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jamis · 01-03-2004, 07:22 PM

I picked up a 454 from a junk yard in Miami yesterday. Block casting # 399289 2 bolt with peanut port heads. I has all the front stuff like pulleys, brackets, PS pump and resv. I took it apart today and found a std. size steel crank, +40 forged flat tops wich are junk because it looks like the engine overheated and got hot enough to melt a piece off the #2 piston crown. It has a morroso 8 qt. pan This engine must have not run long after being rebuilt because it had no carbon build up. If anyone is intersted in the stock AC comp. brackets make me an offer I cant pass up.
What do you guys think, was it worth the $500 dollors I payed for it. Just dont tell me you could of sold me one for $300:p

*rage'nrat638* · 01-03-2004, 08:29 PM

500.00 and it don't run.....DOHOO

724x4a/cchevy · 01-03-2004, 08:43 PM

Thats a little more than what i would have paid, then again im only 16 and dont have a job!

724x4a/cchevy · 01-03-2004, 08:44 PM

You may be able to sell the powersteering pump and resevor and brackets.

cdowns · 01-03-2004, 08:51 PM

i think $500 is ALOT of money for a blown up engine

Stroker · 01-03-2004, 08:53 PM

If it's a rebuildable core then you got a decent deal. Around here 454 cores go for about $500 without any accessories. Hopefully all the cylinders are OK since their already .040 over. Did you have any scuffing in the cylinder with the damaged piston?

jcueckert13 · 01-03-2004, 09:00 PM

as long as the block is rebuildable you didnt do to bad. around here a pos 350 will go for $400

**FRENCHBLUE72** · 01-03-2004, 09:03 PM

That;s what I paid for mine but it ran and was included in the suburban deal..

Rod · 01-03-2004, 09:18 PM

Looks like the block has some correct brackets/.. you selling parts of this motor... if so send me a price on the ac brackets if there correct for a short water pump BB. Rod

jamis · 01-03-2004, 09:41 PM

They gave me a 30 day guarentee, if it didnt run just take it back to them. But BB are hard to find around here that havent been used in a marine installation. The big problem with those old marine engines is you will never get all that flaking rust out of the block and you will clog more radiators then you can count. The burnt piston is no big deal to me, I've got some others floating around here some where. I have a complete rotating assembly for a 502 but havent been able to find a block for under $1000 used and then I have to buy heads, brackets and pulleys..blablabla.... before you know it I have a $6,000 engine that will see 1,000 miles a year.

There are at least 50 junk yards in the Miami area, guess how many had a 454 of any year. Just one

Too bad teeitup dosn't live closer to me, he has a stock pile of them.

01-03-2004, 07:22 PM	#1
jamis F.A.S.T. president Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 1,883	junk yard treasure or junk? I picked up a 454 from a junk yard in Miami yesterday. Block casting # 399289 2 bolt with peanut port heads. I has all the front stuff like pulleys, brackets, PS pump and resv. I took it apart today and found a std. size steel crank, +40 forged flat tops wich are junk because it looks like the engine overheated and got hot enough to melt a piece off the #2 piston crown. It has a morroso 8 qt. pan This engine must have not run long after being rebuilt because it had no carbon build up. If anyone is intersted in the stock AC comp. brackets make me an offer I cant pass up. What do you guys think, was it worth the $500 dollors I payed for it. Just dont tell me you could of sold me one for $300:p Last edited by jamis; 10-05-2007 at 07:11 AM.

01-03-2004, 08:43 PM	#3
724x4a/cchevy Self-proclaimed LED man Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Harrisburg, Missouri Posts: 1,021	Thats a little more than what i would have paid, then again im only 16 and dont have a job! __________________ My LED Website My Photobucket Album of LED's Ask me about hand-made custom L.E.D brake and reverse lights. <- LINK I also do LED: -Third Brake/Cargo -Brake (truck and burb) -Reverse (truck and burb) -67-68 Front Turn Signals -69-70 Front Turn Signals -71-72 Front Turn Signals -GMC Front Turn Signals I can also do custom lights for other vehicles....i did a set for a AMC Gremlin once Norwood Survivor

01-03-2004, 08:44 PM	#4
724x4a/cchevy Self-proclaimed LED man Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Harrisburg, Missouri Posts: 1,021	You may be able to sell the powersteering pump and resevor and brackets. __________________ My LED Website My Photobucket Album of LED's Ask me about hand-made custom L.E.D brake and reverse lights. <- LINK I also do LED: -Third Brake/Cargo -Brake (truck and burb) -Reverse (truck and burb) -67-68 Front Turn Signals -69-70 Front Turn Signals -71-72 Front Turn Signals -GMC Front Turn Signals I can also do custom lights for other vehicles....i did a set for a AMC Gremlin once Norwood Survivor

01-03-2004, 08:51 PM	#5
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	i think $500 is ALOT of money for a blown up engine __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

01-03-2004, 08:53 PM	#6
Stroker Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Moore, Ok Posts: 1,149	If it's a rebuildable core then you got a decent deal. Around here 454 cores go for about $500 without any accessories. Hopefully all the cylinders are OK since their already .040 over. Did you have any scuffing in the cylinder with the damaged piston? __________________ 72 SWB parts and pieces Oklahoma

01-03-2004, 08:29 PM	#2
rage'nrat638 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: THE FALL GUY CHICAGO IL Posts: 5,883	500.00 and it don't run.....DOHOO

01-03-2004, 09:00 PM	#7
jcueckert13 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Edgewood New Mexico Posts: 2,088	as long as the block is rebuildable you didnt do to bad. around here a pos 350 will go for $400 __________________ 1990 subaru legcy (daily driver) 1987 Toyota 4runner (weekend toy) 1968 C30 flatbed dually 1970 C10 longbed stepside (in pieces) 1976 Dodge Dart 1963 Dodge Dart

01-03-2004, 09:03 PM	#8
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,608	That;s what I paid for mine but it ran and was included in the suburban deal.. __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

01-03-2004, 09:18 PM	#9
Rod Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Eastern - Manitoba Canada, Winnipeg Posts: 4,369	Looks like the block has some correct brackets/.. you selling parts of this motor... if so send me a price on the ac brackets if there correct for a short water pump BB. Rod __________________ Senior active founding member. 70 3/4 ton GMC Suburban 4x4 250/4 spd. 71 1/2 ton Suburban Chevy 4x4, 350/350 72 Chev 1 ton tow truck 402BB w/Holmes 440 wrecker on propane 2005 FLSTSCI Harley Springer 85 FXSB Harley Lowrider 72 Triumph 650 Bonneville 5spd "Poor people don't have hobbies" Quote from wife.

01-03-2004, 09:41 PM	#10
jamis F.A.S.T. president Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 1,883	They gave me a 30 day guarentee, if it didnt run just take it back to them. But BB are hard to find around here that havent been used in a marine installation. The big problem with those old marine engines is you will never get all that flaking rust out of the block and you will clog more radiators then you can count. The burnt piston is no big deal to me, I've got some others floating around here some where. I have a complete rotating assembly for a 502 but havent been able to find a block for under $1000 used and then I have to buy heads, brackets and pulleys..blablabla.... before you know it I have a $6,000 engine that will see 1,000 miles a year. There are at least 50 junk yards in the Miami area, guess how many had a 454 of any year. Just one Too bad teeitup dosn't live closer to me, he has a stock pile of them. Last edited by jamis; 01-03-2004 at 10:13 PM.



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