340 damage dilemma
I'm trying to rebuild my 340 for weekend cruiser but need to make a decision on whether to scrap the block or not. Hopefully somebody with more Mopar engine building experience can advise. The block was damaged from wrist pin so I had it bored .060 and sonic checked. Results were not good, particularly on #4 which was already sleeved. When asked if he would dump about $2K in parts into the block with the measurements taken, the machinist's answer was a quick "No". Also needs new crank, pistons, and heads.
I already have about $950 in machine work, cleaning, and inspections. He can sleeve the whole thing and bore it back to standard for an additional $800 and not charge for the first bore already done. I checked around and found an '82 360 short block with 103K miles for $325. To get that cleaned, inspected, and bored to .030 would be another $500 or so.
Financially, seems to make sense to just sleeve what I have because you never know what surprises may be in the short block.
Here are pics of the measurements from the machinist's report, left and right. Let me know what you think.
I'm trying to rebuild my 340 for weekend cruiser but need to make a decision on whether to scrap the block or not. Hopefully somebody with more Mopar engine building experience can advise. The block was damaged from wrist pin so I had it bored .060 and sonic checked. Results were not good, particularly on #4 which was already sleeved. When asked if he would dump about $2K in parts into the block with the measurements taken, the machinist's answer was a quick "No". Also needs new crank, pistons, and heads.
I already have about $950 in machine work, cleaning, and inspections. He can sleeve the whole thing and bore it back to standard for an additional $800 and not charge for the first bore already done. I checked around and found an '82 360 short block with 103K miles for $325. To get that cleaned, inspected, and bored to .030 would be another $500 or so.
Financially, seems to make sense to just sleeve what I have because you never know what surprises may be in the short block.
Here are pics of the measurements from the machinist's report, left and right. Let me know what you think.
