318 LA tear-down

pishta said

yes new lifters on any other cam is a must. If you budgeted new pistons and a bore, go for it. all concerns gone about cylinder health. If your on a shoestring budget...I've take motors down that had large 1mm ridges on them and they ran decent before that. I've also put motors back with barely any ridge, new rings and bearings and they ran like a top. Its just money, you can always make more.

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Ha yeah it's just money....I'm about to send the van for re-painting and know that is going to cost a lot so I'm trying to not break the bank with the engine! But I don't want to have to pull the engine again as that was a pain in the butt for this van.

Good info on the lifter- I won't bother keeping them in any order. Definitely not a 1 mm ridge on the cylinder. I think this van was driven by a family for camping and treated well.