Looking for a thread that had a youtube video of different honing tools & which one worked better, like a ball hone versus a 3 finger hone.

pittsburghracer said

So I betting 90-95 percent of people building engines are street engines, test n tuners, street strip, or bracket cars. I could spend a ton of money to run 5.95 or budget build an engine to run 6.0 every weekend and have money in my pocket to race every week and buy a burger at the track. That’s the choice I make because I watch builds every week built with the best of parts that never hit the track before they are up for sale. Again the choice is yours. These aren’t heads up engines as they probably fall in the 3% group or less.

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I agree in a sense . But when do you start paying for the short cuts? Like is it more economical to replace parts every year that could last several years if only you would have spent a little more money and time doing it right the first time.

I do agree that it is cheaper to do what ever you can when cost are an issue. But there are items that if not done correctly cost you more if needed to be done more often. Rings last longer, Gaskets and materials add up if you need to buy them more often. Performance is not the only reason, It is durability.

We learned the hard way when my son was young and racing. We would be tearing the engine down every 4 weeks until we found a shop that knew what they were doing. The engine lasted a whole season and only freshened because we wanted to not because we had to.