Bought a 481X block from a scrap yard today

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Know a guy that runs a local scrap yard. He’s given me a couple LA aluminum Intakes over the years plus a complete 1973 340 motor. I kept the crank, rods, and heads and got rid of the rest. Bored were tore up pretty good. When I need some iron for a project, he just gives it to me, as I bring him stuff from time to time.
 
Scrap yards by me wont sell a thing, they just buy scrap. There have been a few things I wanted and offered them good money for and they always say no we don't sell, it's going to get melted down.
 
brian6pac said:
Scrap yards by me wont sell a thing, they just buy scrap. There have been a few things I wanted and offered them good money for and they always say no we don't sell, it's going to get melted down.
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On the contrary scrap yards sell everything! LOL they're not just keeping it and hoarding it for themselves and a big massive pile lol they just sell it to a bigger scrap yard...
 
j par said:
On the contrary scrap yards sell everything! LOL they're not just keeping it and hoarding it for themselves and a big massive pile lol they just sell it to a bigger scrap yard...
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Here in the PNW it goes into a shipping container straight to China. Used to sell them all the steel wheels we had because they'd take the tires too.
 
I guess I just figured out why there was velcro strips on the face of the block, probably to hold the glass top on it in a guys man cave. I'm looking at $2500 for used rods and mains, another $5K for a crank. Yikes. This is for an engine that doesn't have coolant jackets. I'm in over my head.
 
So is there any obvious damage to it?
 
RustyRatRod said:
So is there any obvious damage to it?
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No, none that I can see,
I am not familiar with 5000 hp engine blocks, why there is a 1/8" space between the pistons and cylinder walls is hard for me to comprehend. Are they set up so loose?
 
crawsfire said:
No, none that I can see,
I am not familiar with 5000 hp engine blocks, why there is a 1/8" space between the pistons and cylinder walls is hard for me to comprehend. Are they set up so loose?
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If it's that much, they're the wrong pistons. Someone probably just threw them in there.
 
crawsfire said:
No, none that I can see,
I am not familiar with 5000 hp engine blocks, why there is a 1/8" space between the pistons and cylinder walls is hard for me to comprehend. Are they set up so loose?
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There is a liner missing.
 
How much? Sounds like you need rescued from that scrap idol you've scored there...
 
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