There is a big difference between "building an engine " and "rebuilding" an
engine. Rebuilding a previously built and modified engine could take
anywhere from 20 to 40 hours depending on the condition of the engine. To
build a race engine from scratch, starting with preparing the block,
porting the head, rebuilding and blueprinting the rocker arm assembly,
checking deck hights, checking rocker arm geometry, measuring and recording
clearances, checking con rod bolt stretch, etc. can easily take over 100
hours for a 4 cyl engine like a TR-4! So it all depends on how precise and
good, (or how reliable and powerful) a job you want.
Regards, Greg Solow
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From: B. Whiting <110420.3466@compuserve.com>
To: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>; vintage-race@autox.team.net
<vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: Rites of Spring
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>Message text written by Brian Evans
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>">How long do you guys take to build an engine? I've never tried to get
>one
>done in one go before, so I never really noticed. For the guys that charge
>for such things, what do you charge to assemble an engine?
>>"
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>I've built a couple in as little time as 4 hours, but without much double
>checking of clearances. The call to pregrid made it a requirement. Usually
>it takes more like 20-30 depending on the engine. Most of the clearances
>have already been check two or three times by the time of final assembly.
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>I charge a couple hundred bucks for the fun!
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>Dr. Bruce A. Whiting, Master Certified Tech
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