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I am currently in the process of rebuilding my 81sc.
It's my first engine drop and first rebuild. I am capable of doing brake pads, oil change and most maintanence on cars but nothing close to this scale.
If I can do it, you should be ok.
Alot if people scared me off at first saying I'm mad and cant do it from my garage but the more I get into it the more I learn and realize it's not that hard and can't understand why people make it out to be so scary.
I've bought all the recommended books and have read and read and figure If the next guy can do it so can I.
What I recommend is Alot of patience as things take longer for a newbie and Alot of space as parts take up 3 times more room than a complete car.
My complete rebuild including specialty tools and all bearing and gaskets,Ssi's and muffler all from pp , machine shop for heads and case work I will be in it for about 10k.
The cheapest quote I got not including the new exhaust was $20-25k which is why I am doing it myself.
Give it a go , you might surprise yourself at what you can actually learn and it is a very simple motor in my opinion.
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