Picked up my new engine
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Picked up my new engine
I still have allot of work to do including painting the block. I'm going to finish the water pump and timing case cover natural and just clear it.
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RE: Picked up my new engine
Nothing big, it a 289 bored .030 over with lots of go fast stuff!!! 9.3:1 compression, Edelbrock Alum Heads, Edelbrock intake, Edelbrock Carb, Comp Cam XE262H-10, ARP Bolts, Keith Black pistons, High volume oil pump and a few other goodies.... 
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RE: Picked up my new engine
Wow that looks so good! So your going to paint the block with all that suff bolted on? Are you going to take a few things off first? They wouldnt paint it for you? I see you covered the intake with tape, make sure you cover the holes for the coolant too. Its just as important.
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RE: Picked up my new engine
With everything brand new except the block and 289 crank it's $3200. An I mean everything right down to the ARP bolts and ST STL bolt set. I know you can get crate engine for about $3400 but, not like this combo.. I looked this up at one point and to get this in a crate was going to be over $5000. Now remember, we are talking about everything including the ceramic coated Try-Y shorty headers that are not shown. The Headers alone were $400.
It's going to look sweeeeeet under that hood when its done.
It's going to look sweeeeeet under that hood when its done.
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RE: Picked up my new engine
Painting the block is no big deal, done it MANY times, even with it in the engine bay. Not going to take anything off, everything is torqued down and ready to go. I told them not to paint it, I use POR-15 with a brush and its self leveling. When its done, you will swear it was done with a spray gun and it will be hard as a rock.
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Wow that looks so good! So your going to paint the block with all that suff bolted on? Are you going to take a few things off first? They wouldnt paint it for you? I see you covered the intake with tape, make sure you cover the holes for the coolant too. Its just as important.
Wow that looks so good! So your going to paint the block with all that suff bolted on? Are you going to take a few things off first? They wouldnt paint it for you? I see you covered the intake with tape, make sure you cover the holes for the coolant too. Its just as important.
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RE: Picked up my new engine
thanks for the prices. It gives me a really good idea of what I could do to my 289 thats .030 over. But that will be in 5 or more years because I have to pay for college now!
