I was talking to a race tech today about this question of rebuilding a used case. His reply to me is that all racing techs look for good used cases/blocks to build up vs. a new motor due to the tempering of the case/block - the used case is stronger and less likely to fail. True? AB Andrew Grebneff wrote: > >It is still a used engine. > > A used Subaru engine is nfinitely better than a new VW one! |
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