engine rebuild

[ford-88]

I'm thinking bout rebuilding my s1 engine with a race series kit of some sort, just wondering if anyone knows wat kits and prices

thanks

[Hibbz]

Mate you would need a lot more info than that.

Type of Motor??
Budget??
Transmission??
Use??
How much you can do??

These all come into it.

Jake

[FS5]

its around $1200 to $1500 including machining/ pistons/rings/bearings/timing kit and gaskets ,providing yo do all the labour yourself.thats for the bottomend.
just reread your question,an acl bottomend rebuild kit is around $700/$800

[ford-88]

I've got a std I6, 5 spd.
My budget is bout 2.5 to 3k.
mainly street but want to put it down the strip

[OED666]

do you have any plans for boost in the future?

[ford-88]

yeah it on the plans on the spare engine i got. in bout 18 months

[RUKIDN]

Originally Posted by OED666

do you have any plans for boost in the future?

Is it true that the ACL gear arent really recommended for boosted applications? Im able to get ACL parts through a friend and its something that could come in handy to me when the AU comes to 'rebuild' time but i recall reading there kits are not very suitable with forced induction... Any ppl with any helpful input/experience on this?

Cheers, chris

[ford-88]

i was looking at acl kit au kits only come with cast pistons, also looking at the xr6t kits looks like the forged pistons will fit into the au. i could be wrong though

[blackers10]

the valve reliefs in the pistons of the BA items are different to the AU items

i believe a custom set need to be made of which "HotRod" got done for his AU XR6T when he rebuilt the engine in that
so hed be the man to talk to

[FGII-XR6]

if you get the ACL race series without the raised compression pistons it will handle FI fine the standard race series are 10.2:1 compression IIRC a bit high for FI

[RUKIDN]

Originally Posted by au3xr6

if you get the ACL race series without the raised compression pistons it will handle FI fine the standard race series are 10.2:1 compression IIRC a bit high for FI

Oh ok interesting, makes sense.. thanks mate its something i mite keep into consideration in time to come.

cheers chris.

[sly]

Chris, have a look at http://www.snortperformance.com/, scroll down to "Nuts & Guts", there is some good info on pistons & rods for boosted engines there. Not sure if what Brett says above is the same thing as the 20cc depression in the ACL pistons.

[RUKIDN]

Originally Posted by sly

Chris, have a look at http://www.snortperformance.com/, scroll down to "Nuts & Guts", there is some good info on pistons & rods for boosted engines there. Not sure if what Brett says above is the same thing as the 20cc depression in the ACL pistons.

Thanks for the link sly, i do recall seeing that in a past mag it had quite abit of handy info! Definatly given me something to think about for the AU.

BTW sorry about the thread hijacking ford-88 _2:

chris.

[ford-88]

all good found the info handy to for my future project