CALLING ALL 2056 engine owner/builders, survey for past AND future 2056 builders Options

[orange914]

i am interested in the REAL world cost and issues incured by others who have built these motors. i recently finished one and so far am extreemly happy with how strong and smooth it runs. there where issues as with alot of things but after working thru them, all is well. my 2056 probably has a bit more done to it than most 2056 builds, that may account for the successful outcome BUT maybe not. from what i've seen this is a highly sucessful combination.

don't be shy and tell us what ALL was done and your detailed experiance with building/driving it. this could be a great help for past and present 2056 builds.

if there is interest i'll make another poll on presures and temp.'s

mike (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

EDIT MCMARK: Added "No Problems"

[JimN73]

I'm going thru a 2056 rebuild right now, the outcome of a spun rod bearing. Looked like everything was original when I opened the case, so I decided to 'upgrade' to 96 mm pistons, more performance oriented cam, higher compression and lightened flywheel.

The original estimate was for about $2K in parts, including a slush fund for stuff I didn't know about and $1K for the machine shop to do an align bore if needed, clean up the crank, lighten the flywheel and surface the heads. The plan was to do some/most/all of the work myself. I was given an estimate of about 25 hours for the garage to do it.

As noted above, the heads can really bite you in the butt. Mine had cracks in the exhaust ports. The options are to have them repaired ($400 to $800) and hope the repair is done right and will last, buy 1.8 liter heads from AA for $950 each or buy new from Jake Raby.

I bought new at about $3,300. that's a lot, but it's not as bad as it seems. In addition to the heads, you get stainless valves, springs, shims, adjusters, intake, exhaust, and rocker studs, cam camgear and lifters - maybe I left something out. Doubled the cost of the project, though.