Thread: ID these heads? They don't look Vortec! + other questions

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Originally Posted by Saxman

Well, being new to SBC's, I did not know anything about Vortec heads, so he had me there. Even after I got the car home, he sent me the link to the Summit website pointing to the 330hp Crate. He advertised the car here: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2389944 - so it is obvious that he claims the crate engine was 330hp. Summit doesn't have any other 330hp crate engine.

The guy's business is out of his back yard, so I doubt he does a lot of business - especially doing this kind of thing.

I mis-understood.
I thought this was a ligit business.
In other words you bought a used engine off some guy out of his backyard.
Now we are getting somewhere.

Am I putting too many zeros in the asking price? I see 5 zeros which would be $50,000.00. Tell me he had too many zeros in there please and that the price was really $ 5000.00.


Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Am I putting too many zeros in the asking price? I see 5 zeros which would be $50,000.00. Tell me he had too many zeros in there please and that the price was really $ 5000.00.


Don

Even at $5,000 this seems to much.

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Am I putting too many zeros in the asking price? I see 5 zeros which would be $50,000.00. Tell me he had too many zeros in there please and that the price was really $ 5000.00.Don

Yeah, but I talked him down from $50,000k to $39,000k. DId I get a good deal at $39,000?

OK - actually, I got the entire car for $3k. So, I talked him down $47,000 - and I guess that's why he stiffed me on the engine! Here, I thought I got the car for the cost of the crate engine, but I was wrong. I got it for the cost of two LM1's. Still a good deal considering everything underneath is powder coated or Por-15'd. He did all the busy work for me -- and bought the V8 conversion ($2k) to boot.

Still, it would have been nice to have 330hp.

Ok, that's better. You didn't get hurt at all at that price. Maybe you didn't get all the engine you were promised, but overall the price was fair. Can't expect too much for that kind of money these days.

Fix the bugs and enjoy it.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Ok, that's better. You didn't get hurt at all at that price. Maybe you didn't get all the engine you were promised, but overall the price was fair. Can't expect too much for that kind of money these days.

Fix the bugs and enjoy it.

Don

Will do. I hope to have it on the road in a couple of days (I/m off today and tomorrow).

THanks!