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Sometimes you just can’t look at the money anymore and you just have to finish it. It sucks, but it happens.
Looking for opinions on low budget 360 build
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Sometimes you just can’t look at the money anymore and you just have to finish it. It sucks, but it happens.
j par
Well-hung Member
And he can make $5,000 to 10 seconds... bahaha...
j par
Well-hung Member
I've got a $226 manifold in my Speedmaster shopping cart waiting for it to go on sale. The next time I try and make any budget power it's going to be with a 360 magnum from the Pick-n-Pull for under $200 with a 6-month warranty...
dano
Evil Handy Man
No such thing as a cheap rebuild other than a can of paint and some silicone sealant. Unless you can do a lot of your own work and have a buddy who will do machining on the cheap and a connection on parts you might save some money. But it will still cost you. After going through my 340, 3 times and having build several other motors, just do it right the first time with good parts and find a good, knowledgeable shop. You leave a lot on the table doing it cheap even on a mild build.
What about machine work?
Bl1zzard
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Yeah, that's the kit I was looking at.
ChargedDart75
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Once you go through and select the options of oversize, the kit is almost 500 bucks. If you upgrade to better rings, bearings, and cam it's closer to 600. I think for now, I would do like others have said and get a running Magnum and a cheapo intake for now and save this block for the stroker down the road. If you have $700 in a running Magnum, that's less than half of what you'd like to spend. Happy wife, happy life lol
The cost of a cheap rebuild is $1500.
Find the cheapest kit, add machine work, you assemble it, that’s cheap. If you can get away with a bone you do yourself, that’s great! Drop some of the cost big time there. But it still only gets so cheap.
Getting away with a super simple re-ring kit and gasket set is not an easy “LA” engine to find. That’s why I said @273 killed it on that post. Grab one from fan to flywheel/flexplate, oil pan to cylinder heads and add on the bolt on’s, your ready to rock.
Oil pan, vacuum advance distributor, intake and carb w/a air cleaner, headers or exhaust manifolds, and that’s done. Oh! I also used an Edelbrock electric fuel pump and relay kit made for the carb!
I’ll add a cam shaft later.
Find the cheapest kit, add machine work, you assemble it, that’s cheap. If you can get away with a bone you do yourself, that’s great! Drop some of the cost big time there. But it still only gets so cheap.
Getting away with a super simple re-ring kit and gasket set is not an easy “LA” engine to find. That’s why I said @273 killed it on that post. Grab one from fan to flywheel/flexplate, oil pan to cylinder heads and add on the bolt on’s, your ready to rock.
Oil pan, vacuum advance distributor, intake and carb w/a air cleaner, headers or exhaust manifolds, and that’s done. Oh! I also used an Edelbrock electric fuel pump and relay kit made for the carb!
I’ll add a cam shaft later.
Dfr360cuda
Diagnosis... Plum Crazy.
mygasser
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they were giving those manifolds away free with a pair of heads last time i looked. now my logic to her indoors would be ''i'll be buying the heads sooner or later so it may as well be now and i will get the manifold for free, saving $226''. i've got that stuff past her before with new front wheels, '' it needs front brakes but the wilwood kit needs bigger 15" wheels, shall i buy new stock brakes and then spend again on the wilwood's when i can afford the wheels too or save the cost of one set of brakes and get all the good stuff now?'' she went for it!!!
neil.
Wish I had your dough....
I've never spent 1500 on a engine in my life! LOL. My "now speedmaster headed 360" is about 1450 but I have a real good set of 360 heads I could sell and redeem about 350 bucks of that bringing it back down close to 1100. Wish I had your dough.. 
Wish I had your dough....
Yeah well......you don't know what I've SOLD to get here, either.
AJ/FormS
68 Formua-S fastback clone 367/A833/GVod/3.55s
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I left my wife out of it.
I do the books, and I can't take it with me, so I gave her an allowance, and the rest I spend.
Mostly on the house tho, so if I go first, she can sell it and retire.
But I am so sick of working on the house....... Judgement Day might get here before I finish.
I do the books, and I can't take it with me, so I gave her an allowance, and the rest I spend.
Mostly on the house tho, so if I go first, she can sell it and retire.
But I am so sick of working on the house....... Judgement Day might get here before I finish.
Same here. Except for me it’s my guns.
TT5.9mag
Two atmospheres are better than one
In my area running take out magnums can be had between $500 and $700. I got a complete 90k mile magnum 360 with harness, ecu, intake, and air box for $700 and got to hear it run before I bought it. It had a bad balancer, and the timing cover was worn through so I had to replace both of them. If you run one carbureted you have the cost of the intake, carb, gaskets, a distributor, and a fuel pump. So it won’t be just pull it and install it. The costs add up quick. $1500 would be hard to do. But I still think a “quality” rebuild on an engine you currently own would exceed $1500. Your call. But if time is a factor swapping a magnum in can be much faster.
j par
Well-hung Member
Instead of having three vans four trucks and 6 cars you can have one van two trucks and two cars that have nice stuff...Wish I had your dough....
dartfreak75
Restore it, Dont part it!
Take it from me if anyone knows how to ruin a budget it's me!. Basically you have two options full rebuilt or just clean it and nee gaskets and run it. Personally if that was my engine I would clean it up and run it as is! There is nothing wrong with it as is. Is it gonna make 400hp and run a 9 sec quarter? No no it's not but it will get you in the road and enjoying your car. Everyone in here makes great suggestions and have a lot of knowledge but most of these guys are racers and perfectionist! They are gonna pick your budget apart! Haha just clean it buy a new oil pump and gasket kit, bolt kit and put it back together. Personally if it ran I wouldn't have took it apart. I had a old man who is big into cars tell me only a fool would pull a running engine! I live by that advice!
Move to America where the dollar is strongerWish I had your dough....
That cylinder wall looks like it is cracked to me in the pic.
AJ/FormS
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It sorta does, but coupled with the other marks and the fact that is has gone 700 miles with no mention of problems,
I went with my gut that said just water-damage probably from sitting
I went with my gut that said just water-damage probably from sitting
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