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Engine Block

im going to pick up a engine block tomorrow. the guy gave me a hell of a deal, says he ran it for a weekend and didnt have enough power so he went bigger so thats why he's selling it. anything i should look for? its a bare block and crank im picking up.

It's a little odd that he would sell just a block and crank if it was a fresh engine. It's a bit difficult to try to explain what to look for if you are not familiar enough to know,, maybe get a friend who knows to look at it with you, or take it to a shop for inspection.

obnoxious001 is right. Even a good machinest could not go look at it and tell you 100% that it is good. You will need to measure things and mag things to be sure it is good. All you can do is make sure that all of the headbolt threads are good and crank looks smooth and not dinged up and nothing cracked or been hogged on with a grinder. Good Luck.

What type of Block is it? Aftermarket? Make? bore size? Price?

thanks guys. he sent me a few pics idk if these will help. its a 505ci bbc nelson racing engine.. in one of the pics one of the cylinder walls looked a little fishy but it might just be me

Originally Posted by Budweiser

Looks to me the seller blew some head gaskets, purely speculation.

Hard to tell much from the photo, but maybe something in between the middle cylinders. I keep asking myself why it's apart if it was that fresh. Better photos and more information would go a long way to anyone being able to tell you if it's a "deal" or not?

decided not to get it fellas. imma wait, find me a nice hull first. thanks for the tips and advice folks!