matt.mcinnes
2F-ETI
I still think you can take some of the things I did and do it on a budget.
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I still think you can take some of the things I did and do it on a budget.
I hope to dig into your thread again later tonight to see the details, but can you give me the quick and dirty of what benefit the Jag rods and Chev pistons offer? Do the rods have a greater length coupled to a shorter pin center to top separation for the pistons? Or is it a matter of weight and strength? Simple pick of ARP bolts for the Jag rods?
*edit* I'm not through yet to see that they were the final choices, but $1100 for the rods and $800 for the pistons before coatings?That's about $100 more than the cost of the truck this is going into PLUS what was shelled out for the 2 drivetrains that are being combined to go in it.
*edit 2* Okay, only $270 for the Jag rods..... and $1850 for the pistons and ring sets.....![]()
Yes but you don't need to buy JE, turbo, teflon and ceramic coated.
Any after market piston for that GM engine maybe a possibility.
I have a set of hi-compression 2F pistons, and cam.
They came from a Man A Fre Hi performance engine.
I would really like to sell them to you but.
Once you figured out you could not use the 3FE head with them, you would be angry with me.
I have rebuilt exactly 1 motor-a VW in the early 1980s so not a ton of experience. However, I would build a mild "normal" engine. If the first overbore is enough to clean up the cylinders, do that and use Toyota pistons, get the motor balanced, and use good rings, timing gears and camshaft. Maybe use the Chevy stainless valves that JimC talks about. You will likely get another 250k or more out of the motor with no real effort.
The risk of custom stuff is that you'll need to re-do it, or it will be so high strung that it won't be great as an all-around vehicle, suitable for trips to the ends of the earth.
Looking forward to the choices you make. I have all the ingredients for the same for a future project.
Doc,
I want to confirm a few things:
1) Is the '83 2F equipped with Domed pistons?
2) Is the 3FE head compatible with domed pistons?
When did the 2F start using flat top pistons?
Thanks. I have been in that thread, but I thought for sure I just read somewhere recently that domed psitons went all the way up to '85...
Either way, I am hosed if I want 2FE in my '78 40 that was rebuilt a few years back.
Thanks!