waiting over 3 month on engine build?
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Covid... I've been waiting for my Lg 22,000 btu a/c with wifi since April.. I feel your pain!!
Had a few of these built and unfortunately about right. Covid doesn't help either, waited damn near a month for a Cometic head gasket. Other thing I've noticed is during race season guys who compete get dibs. Street car guys aren't their main concern when the big money guys are missing races.
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Local guy waited 6 months his last year. I think his builder said 6 weeks.
Thats true that damn covid just ruining shit as always.
oh damn thats scary..head that way myself
Depends on who you use as well. Prob less common with the big name joints
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This is normal, covid or not. The only way you get to the front of the line is being a high profile customer or $$$$.
Go to any reputable engine builder and (3) months is getting it fast tracked! Especially in the middle of the race season!
facts!
right on thanks for the input.
Took 12 months for mine but was a crazy busy shop doing mostly racing stuff.
About a Day and a half for a long block build. (I build my own) hehe..
i definitely wanna build my own one day, always thought if I get another lightning Id do a budget gt500 rods/pistons "build" and try to do it myself or with some help from a friend.
Seems like all shops say 6-8 weeks but they really mean months
As long as you don’t skip steps, pay attention and focus on what you’re doing, building an engine is not really that hard. I’ve built Honda 2.0 4bangers that made well over 500hp, and V8’s that made over a grand. It’s all about paying attention to the smallest details.
I think my last one took two days. But that was triple checking every clearance.
Yep. Took about two months at the big shop I went to, and they had hundreds of engines. They were at least pretty accurate with their estimate.
As mentioned above, the only guys who got fast tracked were the promod guys who dropped off engines with a blank check.
And there's no such thing as "off season" when it comes to race shops. During the race season? Gotta have it done right away for the next race. Outside of the race season? Everyone is rebuilding and upgrading. Never a slow season.
Really depends on how busy the shop is. Mine took a few months before they even started it.
and now things are on back order, Ive seen builders bitching about availability and pricing on main bearings
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