Just soliciting ideas - tired of my /6 smell. Options

[patssle]

My car is pretty smelly and it's rather annoying as I like to daily drive. The engine (3.0L with Webers) is probably in need of a rebuild, thus burning oil, and there are no cats. Even though I did the /6 conversion myself I'm not really interested in doing a full engine rebuild myself. Paying somebody 10k minimum doesn't excite me either.

I've always had a dream of building an electric car but that's $$$. You can also buy a brand new LS3 engine for less than 8k. I could always sell my complete 3.0L along with the /6 conversion parts to fund a different engine project.

Just playing around with ideas. I might not do anything at all and just deal with it. Any thoughts?

[Cairo94507]

Bruce (Flat6pak) on the Pelican site rebuilt my 3.2. Now, we have not installed it in the car or fired it yet, so I can only comment on working with Bruce. He was a terrific guy to work with and kept me well informed and updated throughout the project. We spent at least an hour on the phone talking about the build specs before he touched the motor. His advise is what I needed and relied upon to build an engine for my Six that would be bullet proof.

Now I did not want a "race" motor. I wanted a solid 3.2 with the original Motronic injection that would start and run perfectly every time. The only real upgrade to the 3.2 was the 964 cams and a custom Steve Wong chip. I would guess I am into the completed motor for <$11K, including purchasing the motor. I think that is very reasonable and hope that when Scotty installs it and turns the key it fires immediately and runs perfectly forever.

I seriously considered a 3.6 for my car. But in the end I believed the 3.6 would be overkill for what I wanted. I am not going to be tracking or auto crossing my car. It is just going to be a fun street driver for mostly around town and some local trips. The 3.2 ticked off all of the boxes and the was that.

OH, I found my 3.2 by placing a WTB in the Pelican classified section. A word of caution here. The motor was represented as being a slight smoker with 40K miles on it that had never been opened up. Now, I planned from day one at the minimum to split the cases and have it refreshed and resealed to provide me some comfort as to future performance and reliability. However, once Bruce got my engine it became clear it had been opened up before so we ended up doing more than expected to make it right. I am not mad about that, but a little upset the seller, a long-time Pelican member, misrepresented the motor. In the end, I am much better off knowing Bruce did a full rebuild as now I won't worry about the motor. Money well spent.