Originally Posted by
WiseGuyOnCouch
as for the engine build, it is NOT an option right now, so stop trying to explain to me the ability to do that for just a little bit more money that I don't have. A STOCK MOTOR IS THE GOAL RIGHT NOW (yes i understand it is practically pointless, but given my current situation it's the only option i have, plus at the end of everything i'll have a stock motor still left over). i'm simply trying to make one motor out of two and have the other left over as a base to play with. Yes it's a very shade tree style idea, but it's what i have to do for now to get to where i need to be
I understood your idea completely, and a stock motor is not pointless. I was just trying to make you aware of the additional cost, regardless of what parts you already have. So you have a good head, crank and rods. It will cost money to have a machine shop press the wristpins out of your pistons, and transplant them onto the donor rods. You cannot reuse the old gaskets, or bearings. And I wouldn't even think about using the old oil pump as a failure would destroy everything you've done.
Given the amount of labor involved with what your trying to accomplish, it makes absolutely no sense to try and do this without spending additional money for piece of mind. At the very least, its going to cost you near 1k.
AND - Stop trying to convince you? Chill... I was just offering advice, not trying to force you. Its your car, and there is absolutely nothing wrong wit building a stock motor. Sorry for trying to help.