Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Regardless, you still can't do 15 a week. It'd have to be you and quite a few others to do 15 a week.
huh for just a ring and bearing job like you said previously??? How long do you think an engine takes to rebuild? Usually the long time frames a shop gives is one that outsources machining.
Another reason you don't want to run out of gas is some fuel injection systems will need to be primed to restart once ran dry.
1. No, nobody, you, me, Roger, Quix, or even Munchies can do 15 overhauls a week. Even the old style ring/bearing jobs, which really aren't the best way to go anyway.
That's 3 a day. No one man can do that many from start to finish. Nor can two men do it.
So unless you have a shop full of techs, no way you're doing 15 overhauls a week, much less doing high-performance rebuilds, which take MUCH longer if you're doing them right.
2. I don't know of a modern gas fuel injection that needs to be primed if you run out of gas. The pump automatically runs when you turn the key to "start", so it is self-priming. You can run any car out of gas, put some more in, then start it right back up. It will take a few more turns of the engine to pump the fuel back up there, or you can cycle the key a few times to do that if you don't want to keep the starter running that long.
3. About the 15 rebuilds of IHC engines a week....I'd be surprised if there are 15 people in the COUNTRY per week that need in IHC engine rebuilt, much less that many that want high-performance rebuilds.
Until I see a picture of a shop with about 30 engines in it waiting to be rebuilt, I am calling total BS.
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