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Tech Talk => Engine Mechanical / Electrical => Topic started by: brian777 on January 22, 2016, 08:35:29 PM
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Well I finally broke out my wallet and found a barn find of a motor still can't believe what I bought fresh 468 all forged internals with aluminum snow flake heads the price was unbelievable $2300 bucks can't wait to get this in my boat
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Nice find
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Well I finally broke out my wallet and found a barn find of a motor still can't believe what I bought fresh 468 all forged internals with aluminum snow flake heads the price was unbelievable $2300 bucks can't wait to get this in my boat
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Just those L89 or L88 winters snow flake heads complete go for three times what you paid for the entire motor. You scored.
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I'm going to sound like a dick here, but. ...
Pull her down to ZERO and check every tolerance.
I personally would not just toss it in.
If any little thing goes sideways, your investment will be lost.
There could literally just be a random bolt left loose or a nut or something down the intake.
Been down both of those roads.
Sweet find.
GT
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I'm going to sound like a dick here, but. ...
Pull her down to ZERO and check every tolerance.
I personally would not just toss it in.
If any little thing goes sideways, you investment will be lost.
There could literally just be a random bolt left loose or a nut or something down the intake.
Been down both of those roads.
Sweet find.
GT
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its getting tore down and blue printed not going to spare one expense
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its getting tore down and blue printed not going to spare one expense
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Good call bud.
GT
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Everything in it looks brand new and all casting numbers are amazing but like you said gt one little thing could ruin it all
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Quick story before the Jameson kicks in and I'm off to lala land.
I took an engine in on a bad debt. It was an LS7 with zero runtime.
At the time I had a 1975 3/4 ton 4X4 Chevy that had a hurt motor. So I simply put the motor in because I was strapped for cash. I checked what I could, but didn't pull it apart. Big mistake.
I got it running (ran insanely well) and took it down the block, run through the gears, awesome. Came back to my shop, pull into the driveway, heard a loud metallic bang, no oil pressure and knocking like an '80's rock band.
After taking the engine back out (it was in and running for less than a day) I found that whoever put it together installed the wrong bolt to retain the oil pump to the main, it broke the bolt and rod 7 and 8 ate the pump. Breaking one rod and shattering one piston ultimately cracking the block, destroying the crank, block and one head.
It was a $3 bolt.
Ended up selling the truck to pay the shop rent.
What could have been a turning point in my life, basically ended up a sad story on an Internet chat board. .
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