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irish

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I have an extra motor sitting in my garage I was going to use for a project but wound up selling the project car so I need to sell this stuff but I don't know what it is worth. It is a 1970 351C 2 bolt main, 30 over, fresh from the machine shop ready to build, new freeze plugs, cam bearings, freshly bored and align honed, decks were fine, wirebrushed and painted new ford grey. With it is a set of open chamber 4v heads that are in good shape as is, but someone wanting to do a build would probably rebuild and put in stainless valves and hardened seats etc,
What should I ask for this stuff?
Matt

 

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86bluecobra

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Not tech mate. The classic guys would have a better idea as to what that is worth.

 

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irish: You were gone from Classics Talk by the time I checked in; but you might try posting that question up over on Classics Tech. There are a few Classic guys over on both Talk and Tech that watch for Cleveland stuff; and a couple of them have been known to also haunt www.mercurycougar.net ; where there are quite a few "Cleveland guys"; especially among the 70-73 crowd.

I've a 30-over 2 barrel C myself; sitting in the car and waiting for me to properly "finish the top end". Not interested in a 4 barrel motor myself; I'm getting to old and gray to live a lot of life above 5500 RPM; so I'll keep the deuce.

 

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I originally posted in 5.0 tech to try to find out what my 351C stuff was worth, I have the stuff in the above post and a c-6, an edelbrock performer(2V I think), A holley 600. Not sure if any here will be interested due to shipping expenses but I am not sure what the stuff is worth and would like to sell so I can finish off my Saleen clone and start driving her(think the wife wants to drive her too but dunno bout that)

 

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Unfortunately not a lot of the stuff is desirable. The block is nice, and if it was done by a reputable shop, or at least can be measured out well, should sell for the 250 area.

I sold my last 2v Performer intake for 90 dollars.

Open chamber 4v heads are worth a couple hundred at most, especially not assembled.

I have a block sitting in my garage too, just as you described. I didn't find it worth it to try and ship it out and deal with the hassle for how much money they bring in. So mine sits, waiting for my current block to blow.

And SD: I hear you on the 5500 part. My new aussie 2v motor still likes to see 7000

 

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Well lets see the block was gone through by a reputable shop and is ready to build, I figured a clean performer was worth about 100, the heads are assembled, however if I was going to build a motor, I would go through them to save myself the potential aggravation of having to take them off if they aren't right later. The c-6 works, even as a rebuildable core it should be worth 150(torque converter included) Holley 600 clean but needs rebuilt maybe 100? What do you guys think, around 850 bucks worth of parts piecemeal or sell as a lot for 750?
thanks
Matt

 

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used c6 maybe 100-150 bucks convertor included. no transmission shop is going to give you $150 for a core trans with or w/o convertor, maybe 50-75 bucks if you were to go that route so selling it to an individual for double what a trans shop would give is pretty good.
used 600 holley (dime a dozen) 50-75 bucks, i wouldn't pay more than 50 bucks for one personally.

just my 2 cents