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Old 08-20-2006, 11:00 PM
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To build , or not to build?

Alright. I have an LT1 that has just poped a head gasket, (or that is what i think is wrong with it). The car has 115,000k mi on it and has been treated very well. Well I was going to send my heads off to leportworks and get a set of le2s, and run them with full boltons, but i got to thinking. Have u ever had one of those projects that just get out of hand? Well this might be one of them. My question is does a motor with 115,000k have enough life left in it for me not to worry about the internals for a few years or should i just build the bottom end now? If so does anybody have any experience with choosing a good rotating assembly? Here are some pics of my pistons just after pulling the heads. Please tell me what u think.

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And here is one just 4 fun of my z sitting next to my 74 nova in my driveway.

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Old 08-21-2006, 02:54 AM
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It all depends on how much money your wanting to spend. If your adding the LE2 setup its a good chance that your bearings might not be able to handle the added RPM you will be wanting to run.
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