To Rebuild or Not To Rebuild

[sharpshooter33 at roadrunner.com (David Brown)]

what do you consider rebuild and what do you consider freshening up?

I consider freshening up a lite rebuild - honing, polishing, new bushings 
and rings, etc...
rebuild meaning - balancing, aligining, porting, etc and the above.

If that's it I would go with freshening 8-)
$.02
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Spinney" <vw_85roccoZ400@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Scirocco list'" <Scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:59 AM
Subject: To Rebuild or Not To Rebuild


>I know this is going to be a long-winded post but I would like to get some 
>ideas from more knowledgeable people than myself.
>
> In the next few months I'm going to be putting my focus back on the Rabbit 
> GTI that I am building for my G/F (Jen).  With any luck I will be pull the 
> old tired 8v motor out in the next few weeks and do some much need body 
> work to fix some rust before dropping in the new powerplant.
>
> Little history on the motor. This motor was from my 98 Jetta GT that I was 
> using as a daily driver until it was wreck (coming up on 2 years ago now). 
> The motor always ran strong and was pulled with just over 120k.  However 
> this motor has now been sitting in the garage for 2 years, which makes me, 
> worried.
>
> Which leads me to my question.
> Should the motor be rebuilt or not or should I plan on just freshening the 
> 2.0L ABA motor.  I'm trying to keep the price to a minimal budget and not 
> go over board with my spending.
>
> TIA
>
> -Brian
> 85 Scirocco 8vT       01 Jetta 20vT       84 Rabbit GTI
> 86 Bronze Scirocco 8v
>
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