Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 308 Engine Rebuild II

[Matt Boyd (ferrari308driver]

Shaved horse,

Keep us posted, I am strongly leaning towards doing this myself on my
308 QV. Photodocument, etc....we'd appreciate it, and I'm sure you'll
appreciate it in the future.

-matt....still rueing the day he didn't buy the euro 328 crate motor
from malcolm at ferrari uk for $7700 plus shipping just 3 or 4 years
ago....

'85 euro 308

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Michael James
<cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> Six of One, half-dozen of the other - I'll spend what a new, crated QV motor 
> would go-for at today's market prices (if you can find one anymore).  Sure, 
> Rutlands might have a used one sitting on the shelf, but I'd be buying an 
> 'unknown' motor and have to take it apart anyway to make it right.  I still 
> thought about it, but I remember Michael Scallion pursued that once with 
> negative results so this was the way to go.  The only pricey parts I have to 
> replace, right now, are bearings, some valve bits, and piston rings.  We're 
> NOT going with factory piston rings or valve stuff if we can help it, which 
> should save quite a bit of $$$.  I'll have brand-new seals, bearings, 
> gaskets, belts, and hoses and all the work will be guaranteed.  I will have a 
> better-than-Factory engine when we're finished this spring, and will get 
> another 100K miles out of it before we have to do this again.
>
> M