gretchen/jason Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Man talk about bad luck, the first engine rebuild i ever did was the stock 280z motor did a 3.1 stroker i paid about 2 grand for it and oh about 2 thousand miles latter the came towers fell off while driving down the highway . The engine builder told me it was my fault but he installed the parts and the engine . So i left it at that as " race engines etc etc have no warranty . So now on to my SBC 383 i had a different machine shop build it for me from top to bottom . I asked them to give it back to me in pieces so as i could build it myself . So i took it to another machine shop to have it checked over . Two of the conecting rods were 30 grams out of balance and one was bent . The crank was suposed to be balanced and it never was . And the pistons were no good and i wasnt trold that either . So i asked the people whom i had do the work the first time and they said i must have droped the stuff on the ground because they do good work . Thats why the crank was out of balance .They had no coment on the rods so the 900$ i paid for machine work etc will now cost me another 900$ or more but this machine shop does work on the engines where i work at HYUNDAI i guess i should have used them the first time stupid me . Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsommer Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Dude that stinks, hate to be a buzz kill but I ordered my stroker set up from dyno-flo performance out of Vegas, all new stuff expensive but it's all balanced Eagle parts and Mahle pistons. Although the initial parts price is a bit high (what's not nowadays) I only had to buy once and done. Next time I'm going crate motor, you may want to look in to that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretchen/jason Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 Well it was a crate motor untill the oil pickup tube fell off one day destroyed the engine with only 7 thou miles on it so i figured id build a 383 out of it since i had a 400 sbc crank laying around and 400 sbc rods . And seeing as it is going to have a supercharger on it i thought what the heck but i got it stuck to me good . Live and learn i guess . Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 http://www.ohiocrank.com/ http://www.lewisracingengines.com/ deal with these guys, Ive seen there work and its generally better than most shops, explain in exact detail what you want, thier prices are usually reasonable for what you get, and Ive not seen anyone who got screwed yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretchen/jason Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 So now for an update the 383 is getting close to being done about another week or so . All said and done im looking at 1,500$ parts and labor . Forged dished pistons " for the supercharger"575$ forged rods 200$ . The rest is labor and minor machine work to assemble the longblock . I was going the route of the short rod 383 but the shop convinced me to go the 5.7 rod route instead of the 5.5 not only cheaper but now i can turn more rpms and it will be completly balanced and ready to go . Ive been without my z for 8 months now but it gave me time to install the Subtle z rear fenders paint the engine bay and run A/N fittings and stell braided lines for everything all the way down to the heater hose . Plus i got me some new rims 15x10 running 295/50 15 tires nice and wide . Cant wait to line up with some of these hondas i see buzzing by everyday plus a guy at work has a 2005 Hyundai tiburon " i work at hyundai as a mechanic " he claims his turbo GT v6 will be way faster then my supercharged 383 haa haa i say . Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Jason - Who in town built the L6 3.1L? And which shop built the 383? Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete84 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 So now for an update the 383 is getting close to being done about another week or so . All said and done im looking at 1,500$ parts and labor . Forged dished pistons " for the supercharger"575$ forged rods 200$ . The rest is labor and minor machine work to assemble the longblock . I was going the route of the short rod 383 but the shop convinced me to go the 5.7 rod route instead of the 5.5 not only cheaper but now i can turn more rpms and it will be completly balanced and ready to go . Ive been without my z for 8 months now but it gave me time to install the Subtle z rear fenders paint the engine bay and run A/N fittings and stell braided lines for everything all the way down to the heater hose . Plus i got me some new rims 15x10 running 295/50 15 tires nice and wide . Cant wait to line up with some of these hondas i see buzzing by everyday plus a guy at work has a 2005 Hyundai tiburon " i work at hyundai as a mechanic " he claims his turbo GT v6 will be way faster then my supercharged 383 haa haa i say . Jason How much is his 2.7 V6 putting down to the ground? I've heard that they can take a good bit of boost on stock internals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretchen/jason Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 For slow and rusty the engine place that built my 3.1 stroker was called competition engines here in colorado springs . As for pete the 2.7 puts out if i remember 220 crank horses suposedly turbo makes it around 280 - 300 . Hyundai is suposed to come out with a 350 plus horsepower rear wheel drive car called the genisis . Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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