Well my primary role right now is to gauge different options and ideas to share with other people. Others may find that $300 isn't too bad for a needle bearing, or think it's just plain waste of money. Each to their own I guess. To me, knowledge/experience is more important than money .

I may be wrong, but from my understanding, having a bearing for the auxiliary shaft may be more reliable. This may be an expensive exercise or it could be a great improvement, I won't know till I try, however I do need to think about it.



Thanks. I was hoping the bearing might be similar to wheel bearings (inner/outer races as one package...but obviously not tapered) so, as you mentioned before, get it interference fitted to the shaft, making removal so much easier.

There is never a guaranty that if you buy another engine that it will be any better.
You spend $200 on a wreck or used motor and you are half way to fixing it for ever anyway, if the one you buy is any better then what you have.

For some people like yourself, money is the key driving factor. For others knowledge and understanding is more important then a few dollars.

OK...

Hi mate just interested to know if you ever went ahead with the engine rebuild. I am sorry I didnt have time to read the whole thread so I just putting it out there before someone shoots me down. How much did it end up costing you?

I am keen on looking into the ACL race series kit for my EL fairmont because I am getting a whipple installed soon.

Thanks

I have stopped for now...mainly because of time and money. Saving up for a Europe trip in June so it is on pause. Another reason is because I am chasing a block that can still be fixed up. My original block has a worn out auxiliary shaft hole, which needs to be bored out and sleeved...or bored out and double race bearings put in instead, both of which cost more than a broken EF/EL engine. Once I have a block, then all I really need is to buy the ACL rebuild kit (race or standard, not sure yet), which is the bulk of the cost.

So sorry can't give you a total cost yet, but I got quoted $700ish from Repco for an ACL Race Series rebuild kit.

EDIT: Sorry around $700, rather than $900 for ACL race series kit. My bad.

Too easy thanks anyway mate.

Bit of a old thread dig, did you ever finish this mate?

Nah ended up completely scrapping it. Donated the engine to another member when we tried to do a DOHC on EL block. Didn't work out due to cost and too much mucking around.

It would have cost too much and having lost my job I just had to bin the whole project. Would have been nice but unfortunately I haven't won the lottery.