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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG
Did you not read that I agree with you? Like I said, that is not his question, sounds like he is more interested in finding out of there is some secret sauce to the HKS engine and he is interested in a long block with all new parts. You could have went new heads and cams and still be way under his price, I get you had your heads rebuilt, he didn't say rebuilt he said new. You made your point in your first post calling it "crackhead tier" and getting the OP defensive and you got pushback. Have a beer, toke, whatever and chill out and move on. No need to get bent out of shape, all you are doing is making anyone that reads this think your posts need treated with kiddie gloves.
I am thinking it is going to be similar to the 17+ swap with some more wrenches thrown in. I will probably be looking into it this winter.
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It's ok, I didn't take the comments harshly and wasn't being defensive. I knew those numbers are prohibitively high vs some other options before even delving into this. But you're right, I was looking for all net-new. I have 2 factory engines on hand. One was hydrolocked but I was able to revive it and it ran for a bit then something let go out of nowhere. Luckily that didn't happen on track, it would have been ugly. I don't trust that there aren't hidden stress issues internally that might spring up even after a rebuild. The other one was a 75k donor motor that I don't know the history of but it felt tired and after about 5k of commuting is beginning to smell of oil, worse on any spirited driving. So it's time to evaluate options while I've still got a functioning daily.
I'm really looking for something I can drop in and be at work the next day (or at least Monday morning) so complete assembly is my best bet. I could do that swap in about 4 hours. Also, most builders I've spoken with have a backlog now with the season ramping up so getting a custom build done is going to take several months while the HKS can be delivered in a week or two. Not losing out on a summer at the track is decent offset in the pricing. What's the old phrase, fast/reliable/cheap, pick 2?
