stangmx13
not Stan
I’m on my 3rd built engine.
The first I bought used from someone I trusted. I ran pump gas in it cuz it was “fine”. Turns out it had more time on it than I inferred and it blew. It melted holes in 2 pistons and was scrapped. A total loss.
I bought a used motor from a builder, which he built to MA regs, and it performed flawlessly on safe race gas. When he rebuilt it after a season, he felt bad refreshing it cuz it showed no wear. I’ll run it all this year.
Building engines is worse than suspension. Sometime you pay a lot for crap. Sometimes you get lucky with someone that knows their shit. Unfortunately, you often have to be the test dummy to learn this.
The first I bought used from someone I trusted. I ran pump gas in it cuz it was “fine”. Turns out it had more time on it than I inferred and it blew. It melted holes in 2 pistons and was scrapped. A total loss.
I bought a used motor from a builder, which he built to MA regs, and it performed flawlessly on safe race gas. When he rebuilt it after a season, he felt bad refreshing it cuz it showed no wear. I’ll run it all this year.
Building engines is worse than suspension. Sometime you pay a lot for crap. Sometimes you get lucky with someone that knows their shit. Unfortunately, you often have to be the test dummy to learn this.