Rebuild guideposts

[tito911s]

Hi folks,

I'm trying to put together a build plan for a 3.2, and in order to get a handle on cost for a DIY rebuild, I thought I would benefit from a little advice.

As with all things, I know, it is important not to generalize, but what machine/outsourced work is necessary and what is approximate cost(s) for a stock rebuild @ approx 150K miles?

(1) Reconditioned heads (~$700), new springs (~$300), new seals and new valves

(2) Should every case go through a Magnaflux? How about resnout? Necessary too?

(3) Case work? New bearings.

(4) Of course, all new seals.

The engine rebuilding book is great, but think there is a lot of value hearing opinions of those who do this stuff all the time.

Thanks all.

[fanaudical]

Well, I rebuilt a 2.7 and am not sure that any advice I've got would be applicable to a 3.2.

One resource that I did make use of prior to the rebuild was to review the price list at Ollie's Machine:

Home Page

I found this to be a nice list of services that I didn't necessarily know about. If nothing else, look at the list of services just to get an idea of what's available and relative cost.

[tito911s]

^^ appreciate that and have taken the time to review. Just wondering if there is a best practice on inspecting/changing engine components. Maybe there isn't, but I find that hard to believe.


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