318 "Rebuild ish"

nm9stheham said

I lot of engines just get re-ringed but just be aware that it can be a total crapshoot as to how it turns out. I've done it (when young and with little money) and had 'meh-OK' to not very good results. Pushing more HP through a worn block usually just makes the problem areas even more obvious and vexing.

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Yeah. I've explained that to him and Dad. It's a crap shoot for sure.

I've also given thought to leaving the rings and bearings alone since it was a decent running engine (it just sat for a really really long time) and even leaving the original cam and lifters in it, slathering everything in assembly lube and putting it back together with a new timing chain and oil pump and crossing our fingers.

Maybe that would be a better choice?

I think it would be cool to put a small cam and valve springs in it, but maybe we are just inviting disaster?

That's what makes doing an engine in this fashion tricky. Where do you make the cut point?