tkoral 6 Posted September 16, 2016 Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 I am currently getting a head rebuilt with fresh everything and some 268 shricks. The 93 slc was smoking under hard acceleration and decel. Head looks like cylinders 1 3 and 5 were burning lots of oil. The cylinders all look decent with factory hone marks still visible. My question is should I rebuild the block with new rings and bearings or just get it honed and new rings and leave bearings alone? I've heard that a rebuilt bottom end in a vr6 won't last as long as a factory original built one. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
RBPE 198 Posted September 16, 2016 Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 If you're doing bottom end, or, for that matter spending a lot on the head, get it done properly, always pointless just adding parts without checking the simple things like alignments or cracks - seen many a destroyed engine not doing these things, I'd say wear/tolerances is probably the biggest killer of engines on an old engine - if you spend a lot and not do the basics it's just wasting money! The cylinders might be fine, just new rings to replace worn but with the VR offsets (crank/rod alignment), how do you know that this hasn't worn these areas and/or overly stressed parts in a critical stress area like the rod bolts? Do it once, do it right is my philosophy! Link to post Share on other sites
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