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

[r_towle]

Rebuilt stock motor.
New main bearings
New rod bearings
Rebuilt rods (at a machine shop)
Block cleaned, checked for square ...(studs removed, measured on level granite slab to ensure cylinder seats are square to crank and the same distance)
Galley plugs drilled, tapped, inserts.
Heads are from a long hunt to find low mile original heads with no cracks. Cleaned and checked.
Pistons stock, measured, within spec
New rings
Cylinders stock and re-honed
Oil pump blueprinted
Stock camshaft with matching lifters.

I am not trying to get into the business of competing with Jake for hotrod motors. He has covered that market.

You can upgrade to the following things, and we all know what they cost.
Re-done heads
new pistons and cylinders.
camshaft and lifters.

I was initially going to build these for myself. The parts that are going into these motors are from a big stash, but they are the best parts.
Pistons and cylinders are round and within spec from the factory manual.

As stated in my initial post, It will be run on a test stand.
It will be tested for compression and leak down...I always do that before I put a motor in...

When you rebuild a motor, it really does not matter which motor 1.7,1.8,or 2.0. To do it right and to balance and blueprint the motor takes exactly the same amount of time.

Just looking here to see if there is interest in a well built stock motor that will be good for another 100k. If not, no skin off my back...I will sell each part on ebay..
I just completed a 356 motor (actually a 912 motor) this past week and I am firing it up on the test stand today.

I dont see myself getting a dyno soon. I may get a chassis dyno to tune cars, but I am not looking to build hotrod motors like Jake. He needs a dyno to test his ideas. I am relying on the factory for the designs. I just assemble them by hand, one at a time with alot more care than the mass production allowed for.

I have setups for two complete motors.
I will also be selling off the parts for a big motor..That will be in the classifieds soon, once I get all the pictures.
The rest of the stash will be sold slowly.

Rich