it's really confusing. The "mexican" cases are already clean, have the cam plug groove, and have all the studs in there. The BZ cases are dirty, have no cam plug groove, and are missing a lot of the studs.
I THINK that the baywindow Ts ended production down there too. There are a lot of "commonly available" products that are soon to be bye-bye, so it's time to stock up (this is not a sales pitch).
I have heard that these items are not going to be available again, but I do find it hard to believe, EXCEPT I've been trying to get some so WE can stock up, and they ain't available, which leads credence to the "rumor".
Tiger Stripe 009 points
009 distributors (thank you!) Blue Coils
043 heads etc, etc.
I know the SP heads are gone, now you can just get NOS or rebuilds.
The BZ "engines" are single relief, they aren't nearly as good as the Mex engines, and run a lot hotter because of the oil system design (this is one of the reasons why they are $1000 instead of $1400+ BTW). An importer bought a bunch of them, then found out they were single relief, and found out that NOBODY wanted them, they couldn't get rid of them even at a $100 loss. That's why there's such a good price on them, most MECHANICS don't want to touch them.
The new Mex longblocks are an excellent value; if you price out the cost of a REAL rebuild (not re-assembled), you'll find you save about $150 if you do it yourself. It makes the most sense for MOST people to buy it and swap over your parts and have fun with the friends/family instead of trying to save $150, but everyone has a different opinion.
hope you guys enjoyed more useless information. stock up now if you have the $$.
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