That sucks man. But there's good guys out there. I got a great machine shop ņear Me and there's nothing like building your own motor. Also I could never spend that crate engine kind money knowing I can save thousands .

 

I built my motor, all said and done I saved less than $1k building it myself.

Next motor will be bought, at least at minimum the bottom end will be bought from a reputable builder.

 

You guys remember I had a motor built, and had to pull it all the way the **** back out again, with 0 miles on it?

I remember 😂

 

build it yourself next time so you can blame yourself if something goes wrong.

 

#facts lol

 

FYI, First engine i ever "assembled" was with my brother late one night 10 hours before a big mud race.
Running wrong oil wiped out the cam lobes from the flat tappet lifters.
Took engine out and apart, pressure washed it, got most the metal out of it. New bearings, we didnt check any clearances at all. Assembled with a pneumatic impact. Mains, rods, head bolts, everything with impact.
It was a 2 bolt main 355ci with a big new cam now, big single plane intake, 900 carb. TH350 we threw together with a 4500 stall. AC Condenser was the new transmission cooler.
That thing ran for 4 years beating the crap out of it every weekend. A little over 8700 rpms it would flatten out and just stop making power so thats where he held it. He didnt give a crap if it let go, and of course it never gave him any problems.
Delo 15w40 with a zinc additive and some Lucas oil stabilizer was the answer to a longer life in it.

Then i threw together a stock 6.0 turbo truck and would go out and murder them on the dirt drags. That was the fun days.
Built a room in my dads shop and started putting LS's together with much more care and measuring than my first SBC. They are pretty simple really. Just need a few measuring tools and a clean work space with some patience.
Only had one problem with a pressure relief sticking in a oil pump and trashed some bearings. Now i know to take each oil pump apart and clean them to make sure the relief plunger moves smooth.