Extreme budget rebuild

Big fan of these builds. No need for a machine shop until something comes up.


Clean it up, inspect everything, clean the carbon off, and lap your valves with compound, replace your valve springs. Check your cylinders for serious wear, hone them with a ball, drill and wd-40. Check your ring gap, and make sure the rings are facing the right direction and installed in order. Plasti-gauge your bearings, check end play, torque to spec with a dial type torque wrench. Goo your oil pan cork-to-rubber transitions with #2 sealant, RTV around the timing set, and water pump coolant holes both sides..


More has been done with less.