Long block options for my '76 2.0, advice needed Options

[Queenie]

Greetings to all.

One of the guys at Rennlist pointed me in your direction & I'm hoping to get some advice...

It's soon going to be time to rebuild my engine and I'm looking for a reliable supplier for a long block. As the title above says, I have a '76 2.0 liter. I was thinking of ordering from GEX but having recently done some research, that isn't sounding like a very good idea.

Any suggestions, advice, comments? Thanks much.

[Queenie]

I'll help draw some attention to your post.

Welcome to the board !! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif)

I used to recommend GEX until they screwed over a couple of friends.

I honestly build my own bottom ends... so I dont really know of a "supplier" per se.

B

Thanks, Brad. Looks like there's lots going on here, so I plan to stick around. I'm not just here to beg for help (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

To give a little more information about this project: What I most likely need is valve guides - a big pain in the butt from what I understand.

So, in order to save me some cash, my ex-husband has graciously offered to do this rebuild for me for the cost of parts and some tools - not a bad deal. But I'd rather save him the headache of splitting the case, so we were thinking to just get a new long block and be done with the hassle (as if there's any such thing as a hassle-free engine rebuild).

The car is my daily driver, so I can't afford to be without it for a very long time, especially not during the school year. I can walk to work, but school is a whole different story. I need the rebuild to be as painless as possible, although having been through several other air-cooler rebuilds I know that that's a laughable concept. I guess I should say "as painless as possible - all things considered."

Maybe it would be a better idea to just do the valve guides and only deal with other problems if they show themselves in the process of that job?

One thing is for sure: I'm not getting rid of the car. I love it to distraction (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)