Hello everyone,
I ditched the old 3.0 a while back for a bit more displacement. It came out of a 78sc. Problem is, it got to motor meister and came back all torn apart in boxes. It would make loud noises on hard acceleration and it would go through gas like nothing.
I would love to take this opportunity to start and learn how these cars work. Some problems:
Cost
No garage/tools
No experience
No car to go into (yet)
From what I've read in some books, they tell me to budget just about as much as my mechanic would charge me, so where is the savings? It has about 170,000 miles on it. Does that mean the bottom end needs to be done as well?
If you guys have any advice please chime in. Am I getting ahead of myself of will it be worth it (financially and for fun
)? I'm sure after an engine rebuild I would be able to do most maintenance myself (save some $$$). But I have a big 0 in mechanic experience. Is it possible to do an engine rebuild so soon?