2.25 rebuild w/2.5 cam

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  • Clembs
    Low Range
    • Mar 2009
    • 45
    #1

    2.25 rebuild w/2.5 cam

    Hey i have seen forums with the 2.25 rebuild but wanted to get a fresh view of cost parts and time.

    I just found out a friend is doing a rebuild this summer on a 2.25. I am buying his old 2.25 with a down 4th cylinder. I plan to rebuild that with a 2.5 cam and new seals, gaskets, bearings, paint, and dist. I might then (money ?) buy our host SIII rebuilt tranny and trans case combo. I do not plan to replace everything but I have the time, im a teacher, woohoo, and my truck is running nice but a little low on power. What are must to do with rebuilds.
    I plan to port and polish the head with guides, springs, valves, and gasket.
    Hone the cylinders to get compression back,
    Should i get new piston heads or just soak the originals if they are good?
    Bearings, rods and oil pump will be as needed.

    Externals:
    New Dist with me new Pertronix
    Intake Manifold
    Keep carb Webber
    Fuel pump.


    I know Turner is what everyone says but i have the time and am very precise so i think it will be a good project for the summer
    I will weigh cost and maybe a turner 2.5 head will happen.
    Brent
    Wrightsville Beach, NC/ Roanoke, Va
    '67 Series IIa (former Bugeye)
    '86 911 Carerra 3.2
    '88 BMW M5
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    • scott
      Overdrive
      • Oct 2006
      • 1226
      #2
      i did mine last fall. don't know how it turned out cause it's still on the stand. working on the bulkhead and wiring. i went w/ the 2.5 cam, new timing chain gears and tensioner, .06 over pistons, new MB, rod bearings, new rear seal, rebuilt 8.5:1 head. had the crank balanced, cost about $1800. looks great. to good to put into an old dirty/rusty engine bay.
      '64 Series IIA 88 Canvas Tilt
      '68 Series IIA RHD Ambulance
      '76 Spitfire 1500
      '07 LR3 (Series Recovery Vehicle)

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        • Clembs
          Low Range
          • Mar 2009
          • 45
          #3
          how much is a fully rebuilt engine? That seems high for a self rebuild. Another friend of mine just bought a high output turner in his 109 and i thought it was only around 3,500-4,000. Not sure if he just had the heads done by turner but the engine was a full perfesional rebuild
          Brent
          Wrightsville Beach, NC/ Roanoke, Va
          '67 Series IIa (former Bugeye)
          '86 911 Carerra 3.2
          '88 BMW M5

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            • Eric W S
              5th Gear
              • Dec 2006
              • 609
              #4
              Originally posted by Clembs
              how much is a fully rebuilt engine? That seems high for a self rebuild. Another friend of mine just bought a high output turner in his 109 and i thought it was only around 3,500-4,000. Not sure if he just had the heads done by turner but the engine was a full perfesional rebuild
              A Turner is listed at 1950 pound sterling before shipping and VAT.

              Pound is very cheap at the moment.

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                • scott
                  Overdrive
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 1226
                  #5
                  a machinist did almost all the work. i just put on the oil pump, manifolds, dizzy, water pump. the rebuilt head was purchased as a unit.
                  '64 Series IIA 88 Canvas Tilt
                  '68 Series IIA RHD Ambulance
                  '76 Spitfire 1500
                  '07 LR3 (Series Recovery Vehicle)

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                    • jac04
                      Overdrive
                      • Feb 2007
                      • 1884
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Clembs
                      how much is a fully rebuilt engine?
                      The Turner HO long block is usually around $5000 from an East Coast US supplier. A similar engine from our hosts looks like it is around the same.

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