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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 > >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 well, he is a smaller shop and i know the guy personally. he seems to know his stuff and he sure knows more than i do. he does a lot of rebiulds and he is pretty careful. about type 3 specific knowledge, i'm not sure he's an expert, but he's done a few T3 engines before. he said $700 for parts and $500 for his labor, so $1200 for a full rebuild. i save $200 by doing the grunt work myself and then the other $750 is high performance parts ($250 for new case, $350 for 044 heads, and another $150 for cool tin, balancing, and mild cam) does this still sound like too much? >> 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. so, nix on the external oil cooler as well? i have a 48 plate cooler and i don't know if it really does that much good. anyone have numbers to support either way on a type 3? i have a thermostat to return to engine when cold that i could use. thanks, dan _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/