The Ford Barn

tony1940 · 05-09-2024, 11:56 AM

Buy or build? That is the question.

Kurt in NJ · 05-09-2024, 12:21 PM

Does the engine number match the car frame number or title?

P.S. · 05-09-2024, 12:21 PM

Depends on your machine skills and/or size of bank account. Can you do the work yourself? If not, do you have any experienced machine shops within a comfortable drive distance from you?

Since I have 2 really good machine shops semi-nearby and a thin checkbook, the answer is "rebuild".

oldspert · 05-09-2024, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tony1940

Buy or build? That is the question.

How much do you want to spend?

Seth Swoboda · 05-09-2024, 03:38 PM

I always like to rebuild my own. I take the parts to a machine shop and I put it together. That way I know what I get. There many "rebuilt" engines out there with a valve job and new rings.

ronn · 05-09-2024, 04:01 PM

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nkaminar · 05-10-2024, 06:59 AM

I love my Burtz engine. I have no hesitation about driving the car anywhere. I have the original engine for the car sitting in my basement shop. It will go with the car when I sell it, in 2044. I will be 100 years old then. There is nothing wrong with the original engine that I can see.

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tony1940 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2023 Posts: 11	rebuild engine Buy or build? That is the question.

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Kurt in NJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: on the Littlefield Posts: 6,167	Re: rebuild engine Does the engine number match the car frame number or title?

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P.S. Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: California Posts: 1,721	Re: rebuild engine Depends on your machine skills and/or size of bank account. Can you do the work yourself? If not, do you have any experienced machine shops within a comfortable drive distance from you? Since I have 2 really good machine shops semi-nearby and a thin checkbook, the answer is "rebuild". __________________ 2024 MAFCA Technical Director

05-09-2024, 03:38 PM	#5
Seth Swoboda Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 3,821	Re: rebuild engine I always like to rebuild my own. I take the parts to a machine shop and I put it together. That way I know what I get. There many "rebuilt" engines out there with a valve job and new rings.

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ronn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NNNNNNNNJJJJJJJJJJ Posts: 6,819	Re: rebuild engine Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) buy a done motor. no 6-12 month wait. pop it in and go. a basic tractor motor..............

05-10-2024, 06:59 AM	#7
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 3,962	Re: rebuild engine I love my Burtz engine. I have no hesitation about driving the car anywhere. I have the original engine for the car sitting in my basement shop. It will go with the car when I sell it, in 2044. I will be 100 years old then. There is nothing wrong with the original engine that I can see. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.