| Dreaming of a new engine |
Subject: Dreaming of a new engine by JeffK on 2011/4/22 17:15:26 I have been thinking about building a "new" engine for my 90 since it has 135K on it and it has some oil blow-by. I found a guy locally that has a 383 short block for sale pretty cheap. It has a spun bearing and bad piston. He doesn't know the cam specs but I figured that I'd end up having to change that anyway. I know that I need to make sure that it is a roller cam. My mind got to turning on this. I obviously am not a ASE tech so I have no idea how to tell if it truly is a 383. Is there a way to visually identify it as such? How badly would I be choking it if I bought it, had it gone over and fixed then put my stock 113 aluminum heads and tpi on it? Any idea a ballpark on how much a machine shop might charge to get the block back in shape? The only numbers that he can find on it are 00062. It is supposed to be a GM replacement block with dipstick holes on both sides. The budget for this is really small so it might be more of a pipe dream than anything. |
