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Originally Posted by Tom Pugh
have you seen Butler's lead times?
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Get on the list, time’s a wasting.
Or gamble your money on some unknown guy on Facebook.
Unfortunately very long lead times have become the norm for good engine builders along with body and paint shops.
Last April I sent a 50% deposit to a guy in South Dakota on an engine build for one of my VWs that I was told would be a year out. I may have been able to get it faster for about the same price from one of the many local and fairly reputable builders near me but I chose this particular builder who does a low volume of engines for his great attention to detail, quality over quantity.
This particular engine is a 2180 cc 138 hp turn-key high-torque VW bus engine build that will arrive already broken in and tuned for 8k plus shipping, my savings on CA sales tax more than covers the shipping from SD. All my VW friends thought I was nuts but I had done my homework and I know the gentleman doing the build is amazing and had developed this special bus engine over the years so i knew it would be worth the wait.
As we get older (I’m 64 now) time is of the essence but money and time wasted on a questionable source for a new engine is even worse than waiting for the best builder to make it happen.