Help needed with engine decision
AdamH
Jeeper
Friday was a bad day for me. My freshly built factory AMC 304 , the one that came in the Jeep from the factory, developed a knock after only 200 miles since the rebuild. I had a shop look at it and it seems my engine builder completely screwed up when he built the engine. The crank has deep grooves, the rod clearances are way off, etc, etc..
Let's not even go down the path of going back to the builder. The builder is my brother in law. Issue is I am going through a divorce so let's just say things aren't good anymore with me and that family. I would rather cut my losses and move on with the engine situation.
Here's my dilema...
Do I put the $$ into the AMC 304 again?
or
I found 2 360s of unknown shape for $800 along with D60 and Dana 44 axles out of a J10.
With the damage done to the AMC 304 along with the fact that if the bottom end was built using the wrong specs, then the top end probably is damaged as well.... wouldn't the cost to build the AMC 304 or the 360 be about the same? Or since I know nothing about the 360s, do I stay away and stick to the original engine?
Any advice is appreciated here.
Let's not even go down the path of going back to the builder. The builder is my brother in law. Issue is I am going through a divorce so let's just say things aren't good anymore with me and that family. I would rather cut my losses and move on with the engine situation.
Here's my dilema...
Do I put the $$ into the AMC 304 again?
or
I found 2 360s of unknown shape for $800 along with D60 and Dana 44 axles out of a J10.
With the damage done to the AMC 304 along with the fact that if the bottom end was built using the wrong specs, then the top end probably is damaged as well.... wouldn't the cost to build the AMC 304 or the 360 be about the same? Or since I know nothing about the 360s, do I stay away and stick to the original engine?
Any advice is appreciated here.