Jim, I assume you are speaking as if you do all the work yourself, as in a kit install from Bostiq. If Bostiq does the work, would that not be a different kettle of fish? mcneely ---- Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM> wrote: > You'd have to swap the engine, but the whole package/system is not lost. > That's the point of the Bostig to begin with, your eggs aren't all in the > engine basket so to speak. Percentage-wise and dollar-wise it's small vs > say another flavor of boxer powerplant where a majority of the conversion > investment would be lost if the engine failed due to neglect. > > > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > > > > > But this one came from Bostiq, or they did the work, and it cost more than > > $300. The point was to compare what would be lost due to maintenance > > neglect to the cost of oil changes. The whole package is what would be > > lost, not just the cost of the block. > > -- David McNeely |
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