overheated.

for sure,i said it like that to compare,i saw some ecos running their engine at 400 with stock internal!

[spinalator]

My bro pulled his 350 out of his suburban, and had a rebuild done for 1200. The reinstall sucked though, he said he will pay a shop to do it next time. The damn shops are bending you over. Good luck shopping.

[Alerosaint]

OK rebuild is Done...here are some pics:



Me and John acting the fool




Took me forever to build that hoist..lol




The hole


The engine we all know and love..heh heh


Engine Cracked open


Look at The old dirty old burnt pistons


Thats ok cause these will be taking its place




Couldnt forget the eagle rods


so pretty...lol


Some "secret cams" action


Crank


All this was made possible by our sponsors..GM Performance...lol

[Alerosaint]

After the build we cleant out the Engine bay a lil..not to hardcore









Its official baby has a new heart

[Alerosaint]

Here is how she runs ...its a lil long but oh well

http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/l...t=DSCI0060.flv

[cherrington17]

looks good man. nice job!

[[ion] C2]

what's that thing on your upper engine mount

[Alerosaint]

to the left of the bay?? cruise control

[sburke]

Does anyone know of any good shops in arizona

[sburke]

BTW your car is looking sweet, I'm prepping to do the same to mine. How much did you end up spending and do you have a parts list.

[Alerosaint]

Thx man..the build cost me about a G...parts was around 1600 including the cams...there is a link the thread where i got my parts from...it was 2.4 engine performance kit...but ION compiled a list with all the parts you would need for a build as well

pm sent

[GA_turbo]

Thats a nice looking engine i wonder who did it.......lol

[DOHC_tuner]

Wow looks AWESOME!! Good JOB!!!!!!!!!@!!!!!!! I got the same GM jack and stands!

Should of got her powder coated to add some appeal to that charger

[sburke]

yeah ION sent me that, and all of this was only 1600? Where in the world did you buys all your parts from?

BTW PM is enabled now, I don't know why I had it off.

[Alerosaint]

Originally Posted by sburke

yeah ION sent me that, and all of this was only 1600? Where in the world did you buys all your parts from?

BTW PM is enabled now, I don't know why I had it off.

importperformance.net and you can find the secret cams pretty much anywhere

Originally Posted by GA_turbo

Thats a nice looking engine i wonder who did it.......lol

Now if you only you can get yours going...lol

[sburke]

How is it working out for you so far. Does the engine feel any smoother?

[Alerosaint]

when I had put my headers on..i had lost some of my low end torque...well i got it back now and then some . You can feel on tap slowly pulling away. i also have more mid range power....the mp45 didnt do to well pulling at a higher rpm but now i have some good passing power at higher speeds especially when the tranny downshift...it pulls....when I tune it i definitely gonna have to remove the speed limiter...cause it gets up there more quickly now

[sburke]

that's awesome.... I can't wait to get my build underway, another week or two and I start buying parts so I'm researching like a madman at this point.

[Alerosaint]

yeah especially if you want to add more power later....the hard part will be already done