How long did it REALLY take to rebuild your motor diy?

[peppy]

Took me 4 years. Good luck with your build.

The Begining

[shoooo32]

Using Wayne's book as a guide, I built a 3.2ss in six months. It shouldn't have taken that long but I had a proper *****storm on my hands. Had to pull all the lines and coolers and resprayed the engine bay while I was in there.

Newbie in need of help. 3.2ss build has gone sideways!

[Trakrat]

[QUOTE=shoooo32;10755746]... while I was in there.



THIS seems to be the #1 reason why ANYTHING takes longer than expected.

In all honesty, I went from taking the engine out to do a complete rebuild, to now also refreshing the rear suspension, since its easier to get to everything.... and so on, and so on.

[peppy]

Originally Posted by peppy

Took me 4 years. Good luck with your build.

The Begining

In my defense I was poor.

[Dr J]

Took me about 2 years. I sent the short block to a pro and got that back in about 3 months. It’s the cleaning, reading up on what to do, double and triple checking my work, deciding what level of finish I wanted, waiting to replenish the bank account, combined with life that makes it drag out. Did I mention cleaning?

On level of finish, I had the fan and engine tins powder coated and am very happy I did that. The rest was elbow grease. The short block and oil cooler were professionally cleaned.