5liter87

So, ive been contemplating buying a crate motor for quite some time now, or rebuilding my current motor because i certainly do want something faster than the stock 302. A friend of mine was going to help me (for a charge obviously) either swap my motor for a crate or rebuild my upper (heads, intake, cam) whichever i wanted. He recently called me up and suggested that we swap motors for some extra cash as well. His motor is a 331 stock block, very large cam (600+ lift i think) edelbrock rpmII intake, all forged inernals, able to withstand 500hp (although it is stock block so probably not). Currently his motor is running 330rwhp. Anyways, id like to know someone's opinion on this..trading my motor which runs fine, just needs rear main seal replaced, and 3,000 cash for his motor which has 5,000 miles on it..is that a fair trade? He obviously has WAY more than 3k into it, but thats the number he mentioned so i thought id run with it. Thank you, any input is appreciated!

jtmustang

is it your good buddy?

and have him atleast show all the receipts for the build.what kind of heads more details as its hard to say if its a good deal without knowing a little more ?

5liter87

yeah, sorry man. afr 185's yes its a very good buddy, he just needs money to pay off debt and he has 03 cobra rearend he wants to install, along with beefing up his suspension so he figured do all that stuff first.

mjr46

may not be a bad deal if it has life left in it and hasn't been raced alot

jtmustang

agreed . how has it been treated..?raced alot?

i would say 3000 for the complete setup his maf to the block to the clutch/stall.........

5liter87

yeah, well no maf i will have to get the conversion for that because i have a speed density. I will also probably be adding a 75 shot so i will literally bolt in the motor and have it towed to a tune shop and have them tune it for the new motor and nitrous. I'm guessing that will be another $1000? To install nitrous and tune it. I wud think that motor for 3k is an awesome deal no? The way i see it...he paid like 2000 for the heads alone lol, considering I would be junking my current 302 anyway if i got a crate..whats the difference if he took it instead of me junking it. i figure me spending $5000 plus shipping plus labor for a crate 302 that runs around 340hp w/out intake is a terrible idea compared to a built 331 (yes no 12k mile warranty, but i know this motor was cared for, only dragged one time) pulling 360rwhp currently (plus 75shot on top of that).