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Originally Posted by Skurj
Long block basically comes assembled almost drop in. Short block means the dealer has to transfer parts from the old and leaves more room for mistakes to happen or just plain old crap gettin in where it shouldn't.
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Yes, really three choices here
- long block
- short block
- tear apart existing short block and replace only rod bearing or whatever is damaged, and reassemble original damaged internals and short block
First bullet - this is super overkill. I wouldn't do that if I was a dealership and I consider myself a pretty fair guy.
Second bullet - while you do need to take off heads and bolt on ancillaries... It is relatively straight forward even for a dealership.
Comparing third bullet to second bullet. Second bullet Is much, much, much safer/easier to do than compared to the third bullet!!!