My Pete rebuild

[Nostalgic]

(06-16-2018 )Rawze Wrote:  I know you are using after-market internals for that engine. All I will say is that you should not expect it to least a million miles like that. - I can't tell you how many people i have met in the past who tried to save a few $$$ here and there with those kits, heads, cranks, etc.etc. and such only to regret it later. -- They WILL bite you in the arsse and to put it bluntly, if you were doing this for other people, I would tell others to run like hell away from your shop.

Commercial truck engines are NOT car engines. They need to be absolutely reliable and to precision factory spec with factory spec metallurgy if someone is going to sink tens of thousands into one to get it right. I sure hope you have your plastigauge and micrometers handy to measure, spec, and fit all that after-market crap together properly,... your going to need it to get it right.

I knew your view when I wrote up the post - I'm just surprised it took this long lol. I've seen a lot of factory 871's that never made it past 600k for one reason or another. One could use the exact same argument on automotive parts as well.

That said, I do/did admit the crank was a gamble. I won't even mention that I'm trying to decide if I want to compound the gamble by sticking a Dorman dampener on the front.

I can't think of a single mechanical failure of a Dorman hard part. Anything with electronics attached to it is another story, but even then, cost vs anticipated lifespan that makes a decision.