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Originally Posted by Jay Laifman
Zefarrely mentioned the cost of a 356 engine. I don't know. I've been told that the Coventry Climax rebuilds are $30-$40,000. I'm not quite sure what they are doing for that money - perhaps the aluminum blocks need a lot of hand work. I'm sure there are Porsche guys who spend more than that. But, sure seems just as pricey to me.
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You might be able to spend that kind of money on a twin-cam Climax FPF but single cam FW engines are much less.
Rebuilt road going Climax engines start at $7,500 outright (from people like Glyn Peacock in the UK).
Under $15,000 should buy you a half decent Climax FW race engine outright.
Of course you can spend more (e.g. new cylinder heads are available @$3-4,000) but there might be no need unless you are in a really competitive series (and if you are you'd be quicker with the bigger Ford engine anyway!).