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Old 12 Oct 2018, 15:03 (Ref:3856269)   #12
PeterMorley
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PeterMorley should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridPeterMorley should be qualifying in the top 5 on the grid
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Originally Posted by Jay Laifman View Post
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.
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!).
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