What is a rebuilt 2.0 liter worth? Options

[r_towle]

Here is the deal.
I have several motors that I could build.
I am working on quite a few 356's now.

I would like to figure out if I could make a few bucks by building, testing, (leak down and compression, no dyno) and selling these motors complete.

If the value is there, I will do it.
Otherwise I will sell each item on ebay.

I am testing the waters here.
Rich

[ericread]

I really don't know how to vote on this one. I would (if I had the money) gladly pay 6-7K for a Raby engine. A Motormeister engine I wouldn't pay 1K for.

So I think you need to determine who your target market is going to be. Are you looking at building engines for racing, daily driver, AX? Another question is if you are going to try to compete with the pricing of Raby's kit products? It all comes down to how you have modeled your business plan. If you stray from the business plan, you are risking financial disaster.

Another thing to consider is that people whom vote on a survey are not necessarily the people who are going to become your customers, so be careful of the value you place on the results.

That said, I believe there is a large market for a daily driver engine that is easy to drive, gets good gas mileage, and is very, very reliable.

You've been participating on this board much longer than I have, and you expereince is much, much greater than mine. So there's a good chance I have only repeated what you already know. Anyway, that's my $.02.