Thread: buying new engine

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Obviously something was wrong. He took it out and took it apart. Looks to be like it had a bad head gasket (rust between two cylinders And at the ridge of the right cylinder) and at least the head could be bad. Those heads are prone to cracking when over heated. All of this is guessing! You wont know till you get it cleaned up and checked. But $500.00 is not a good deal for YOU! I learned the hard way.

I didn't get your last messages in time to stop me, but it looks like it was a lucky oversight. I talked to a couple other guys who said to grab it, so I
bought the motor, took it to a machine shop, and it looks fantastic. No wear on anything that he can tell. Heads are not cracked etc. Looks like I lucked out and got an excellent deal. Water leaked from the intake into the oil (which the seller told me about), so the machinist suggested that I take it all apart if I want to be safe and check the bearings, but that's it.

My next question is in regards to a street/race/performance type motor that is good all around...This is going into a jeep, which I will offroad, but I would also like to hotrod it. I would like to copy a previous build to hopefully make it idiot proof. So, someone on this forum mentioned the "sledgehammer build" to me which looks awesome, and then I saw the "son of sledgehammer build", which generates even more hp.. but, the torque band isn't as wide or broad. So, for a streetable or fun motor, I would rather have the widest or largest torque band vs just more hp? Is that correct, or someone please set me straight