To slightly sidetrack here: if you have an engine with ~160k/mi on it, sitting on an engine stand, would you take the time to tear it all the way down and work it over, including the new rails? Or would you just do the upper rails and tensioner, replace the chain, and put the engine back together?

I've been trying to figure this one out, on my first v8 MB engine swap, so this thread caught my eye.

Sorry, that's the end of my hijacking of this thread!

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Testing the cheap Mercedes axiom, one bolt at a time...