My parts car has a b20 engine that seem to run well and has a over bore and hoter cam. I do not need it and its for sale . I am in Rochester NY. The previous owner said about 30,000 miles on it. Come hear it run help take it out . $200. It has a weber and IPD alumim valve cover so those pcs are worth what I want.
Joel the locksmith
jjsnell@frontiernet.net

Hey, All. I'm in Annapolis, MD. My budget for a long block is $1,500. I know of a few cores right here in my town, but I wasn't interested in rebuilding. Now I may be interested in rebuilding if I can do it for under $1,500. That $1,500 would have to include pistons, rings, cam, cam bearings, crank bearing, rod bearings, etc. I would want the block bored, and necessary work done to crank and rod journals and all that stuff.

Anyonw know of steps that can be ommitted in a B20 rebuild that may save money?
I thought the bottom end of these things are super tough (meaning maybe I wouldn't have to do anything to the bottom end except replace the bearings)

I had several grand put aside for a top shelf performance rebuild (Phil S.), but my finances took a big turn and now I'm down to much less.

I'll buy a nice used B20 longblock or do a cheap rebuild.

Any more thoughts?

Deluxe

It might help if you give a location where you are at.

Pm Fidel on turbobricks
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They pop up from time to time on e-bay (in fact there was a rebuilt B20 head up as late as last night). It isn't that hard to find them kicking around junk yards with lots of miles (there is a '75 245 with a B20 in one of the local scrap yards here - 175K miles). It seems that some parts of Canada/USA have one every few feet (mostly west) while the east has none. You may have to pay for shipping, but don't pay more than $200 for a rebuildable core long block.

It took me a while to find the B20 that I'm working on, but they are inexpensive to have rebuilt. So unless you are pressed for time, I'd look for a rebuildable core and do the rebuild locally or yourself.

Craig