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time to tear her apart and rebuild

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2.3 turbo power

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my 85 744ti (215k miles) is sick with low compression in #1, its time to rebuild her, i pulled the head today and found ive got a few blown rings and the engine seems to need a good boring out. my question is are there many options with regards to complete rebuild kits that use decent parts aside from IPD's for the money? ive looked around the internet with not a whole lot of luck. help me in my quest to make my old tired tractor motor newer and better(or atleast as good as it was when it rollled off the boat).
 
I ordered my stuff for my car that has a b230f, same stuff you need(headgasket and all the things inbetween). The prices are about the best, but packaging sux. I ordered my parts from them and the box was literaly half open, the tape was falling off and two things were missing. The fedex guy told me he had to flip the box over to keep stuff from falling over, thanks :grrr:.

Since I ordered via the Gold Amex card, called up Amex told them to hault the payment. Sent FCP an e-mail about the missing stuff and packaging, few days later responded saying they will ship it out. Today is day three from when I received the e-mail...so I'm still waiting for the parts. But I have ordered through them before, and they do get everything to you. Although they are a bit slow and packaging isn't the best I would still order through them, they're a pretty reputable company.
 
I have purchased a bunch of stuff from FCPG, and UPS always delivered it intact. I had a minor problem with a set of Bougicord wires, and they made it right.
 
Just got my package yesterday through them...all is well. FCP is the way to go...if you need help a bunch of people right now are pulling their heads including me.
 
yeah, from what ive read everything about my engine is at best not very good, weak cylinder walls, 9mm rods etc etc, the engine came out today, the head bolts were really effen tight which struck me as odd on account of its being aluminum, also it appears that if i were to bore the cylinders to accomdate new pistons they would need .040-.050 removed. im thinking about stripping it( carpet dash interior etc) and putting in a nicly worked over 940 b230ft(the newer the better, 13mm rods, squirters and such) with a kg2t or ipd turbo cam and loads of boost with some sort of piggy back fuel computer, im rambling now due to some jim beam, but ive decided a rebuild is simply not worth it, thank you all for your imput though.
 
They sent me a poorly packaged water pump once (and the wrong pump to boot). I emailed them and they fixed it right away (well, as fast as ground shipping from the east coast can fix something).

I have made multiple orders from them and only one of them was messed up.
 
2.3 turbo power said:
yeah, from what ive read everything about my engine is at best not very good
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WHAT????

You have a B23FT, THE MOST coveted engine imaginable. Just don't overbore it too much.
 
she was born in march of 85 so that is apparently late enough to have a b230ft because on the side of the block is cast B230, so it is just junk after all, but she ran great for well over 200k miles, i was talking to my dad on the matter and he suggested puting a sbc 350 in it, the problem is id have to bang the crap out of the trans/driveshaft tunnel, get a new driveshaft and of course the total cost which in itself would not cripple me financially,l but i am extremely frugal, the other option my father suggested was to send her to the local scrap yard up in southern indiana, not really sure what to do yet, gonna have to sleep on it.
 
I'd rebuild it...it will be a great learning experience while you tear stuff apart and a b230ft is a great engine.
 
2.3 turbo power said:
she was born in march of 85 so that is apparently late enough to have a b230ft because on the side of the block is cast B230, so it is just junk after all, but she ran great for well over 200k miles, i was talking to my dad on the matter and he suggested puting a sbc 350 in it, the problem is id have to bang the crap out of the trans/driveshaft tunnel, get a new driveshaft and of course the total cost which in itself would not cripple me financially,l but i am extremely frugal, the other option my father suggested was to send her to the local scrap yard up in southern indiana, not really sure what to do yet, gonna have to sleep on it.
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I think BenFlynn put his 91 F+T in his 85 744 for around 200 USD.

edit:// that's mainly because the Pull-A-Part charges 125 dollars for a short block.
 
2.3 turbo power said:
she was born in march of 85 so that is apparently late enough to have a b230ft because on the side of the block is cast B230, so it is just junk after all, but she ran great for well over 200k miles, i was talking to my dad on the matter and he suggested puting a sbc 350 in it, the problem is id have to bang the crap out of the trans/driveshaft tunnel, get a new driveshaft and of course the total cost which in itself would not cripple me financially,l but i am extremely frugal, the other option my father suggested was to send her to the local scrap yard up in southern indiana, not really sure what to do yet, gonna have to sleep on it.
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don't put a 350 in it, don't scrap. these guys know their stuff on here, get a later short block, clean up the heads if interested and have fun. It'll last forever.
 
Not to beat a dead horse or anything, but I just rebuilt my '89 B230ft and did it on the cheap. I even left the block in the car. I did it as an experiment and a learning experience. Luckily a friend insisted I borrow his ridge reamer. I borrowed another friend's honing tool. The machine shop hot tanked the head, lapped valves (in case the thing didn't work I didn't want to spend another $100 for the 3 angle grind) replaced the seals/silencers and reamed the wrist pin bushings all for $159. I have put just about 3500 miles on her and other than a noise at idle that sounds like someone shaking a can of spray paint coming from the engine somewhere she runs great. I mean if I can do it you can too. Under $1000 in parts and machining. Have fun!
 
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