Hey Jerry, I wasn't considering going to a 235, though they are nice engines, I always intended to keep this one original, especially since I think this is the engine the car came with originally. So your saying I should have a shop do a rebuild? One shop already quoted me $2,500. I don't know if they're experts on stovebolts but its a local shop with allot of experience. I don't think the bearings shed so much material, ive heard from a few friends that said they got knocks, they replaced the bearings and it was fixed. If the shop is going to change the rods to newer type rods that accept modern bearings, I'm sure they can clean the oil galleys at the same time right? Ide save allot of money that way and can put off a full rebuild for down the line. Thanks for everybody's input. This is the first time I have to deal with this work.
