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On 10 Sep 2001, at 17:15, Daniel M. Hoopes wrote: > my local guy will charge me $1,750 for all that if i tear the engine > down myself and do the assembly past longblock stage and put the > engine in my car. is that a good deal? That sounds like a lot to me, but it would be worth it if he is REALLY good, careful, and knows type 3s WELL. Note that it's extremely unlikely that you will find all these things in the same person. I helped a local machinist do a type 4 a couple years ago, and I don't think it cost much more than this, and type 4 parts are lots more expensive. > gene berg says stock oil pump is better than all the new "high volume" > ones, right? I don't think GB goes this far, but you should be aware that there are lots of poor quality HP pumps out there which are junk. > just clean my oil cooler out real good, right? Right, that's what I do. > is it worth it to try to cut and weld my engine tin to use the bigger > Type 4 oil cooler? Why bother? The stock cooler does everything you need and more cooling is not needed. The type 4 cooler might be useful at the higher displacements, but you're not talking about much of an increase. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe