An $8,000 Question

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Originally Posted by Bad bug

I am only going to say this once,for you to build what is know as a reliable t1 engine you will have to buy parts along the line of autocraft ( expensive ) , gene berg ( expensive ), pauter ( expensive ). What jake is saying is that a t4 2ltr engine can be built from 2.0l to 2.4ltr using the stock crank and be very reliable. Elroocky on this forum ran a 2.4ltr t4 motor in races for 8 years now that motor is in a daily driven bug he says not once have they pulled the block. Jake has taken a 1.7ltr t4 motor and turned it into a 3.0 monster.

you dont need gene berg parts or pauter parts to have a reliable T1 motor.
Other then the Gene Berg Shifter, Intermediate Mount & IDA stacks, most
Gene Berg Parts are over priced and unnecessary to have a realiable motor.
Nor do you need Pauter parts. You can build a realiable T1 motor with
CB Performance, Scat, Demello and plenty of other well know companies.

One more thing, a T4 motor doesnt have to cost you over $10000 to be
good either. This isnt rocket science. This is motor building. There is a point
where it just isnt worth spending the extra $1000's of dollars just to make it
a little better when you can get a damn good motor for thousands less with
out all the extra upgrades that may or may not make it a little more realiable.