Hours to rebuild engine

[Simonjjb]

I’ll shortly be deciding who to send my 73 2.4S engine to for a full rebuild. I’ve disassembled the engine down to the main core by removing all the accessories ( MFI pump, stacks, fuel, generator, fan, cover etc). Then it needs to be further torn down, fully rebuilt and ready to install.

Putting aside sub-outs for any machine work, how many hours should that be? Roughly? Assume all the old accessories have been restored and all the new parts are on hand.

Thanks

[Longballa]

40-50 hours

[jaudette3]

40-50 hours

If you're Scott Longballa.

[50/50]

If yo can get it done any where near that, then write the check.
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[Longballa]

He was asking how many hours to put together an engine if all the parts are already sourced is what I assumed. Of course there's a lot of time involved in restoring and sourcing all of the parts. If you talk to an engine builder and all the parts are there and case work and all the other work has been done then 40-50 hours is what a few great engine builders have told me is how long it takes for assembly.

[Bob Alfonso]

50-60 hours is about average for our engine builder with 55 years experience and me assisting him with the builds. Assuming all the parts are clean and readily available for assembly. It easily takes 12-15 hours alone cleaning and inspecting the disassemble parts.