Inliners International Forums General Discussion Engines Rebuilding a 250, looking for advice

Replies to a couple of above posts.

Beater, I'll do the assembly work, but not any machine work. Honing I can do, but anything requiring cutting, no.

panic, A 292 would be nice, but they're hard to find, and they're expensive if you can find one. Or at least that's been my experience over the last couple years as I've been keeping an eye out for one. And if you don't see an engine running when you buy it, it's basically suspect and has to be gone complete through. Plus, I have a "spare" 250 I picked up for $100.

Tom, I went back through and looked, and the first cams I looked at were the billet cams, which are $600 (not $700). I found the Thrifty and friends cams, which are far less expensive, and that's what I'll go with. I'm still not sure how to decide which of the three to go with, based on the descriptions. I don't have enough experience with cam selection to just "know" that I want a certain lift and duration.

Any recommendations on pistons? The forged pistons would blow my budget. I was looking at the Keith Black/KB Pistons 1446C-0x0 as a possible choice.