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I feel your pain....
Posted by KB900psi (more from KB900psi) on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:43:30
In Reply to: Viggen with bad engine, Tim R., Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:56:52
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Tim,
I have been in your situation and can relate to your frustration. My first decision I had to make was either to pursue fixing it (as your making right now). The second was how. The third was who. It took me about a month to decide the How and Who part of it...but after a bit of research I found both. I'm in Portland Or now and eventually found a knowledgable mechanic in Missoula Mt who has rebuilt at least 4-6 Viggens with blown pistons. I realize your may be suffering from different past but he is very aware of these engines. I will email you his contact info.
Unfortunatley the rebuild cost nearly $6,000 with a new factory block and many new parts. This was over 2 years ago and there were only 16 Viggen specific blocks left at the factory. My next best option was to find a good 2.3l block and start over...replacing what I needed along the way. I found it could be done for around $3-4K... depending on who could do it. Many found you could put race pistons in etc. after finding a good block to start with. If the head is shot that can be very expensive too.
Also look at some threads posted under my name. Its a lot of work to find a solution for this, but hopefully you can find the right one.
Hope something can be worked out for your Viggen.
Kirk
posted by 170.2.5...
One of the many threads about this...
Posts in this Thread:
- Viggen with bad engine, Tim R., Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:56:52
- Been there., Andy E, Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:26:27
- Re: Viggen with bad engine, jimg, Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:37:00
- I feel your pain...., KB900psi, Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:43:30 <-- Viewing This Message
- best of luck, ckpaden, Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:09:41
- I really feel for you..., Dave in Houston, Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:17:45
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