What's it worth? 318 w/some performance parts

flyingfrog509 said

I miss the good old days. The barracuda in my icon I bought for $750 and it came with a 273HP complete engine and an extra mostly rebuilt 318. That about how much I paid for this engine tranny combo because I'm impatient. Most of the blocks or cores were going for 200-300 around here and then tranny cores were about the same. So 500-600 bucks and then rebuild it all, then buy all the performance parts. So I rolled the dice and figured I'm not loosing out unless I happened across a good deal. (haven't seen a good mopar deal in my area in a long time)

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If the fluid on the dipsticks looks clean, clean 'em up & drop 'em in, don't over-think it. If it's been more than a year since it was running, You may want to pour a little Gumout in the breather tubes & let it soak a day or so, but I'd put it in & roll it. I've seen "junk" run for 20+ years, and "I did everything" 's that couldn't finish their maiden voyage, and "crate" engines are a big ??? unless a known Pro shop does it.
A former co-worker had a "crate" BBC in His mid-'70's Nova drag car, low 12sec ride, nothing wild, cam bolt came loose & lunched the motor. I say if it runs, run it & enjoy it, focus on the restoration. JMO.