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Originally Posted by nUcLeArEnVoY
Damn dude, that really sucks. I'd be devastated if that happened to me. How was your oil pressure reading when you got it home?
The FIRST thing you should do is count on pretty much all of your thinking right now to be emotional and even cynical.
Step back, take a week or two off to mull it over and accept the reality of this failure - it's technically a grieving process, in a way, just like any major problem. It's a big financial setback to fix. Once you take some time to digest that this happened, you'll be able to think more clearly on how to approach it rationally. Selling the car is not the right way to go. The car isn't the problem, the engine is, and if you really want to just get the car to move so you can drive it you can spend 2k and dump a cheapo crate 350 Chevy in it and some quick conversion parts and hit the road. I know you won't do that, but you get my point.
Just give yourself time to step back, let the shock and emotion wear off, put a frame around the situation, and approach it rationally.
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Yeah it definitely hurts on an emotional level. While the money side of things stings a bit, it's not a huge concern. At least in that way I'm very fortunate.
I can take the time hit while this is done. If I absolutely really had to have something in this car right away to get some driving in this year, I could have an LS delivered in a couple days and do the swap.
I am definitely not letting myself make any hard decisions yet, but if I end up doing the rebuild, I'll take that time to do some cleanup in the engine. The fender wells and firewall could use a new coat of paint. I'd spend some time really working the gaps and fitment up at the nose, which has been a weak area for this car. I can also do a proper wire tuck with the fenders off, so that when a shiny new engine drops between the frame rails, it really pops off.
I'm trying to think of this more as an opportunity. Make the car a bit nicer, and a new powerplant that I know everything about and gain a bit more piece of mind. Not knowing how the engine was built previously, but knowing it was a pretty basic factory rebuild, I always had it in the back of my mind that I needed to watch what I did with it.
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Originally Posted by tom s
If you do custom pistons you dont have to do in 10 increments!Let the machine shop tell you what is needed.You might only need to go 5 more to get what you need.Custom means CUSTOM!The ring selection comes into play most of the time.Tom
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This is a good point. Is Autotech still the go to here? I'm assuming the typical vendors probably also have some custom sizes. Ross, DSS, Icon etc.
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Originally Posted by kingbuzzo
My 455 died rite after I bot the car so...condolences
I had trouble finding a used one and it was going to take months to rebuild what I had. I even talked to Lenny Williams about a crate which was somewhat reasonable during covid.
I found a used motor a couple states over and rolled the dice on it....so far so good
Hopefully parts and time are on yer side!
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I thought about trying to see if there are any crate short blocks available. I might call up Len on that as well. But I think time is going to be there no matter what. If the block somehow is garbage, I might lean more in that direction.