Whats Better ?Build a MOTOR or Buy a Motor with low miles?
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Whats Better ?Build a MOTOR or Buy a Motor with low miles?
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Modified by -=*Dusk2Dawn*=- at 5:39 AM 7/18/2004
What i meant by SUCKS! ; was that IT DONT LASTModified by -=*Dusk2Dawn*=- at 5:39 AM 7/18/2004
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Re: Whats Better ?Build a MOTOR or Buy a Motor with low miles? (-=*Dusk2Dawn*=-)
Obviously a built motor will last longer than a used one, especially if you build a motor with low miles....
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Re: Whats Better ?Build a MOTOR or Buy a Motor with low miles? (murtnabila)
i bought a gsr with no compression and 250k miles for 600 and got turned it into this...
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Re: Whats Better ?Build a MOTOR or Buy a Motor with low miles? (RI_TM)
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Re: Whats Better ?Build a MOTOR or Buy a Motor with low miles? (murtnabila)
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Re: Whats Better ?Build a MOTOR or Buy a Motor with low miles? (murtnabila)
Of course building it would be better, what kind of question is this?
But then again, it depends on whether it's worth it money-wise. Are you fully building it up with STOCK parts? In that case, the money put in probably wouldn't be worth it if you get a motor with low mileage. Being the fact that you can't boost it or run the motor hard either way (they will have the same potential).
If you are building it up with some forged internals, sleeving the block, etc.....then of course it's going to be better.
Your question is strange. Of course it would be better to build. You have to ask yourself, "Is it worth it for the application/goals that I want for the motor?"
But then again, it depends on whether it's worth it money-wise. Are you fully building it up with STOCK parts? In that case, the money put in probably wouldn't be worth it if you get a motor with low mileage. Being the fact that you can't boost it or run the motor hard either way (they will have the same potential).
If you are building it up with some forged internals, sleeving the block, etc.....then of course it's going to be better.
Your question is strange. Of course it would be better to build. You have to ask yourself, "Is it worth it for the application/goals that I want for the motor?"
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