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Nov 15, 2016 | 06:19 PM

#11

Charlie_V

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From: Longview, Texas

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Originally Posted by Ms.Muse

unfortunately I've reached about the limits of what I'm willing to put into this engine (not the car but the engine itself). It has been more of a financial surprise than I needed, and I have an annual coming up on my plane that I need to do, so I'm pretty well tapped out. I really do wish I could do a full rebuild cause I love this damn thing so much, alas...

question: I have visited the link this site has provided for the rave manual, but can't get it to open on my MacBook, is there a button i'm missing or something? I'm not a computer idiot, but didn't see a link for Apple users. Any help?

The RAVE that should be linked in my Singapore is just a massive PDF file. Should open on a Mac.

Nov 15, 2016 | 06:24 PM

#12

Charlie_V

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From: Longview, Texas

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Originally Posted by Jeff Blake

Haha, this sounds EXACTLY like me. I opted for the full rebuild. It's hard to say whether I regret it or not. On one hand, I should have just driven the damn truck and had fun, but on the other, I'm going to love driving it even more after I'm done. The time and expense is massive, no doubt about that. I just couldn't live with going halfsies on doing the top end only, and leaving the bottom end an unknown.

I did the same. I feel like I've joined a group. I got a parts rover just for the engine, spent gobs on the engine--even calling a British parts supplier for some washers on his cell phone while he was vacationing in Las Vegas--, got a hot cam, took months to get all of the parts, and my rover has the original engine back in it now.

I learned a lot. But one of the things I learned is not to fix what isn't broken. My rover runs fine now but I don't use it... it is waiting for a Chevy engine solution, parked behind a trailer (time out). It may be there awhile. Not a fan of rover engines; nope.