New Sadie's b-day is coming up on Nov 1.
I know I've been saying I was going to rebuild Old Sadie's 289 and drop into New Sadie, but I've come to the conclusion that a crate engine will actually be a much better route to go.
The number one reason is because a crate engine will have a 3 year warranty wheras if I rebuild Sadie's 289 and something messes up, I'll be out a lot of money. Plus we plan on moving across country in about a year or two so it will be nice to be able to drive Sadie out there with a new, dependable, warrantied engine rather than have to trailer her.
But also, I've been using New Sadie (with a 302) as my daily driver. Ever since I got her, I've been having problems with the timing & vacuum leaks. We've tried everything we can think of to get her running good but it's just been getting worse and it's finally gotten to the point where I don't trust the engine to get me back & forth to work and I'm tired of dropping money on that engine when I don't plan on keeping it. I also don't have a lot of free time to spend right now for rebuilding Old Sadie's 289 and I can't borrow mom's Jeep forever. So I figured the quickest approach would be to get a crate engine to drop in.
I'll still be rebuilding Old Sadie's tranny (New Sadie's isn't too bad so it will do for now), and using various parts from Old Sadie (including the hood), and parts that I bought specifically for Old Sadie (a lot of the interior pieces) so I think I'll be transferring enough of Old Sadie's spirit over so that New Sadie can keep her name.
Now I just need to pick out a crate engine (going with a 302 so I can use New Sadie's engine as a core).
-Chelle
I know I've been saying I was going to rebuild Old Sadie's 289 and drop into New Sadie, but I've come to the conclusion that a crate engine will actually be a much better route to go.
The number one reason is because a crate engine will have a 3 year warranty wheras if I rebuild Sadie's 289 and something messes up, I'll be out a lot of money. Plus we plan on moving across country in about a year or two so it will be nice to be able to drive Sadie out there with a new, dependable, warrantied engine rather than have to trailer her.
But also, I've been using New Sadie (with a 302) as my daily driver. Ever since I got her, I've been having problems with the timing & vacuum leaks. We've tried everything we can think of to get her running good but it's just been getting worse and it's finally gotten to the point where I don't trust the engine to get me back & forth to work and I'm tired of dropping money on that engine when I don't plan on keeping it. I also don't have a lot of free time to spend right now for rebuilding Old Sadie's 289 and I can't borrow mom's Jeep forever. So I figured the quickest approach would be to get a crate engine to drop in.
I'll still be rebuilding Old Sadie's tranny (New Sadie's isn't too bad so it will do for now), and using various parts from Old Sadie (including the hood), and parts that I bought specifically for Old Sadie (a lot of the interior pieces) so I think I'll be transferring enough of Old Sadie's spirit over so that New Sadie can keep her name.
Now I just need to pick out a crate engine (going with a 302 so I can use New Sadie's engine as a core).
-Chelle