said screw hooking up my 4cyl grand am. so i decided to build me another stang. so i figuired id build a motor and find a donor car. anyone know where to buy cheap blocks or short blocks?
Need Help finding block
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donjohn
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I think the car in his sig is now wrecked and that's why he is now looking for a new car to work on.
I say just keep an eye out in your local paper and the classifieds on the various mustang boards and look for a used shortblock and rebuild it as time and money permits. If you want this next car to be a real ringer, start off with a heavy duty block like a dart/FRPP/world products casting. If you want to know why check this out...
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=522621
I say just keep an eye out in your local paper and the classifieds on the various mustang boards and look for a used shortblock and rebuild it as time and money permits. If you want this next car to be a real ringer, start off with a heavy duty block like a dart/FRPP/world products casting. If you want to know why check this out...
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=522621
Holy hell! 
I've never seen anything that bad. The crank was busted right at the snout too. I wonder if the crank took the block or if the block took the crank. I've never seen a crank snapped like that either - right on the fillet.
Let this be a message to the people who want to squeeze big numbers out of a little 'ol stock block 302 or some variation of a 302 in the stock casings.
The only 302 block I would use that isn't DART or World is a Mexican block.
Joe
I've never seen anything that bad. The crank was busted right at the snout too. I wonder if the crank took the block or if the block took the crank. I've never seen a crank snapped like that either - right on the fillet.
Let this be a message to the people who want to squeeze big numbers out of a little 'ol stock block 302 or some variation of a 302 in the stock casings.
The only 302 block I would use that isn't DART or World is a Mexican block.
Joe
That's pretty wild isn't it! I have seen a crank like that once. A local guy was spinning a stock bottom end to... 8000rpms! DOH! It sent the crank right out through the oil pan and onto the ground in 2 pieces, one piece still had 2 connecting rods and pistons attached.
I've seen a rod let go (exit stage rightKillercanary said:
) that mangled up the crank pretty bad, but I've never seen anything like that.Paul did you get my email I wrote back to you? No rush or anything, just making sure you got it. My email account is weird sometimes.
Joe
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Joe, my hard drive took a dump on me last week and I just got a hard drive late yesterday... I did get your email I've just been to busy to sit down and go through all the emails i missed over the last week. I had 60 alone just from work.
Joe, my hard drive took a dump on me last week and I just got a hard drive late yesterday... I did get your email I've just been to busy to sit down and go through all the emails i missed over the last week. I had 60 alone just from work.
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