rebuild of 68z/28 engine questions..

[markinnaples]

Just seems like a good idea to have everything that was built previously without your direct knowledge gone through and double checked as the last thing you want to do is grenade your 302 relying on something that you're not 100% sure of. Just my personal opinion. In the long run, the money you save on trusting the old rebuild may be a waste if the engine wasn't built exactly correctly or if the time has created a weakness that was previously unknown, and you'll end up spending what you saved plus a good amount more on a complete new rebuild or new engine entirely.

[black69]

again, thanks for all the inputs!!! I am new to a 302.

When I wrote this thread, I was already corrupted by this 1968 Road and Track article below that unfortunately gave me the mindset these engines were safe up to 7500. Articles like this one maybe are to blame why so many Z/28s blew. You just get a mindset they were designed to be robust up at the high RPM range of 7000 or so.

Learned alot in the past days.

https://www.curbsideclassic.com/vint...d-shift-point/