[screamingchief]

Originally Posted by lust4speed

Aw come on Bret, this has been an interesting discussion. I'd like to think that we are just adding some additional insight on picking parts for a rebuild. Most projects run us more money than what we had planned on - not because of the new parts, but all those #$%@ other parts that we find are bad after we get things taken down.

It's cool Mick,I was just saying I'm not gonna go on and on anymore with the back forth over keeping the current heads,or replacing them with some later -4 smog heads.

He's got our pros & cons on that debate.
Now it's for him to figure out what's best for his situation.

No doubt there are all sorts of reasons projects end up costing more,part of it indeed is unexpected/damaged stuff,but often that "well if I'm gonna do this,I might as well do that too" mentality starts to find it's way into that overall dynamic as well.

And anyone that's been in this deal long enough also knows that new parts are'nt necessarily a guarantee of no problems,often it's quite the opposite.

I cant tell you how many "new" things I've had to spend more money on just to be able to use them.

Last one was a torker II intake,had to mill the intake flanges just so the ports & such would line up properly.

So new is not always better,not in my book.

There is a balance to all this,that is all I was saying,and tight budgets often trump other various concerns.

That I know all too well,as my budget is about as tight as it gets.

Do I find places where I can safely "compromise",yep you betcha.

Do I find other places where I wont go that route,again yeah sure.

To guys like me,$650.00 is a pretty big chunk of money to take so lightly.

For me,that sorta money can cover a whole lotta things,and many of those things are far more important in the grand scheme of things than the sorta basic bottom end hardware differences that you & I are talking about here.

But should that be someone else's money I'm spending on a project that I dont even have any connection to,sure I could easily spend that in an instant on just one or two things that will hardly even matter much.

It's a matter of perspective,put yourself in his shoes for a moment.



Bret P.