[Shotimes] update on my '93

[Leigh Smith]

Aaron;
Having spent 10 years of evenings in a high performance machine shop
building engines, I can not recommend going with any volume oriented
remanufactured engine. There are just too many things that can go wrong, and
might not get corrected in a used motor. It pays to have someone with a lot
of engine experience look over the parts before assembly, this would not
happen in a production line type scenario. Jeff's shop does 100+ engines a
year, and is the local go-to man to fix the repair right, or re-do it when
someone else did it wrong.
Personally, if I were you, I would go with a known quality GOOD used motor.
And if someone of high moral character like Mark Nunnally has a low mileage
OEM original for sale, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. You'll be $$ ahead with a
Ford assembled product.
Pay to have it crated, shipped, whatever. Sounds like Mark would even help
you install it if you could get him the car. He's a gem. Don't pass up the
opportunity!

Lee
PS: I got my hands on a brand new Ford SHO replacement motor recently. And
even though it had 0 miles, someone had taken it apart, but it was only one
time, so I thought how bad could it be? But I found 27 things wrong with it
that they messed up!!! It's OK now, but 90% of the rebuild places would have
thrown this thing back together cause it looked OK, and it would have had
major problems. Get the NEW one from Mark!

Repeat after me:
Call Mark
Call Mark
Call Mark

Good Luck
Leigh

< I've got a 21,000 mile 3.0L (OEM Factory) I'll install for you cheaper
than
< that :)
<
< mark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Lowe" <aaronl@insightbb.com>
To: "Leigh Smith" <leighsm@comcast.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] update on my '93


> 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.