Meissen's LT1 Rebuild Thread

[98blackbeauty]

Never heard of having the bearings turned. Thought you just had to buy undersize.

yeah thats what i meant, crank is turned bearings are fitted to crank.

[meissen]

Well guys wish us luck! We're going to try to drop the engine today... hope we can get it all out today.

[Phantom409]

Having yours redone will be almost the same price.

Find out what "NEW" is?
If it's a factory crate motor it might be fine but scamers are out there.

The only thing that it would do is cut your time down.
Order the block, tear yours down and get ready to reassemble.

One thing you might want to replace are the lifters.
All that grime that was in the pan got pass the filter and made it into your motor and that means it made it to your lifters and could compromise the lifters roller bearings.


And you don't turn bearings
You would have to have the mains on the crank turned and use over sized bearings.
And if you are going with a studded bottom end you need to have it lined honed and they will need the studs to do it right.

[98blackbeauty]

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And you don't turn bearings
Yeah I know, what I meant is having crank turned and oversized bearings fitted to crank.

[ICEPICK]

Hey guys - what do you think of this? Do you guys think it'd be cheaper going this route than having my block machined, honed, bearings fixed, crank redone, etc?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/93-94...Q5fAccessories

in one spot he says 3 left down 2 lines he says hurry only 6 left

[WMCCjames]

Hey guys - what do you think of this? Do you guys think it'd be cheaper going this route than having my block machined, honed, bearings fixed, crank redone, etc?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/93-94...Q5fAccessories

It's been my experience that it's alot better to deal with someone local...I bought a short block from California and it was junk....and that was from a very well known speed shop. Deal local so if something goes wrong you can go knock on their door.

[Phantom409]

Here is the price sheet from the place I use, it will get you an idea.

http://www.pereng.com/Portals/0/price%20sheet%2006.pdf

[MP81]

Oooh...4 bolt mains.

Good luck with the engine drop - you guys should have that out in no time cause you know exactly what you're doing now.

[92conv]

It's been my experience that it's alot better to deal with someone local...I bought a short block from California and it was junk....and that was from a very well known speed shop. Deal local so if something goes wrong you can go knock on their door.

I couldn't agree more with James on this....when it's something mechanical and of such importance as this, it's always better to deal locally. Alot easier to go work out any problems that may come up when you're standing face to face.

[WMCC Doug]

I agree, use a local shop with a good reputation. You guys live in the "Motor City", there has to be dozens of good engine shops in your area that you can work with.

But until you get the engine out, tear it down and asses the actual damage, everything is just speculation at this point.

[81DaytonaPaceCar]

^^^ Agreed.

[9T8W66]

Alot of guys used to go to Automotive Machine on the corner of Garfield and Utica rds.

[phoenix_rising]

Sorry about the engine Bri. I am sure you will have it up and running in no time flat though.

[FireBirdGirl02]

All day today Brian and Larry have been working and pulled out the engine and from the car. So as of right now John and Craig are also out there helping them out. I will let brian fill you guys in on what happened today. Just a little update.

[dj's ws6]

Brian, sorry to hear about the problems. Hopefully it will not be too serious and you will have it up and running again soon.