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Originally Posted by J-Groove

This block is gone, my debate now comes to should I get a TT or N/A block.

Which ever way I choose the car will be TT when I rebuild the engine.

Originally Posted by Chain

I am no exspert but if you are going TT I know personally I would get a TT block.
Just makes more sence to me.

Groove - you are scaring the crap out of me, and Chain - if you don't know what the hell you are talking about, kindly don't post... there is enought wasted bandwidth on 3Si.

Groove - back to you... I appologise if if get a little bit condescending here, but you keep talking about blocks, and I don't know if you know the difference between blocks, short blocks, and long blocks, I am assuming you DO know the difference, and that when you say "block", "block" is what you mean...

That said, the N/A and the TT BLOCKS ARE THE SAME! Both are high nickle steel, the difference isn't the blocks, the difference is what you do with them. First you talk about wanting a TT block for the lower compression, then start talking about N/A "bare" blocks. I am sure you have researched the build, but it seems you may need to brush up on it again. Blocks don't make compression, blocks just sit there, the pistons and the rods make the compression.

If you were just getting it back to a stock state, I would say, sure, get a factory shorty, you can get one for about 2400 new... but you AREN'T taking it back to stock, you are upgrading, the question is, HOW MUCH are you wanting to upgrade??? If you reuse your old internals now that you have the opportunity to change them, and especially if you dont at least put in forged pistons, you need to be slapped like a stepchild. Don't cheap out, you will definately regret it later.

My $.02