WTB: LX Engine in NY area

[Jho]

:Grabs popcorn, and gets comfortable:

[mike_moss]

whoa now, you said they were in better condition, not that they were cast smoother.

from my experience, my GTR head is no smoother than any of my ford heads. so either i have a rough GTR head, or smooth ford heads. or, its all a crapshoot as we said above.

plus like i said... how much does it matter that the casting is smooth? it doesnt.

-jon

Yes I was referring to the casting. I failed to mention it since there was talk about the casting.

I agree it could be a crapshoot on a small numbers level. But the gentleman that I was speaking with rebuilt many a BP (when I say rebuilt it was for performance, this involved hand porting and polishing and such) and he reported that the Ford heads generally required a bit more work. This was after building a number of motors over a number of years.

Personally, if I were buying a motor I would be willing to pay a slight premium for a Mazda BP due to the casting theory as well as the MBSP. I can understand not everyone would care as much about this though.

Enjoy!

[EricM]

well put. interesting info.

[therieldeal]

meh.

these motors are getting harder and harder to find, beggars cant be choosers.

-jon

[mike_moss]

Hey man, I agree with you completely - you gotta pay to play.

I personally never seem to have an issue buying BP's - both when I need one and when I don't. But then again, I know quite a few people in the industry and they all keep an eye out for me.

Enjoy!

[Jho]

meh.

these motors are getting harder and harder to find, beggars cant be choosers.

-jon

Protege BP's are a dime a dozen here.

I'll pay someone to take the one in my garage.