what do you guys think? is that too much?

it's a short block with the 3rd and 4th bearings gone, no transmission, no head.

my friend is selling it to me and i was wondering about your input.

INPUT ME. please.

 

Is it cracked anywhere? Does it come with the crankshaft and main caps? Who cares about the bearings - you'll be replacing those I would assume.

If its in good condition and comes with a good crank and main caps then yes great deal.

 

not cracked, or so he says...he just blew his bearings and brought it into toyota, he said that right before he brought it in it was actually still running just burning oil like a ****.

it comes with crank, main caps, rods, pistons am i forgetting anything?

 

Well who cares about the rods and pistons.. those will be in the trash I'm hoping. All the other things you can transfer from your current engine.. lower case, oil pan, etc.

 

If you pick it up. GL with the build

 

exactly, or i just pick up a tranny from another 2az.

i already have two oil pans...i think it includes the lower case too. im not sure i have yet to actually see it cuz i'm lazy as ____.

 

yep, just called him and it has everything but a head and a tranny.

 

by trash I hope you mean for sale......why throw away perfectly good parts?

 

How do you know they're perfectly good?

Even if they were, I wouldn't sell used stock pistons and rods to anyone only because I'm not an A-hole. It's bad to reinstall used parts like that. Why invest in the machining to prepare cylinders for used stock parts - and even if you try, the clearances will be even larger because the stock parts are already worn in.

 

exactly, or i'm going to hang them on my rear bumper.

a row of four. dangling in the wind. clanking to the music of my blow off valve.

 

that's it? i wanna hear what everybody thinks.

 

if you dont want it... Ill take it!!!
lol

It sounds good, really good.

 

lol, too bad it's mine. and i'm going to get it anyways lol.

 

Alright... You won this round.!

(insert clever come back here)

 

if everything is good with it id jump on it bro....

the best i can do for a short block is 300-350 for an 07-up block or 500-550 for whole engine.

 

im going to ask if i can pull the crank and check the journals..
if not i'm going to save up more and ask you to help me out.

 

always happy to help you out bro

 

i hope the journals are still good, it would suck if they aren't

 

the bearings on this 09 engine that i got looked prestine, damn near reuse em. I was quit shocked to see that since one rod was bent. Thats why i assume it ingested water and stopped that piston dead cold in its tracks bending the rod. I was told that it came from a flood car so i kinda put two and two togather.

 

LOL none of that is a very valid point as it would differ for each build. Using used stock assemblies is not a bad option for folks that are just trying to get their cars running. As long as clearances are fine, people who are not building an engine for performance usually have no issues whatsoever.

So as Steve said, they could be perfectly good. Maybe they're not. It's a case by case decision.

Lastly - to AEN - I purchased my last car's (bare) block and caps for $80 and a crank for $75. Seems like you're beating my prices to a good deal if everything works fine.