slo98

Im thinking of buying this short block from a private seller for 1500 shipped. Do you guys think it's worth it? I'm only loooking to make 450-500 at the crank which the stock windsor crank should handle fine from what ive read.
Just looking for opinions before i pull the trigger on this. thanks

BUILT SHORTBLOCK: BRAND NEW ROMEO BLOCK, 8 BOLT WINDSOR CRANK, SVT H-BEAMS, DIAMOND PISTONS STD BORE FLYCUT FOR PTV CLEARANCE, KING ROD/MAIN BEARINGS, ARP SIDE BOLTS,ARP MAIN STUDS, CANTON WINDAGE TRAY, STEEL RACE RINGS FROM MODMAXRACING, ARP ROD BOLTS, HIGH VOLUME OIL PUMP

Nightfire

Sounds legit. I'd have a machine shop go through it to make sure everything's clearenced correctly and whatnot

slo98

just found out it's not balanced. Should this be a deal breaker? how much to get balanced or should i even bother...?

Nightfire

Balancing isn't a big deal but it a good idea. My machine shop charged me $200 to balance my rotating assembly.....but this was prior to the motor being built. Just an FYI, MMR's Street Mod 600 shortblock costs $1000 more but is balanced, blueprinted, professionally built, and comes with a warranty.....

slo98

Yeah iv'e checked out the mmr 600... probably just hold off for that...

uberstang1

Plus one