Thread: how much for early big block 348

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Originally Posted by 1gary

Gezzz it had to be 15 yrs ago we went to LPE auction when John was still alive.They where selling off all of his speed parts he had collected over the yrs and got a huge super market rented to put all the stuff in.On one pallet was for one price 5 409's with all the good stuff like dual quad intakes.I passed on it and it sold for $750 bucks.And what with John it was all the best GM had to offer.After the auction was done John told me really there where 5 running 409 engines on that one with only one dyno pull one them.

So I came back home and I was telling a friend that was working on a 348 rebuild for his 58 about how I passed on that deal because it was old W heavy blocks.He looked square in the eyes and called me a idiot.Show me a bill for bearings alone that he had to order and how expensive they are.Said that pallet in the worst case was worth atleast 5 times what it sold for.Yeah I was kicking myself for awhile after that one.

the small mains size were used in bbc in pro stock blocks and still good numbers. many parts i can get just not hard to buy roller rockers . heads. vavles.pistons Ross makes them . i think timming set a bbc upper with a sbc lower gear useing a ford FE chain but i am sure still can buy a set so no mixing and matching But hard to say what size under you can get for mains ? bearing should on not been to bad ,rods are the same as a std bbc cb743 .someone must of seen him coming . i have some stuff from the super market deals my friends use to go down there and buy Stuff from him