I have an offer on the table right now and would like to see what you guys think about it, and what you might do in my situation. I blew my block recently, and I have since bought a used on that was kinda fucked and have been faced with choice of gettin the block honed and replacing the piston rings and all that for about $500, trading my zex NOS kit for a low mileage y8 complete block, or just spending more money on the block and saving the NOS kit cuz the trades no worth it...what would you do?

 

Might as well build the block and make it stronger...

 

I can keep the block and replace the piston ring and hone the cylinders, but outside of cleaning everything, thats all that happening...is that jus the same as gettin a low mileage block...I mean...I could see if I was replacing the bearing and pistons too, but its just a hone and some rings plus labor for liek 500...I dunno just curious

 

500 for rings and a hone is alot. you should be able to put bearings and rings, basically a complete rebuild for around 500.

 

I just got my block honed.. it was $8 per cylinder,plus like $40 to clean the block up very good.

Also, if you take the pistons out to hone the block, you should replace the bearings.

 

I don't know about the price you were told, but my b18b block was cleaned, bored .030 over, new pistons and rings, bearings, etc for close to $400. I would get the block rebuilt.

 

where in the hell did you get pistons/bearings/and rings plus the honing and bore for 400 the pistons alone for my motor are more then that

 

I vote for rebuilding the block. Depends though what plans do have for the y8 if you get it?

 

Basically, I have the same Idea for either motor, but right now time and money are issues. I have enough to have the piston rings replaced in the z6 and get it honed, or I could same my money, get the y8 block with low miles, and dump the rebukd money into the y8 block, or into the head...but I would be losing a NOS kit. but on the other hand, thats partly how i lost the first z6 block anyways....

 

Sell the NOS kit, rebuild your Z6 with higher compression pistons (A1's or PM3's perhaps). Use the money from the NOS kit and buy a cam. I/H/E, some sort of fuel management (V-AFC!), and time on the dyno and you'll be pulling the same numbers as you did with the NOS!