Re: Kanter Deluxe Kit for V8

Posted by PackardV8 On 2008/7/18 11:48:09

The question was asked: "does 1365.oo sould like a good price?"

It cost me $600 in parts to overhaul a 1988 4 cyl Ford engine about 5 years ago. The engine needed new pistons on top of all the other major O'haul parts required.
So the $1365 mite be a fair price. Check the price of major O'haul kit for an SBC from other suppliers and compare. I havn't recently.

BECAREFULL that u really need new pistons. A;so becareful about the head gaskets. There are some reproduction Packard V8 composistion head gaskets out there that mite be too thick. I don't know. As i understand it, Kanters pictures are "representative pictures" and not necessarily of the actual parts supplied. So the metal head gaskets in the pic may not be metal. I don't know. These are questions and analysis i would do prior to ordering.

I ordered Packard V8 engine parts (NOT a kit, i didn't need a kit) from Kanter about 6 years ago and they were good parts. The intake gaskets were composition and rather thick but not a major issue for intake gaskets. HEAD gaskets are a different story tho.

Need to do your home work to determine exactly what u need and the nature of the parts in the kit.