[Shotimes] update on my '93

[Ian Fisher]

Your odometer will stay the same.

$5G is a lot for an engine. You could buy 2 or 3 SHO's
for that much or one really nice one and have money
left over. Yeah, I know yours is in good shape and
everything but is it worth dumping $5G into a stock
motor?

I'm sure you've considered this and I respect your
decision. I just think it's a lot of money for not
much return.

If my 3.2 were installed, I'd consider selling mine
for that much. I'd actually sell it for that much now
but the motor is leaking and burning oil.

I spaced out my 3.2 build so I was buying parts over
the course of a few years. I am not sure how much I
spent. I know it was at least two thousand if you
consider all of the gaskets, bearings, machine work,
parts costs, etc. It could be more but I doubt it was
$5,000. At least the fruit of all of this financial
hemorrhaging is going to be a 3.2 with new rings,
fresh bore and a whole lotta mods.

good luck :)

Ian

--- Aaron Lowe <aaronl@insightbb.com> wrote:

> At 03:44 PM 2/10/2005, Leigh Smith wrote:
> >3) did the bearings disintegrate and scatter
> material all thruout the
> >engine?
> 
> Yes to this one, and this was a very good way to
> describe what has 
> happened.  Shrapnel throughout the engine.  I am NOT
> a mechanic by any 
> stretch of the imagination, and I did quite a bit of
> research before 
> deciding on the Jasper.  It's going to be about
> $5000 total, including the 
> engine kit with all new belts and hoses, new
> radiator (mine has a leak 
> along a seam), and 4 new 50,000-mile Goodyear tires
> & alignment.  Also, 2 
> motor mounts are being replaced.
> 
> My mechanic, whom I do trust, said not to beat
> myself over not having 
> checked the oil recently enough.  Like I said, I've
> never known the car to 
> leak or burn oil, but he says that it is likely that
> something went 
> off-kilter with the motor recently, which caused it
> to start burning oil, 
> and once it burned off all the oil that was in
> there, that's when it 
> completely blew up.
> 
> The bottom line that sold me on this is that I
> canNOT afford a new car, nor 
> will I be able to any time in the near future. 
> However, I can make things 
> stretch and afford this repair. Jasper's
> 75,000-mile, 3-year warranty 
> really sold me.  My transmission was recently
> replaced, the exhaust system 
> is in good shape, and the body only has very minimal
> rust for a 12-year-old 
> car.  This repair should keep me running with
> nothing but normal 
> maintenance or minor repairs for quite some time,
> which is really amazing.
> 
> One question -- will my odometer still read 137K, or
> will it roll back to 
> 0?  That just occurred to me -- I have no idea.
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