Is it best to build up your motor before it breaks or wait? some people say wait but what if you break it so bad that you have to buy a whole new motor. so would it be smarter to build up the motor now as a preventative measure and to save the costly expense of buying a new one?

 

It depends on your plans with your car. If you blow your motor it could wreck your heads which is what happened to me. If your future build plans with your car is getting new heads it really does not matter much.

 

Just keep running the motor you have now until you can build one up ,and when you go to swap them sell the old motor.

 

Build a spare. That way when your motor goes...if it does...or you just want to swap it out to make more power, you have the other one waiting on an engine stand waiting for you.

 

I always have atleast one shortblock built in my garage and 1 bare block. Its better to be prepared.

 

I am building my motor now before mine breaks that way I can resell my stock motor when I swap it out

 

jvog and ox have this stuff down!!! lol but thats what i want to do when i build my motor...always have an extra shortblock laying around just incase.

 

very smart to get some dough back on your old motor.