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Old 04-09-2015, 09:43 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by elhigh View Post
Maybe for you.

We don't all have garages, we don't all have engine hoists, we don't all have years of mechanical experience. For some of us, making little changes here and there is the limit of our competence, "dipping our toes in," so to speak. It would be better to encourage and constructively advise those people, rather than tell them to drop their idea because it's old or obsolete.



Also old and obsolete. But it works.
I've done probably 20 engine swaps. I admit it can be fun. I also don't see much reason to swap a perfectly good engine out of a daily driver, for something from a junk yard that may have unforseen issues.
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