[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
how good are the GEX engines? i am thinking about getting a type 3 turnkey engine. mine has over 200,000 miles on it. --mike ....well, with my Fasty, came the last engine. It was a rebuild the PO had installed and it had grenaded after only app. 10,000 miles. He threw it in for me to use for parts for the low mileage engine that he installed in the car to replace it. Looking at it, curiosity got me and I decided to pull it apart. First thing I discovered was the GEX stamp on the case. After pulling it into pieces, I discovered all the rod bearings scuffed with one turned, the crank was cut WAY undersize, the case was align bored WAY oversize, the heads, even though they still looked pretty and new, were a poor POOR attempt at rebuilding a screwed set of heads. The heads looked to have been welded to repair cracked combustion chambers and a piss-poor (excuse my potty mouth) job done of it. All but one of the spark plug threads had inserts installed. The only parts I managed to save off of this engine were the pistons and cylinders(not a mark on 'em).I contacted the PO and he verified that he had bought the engine from GEX to the tune of somewheres around $800.00. Needless to say, after having no luck with the waranty dept. at GEX, he had nothing good to say about them. Is that enough of an answer? You'd be better off hiring a mechanic you know and trust to build you an engine using parts you know are good quality.Using parts you buy assures noone can make money off of you by cutting corners using junk parts. Hope this helps. Marc 1967 Fastback 1600 New Mexico Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitch in! Send your pledge of support! mailto:support@vwtype3.org