ErikEverhard

Need a motor for a 97 z28, and I just found this one. What's your opinions, and what questions should I be asking the seller?

"Newly rebuilt lt1 block and heads block was bored .30 over has new flat top pistons new crank and freeze plugs. Heads was shaved down .15 making them 50cc block has cam and lifters in it, new crank stock cam "

Asking 1,400

tricked94camaro

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compare it to other 355's

Catmaigne

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New crank as in a new GMPP 526 crank? Or some cast garbage from china?
GM lifters or comp junk?
And did someone really go out of their way to buy fresh cam with stock specs?

$1400 lolno

ErikEverhard

He is saying he spent 2,300 to have the motor built. He was asking 1,800 but came down in price because he says he needs the money. Either way I am going to call him tomorrow and try and get all the details, and also see if he has the paperwork with all the number from the shop that built it.

I will get back with everybody.

Cajun ELESS-ONE

paper work, paper wor,k and more paper work is the only way to know. if he tossed it then get the number of the shop and see if they can pull the info up. i wouldnt toss the receipts if i was him just incase i wanted to sell.

jurezgez

I am going to call him tomorrow and try and get all the details

97pontta

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I got burned years back on an engine that was "rebuilt". The price was really cheap and I trusted the guy, which turned out to be an engine with spun main bearings. The guy replaced the bearings without any other cleaning of old bearing material or machine work and called it "rebuilt". Hell, I even found a piece of a maple leaf between the bearing shell and the block! Luckily I found the issues before I installed the engine.

My advice is to get paper work and be 100% positive the work was done correctly by someone with the skills to do so, not by some guy in his back yard.

GhosT5

Oh wow

19trans79amws6

I brought my lt1 to machine shop,machined to a 383 with all eagle parts 900 for parts and 400 for work. then you can use stock heads and intake if u want and have a cheap motor set up. I personally put lt4 hot cam,lt4 heads and lt4 intake with 1.6 gm roller rockers 30 injectors 58 mm tb.

camar0corey

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I bought a real cheap "rebuilt" LT1 almost the same story, except I didn't know the person. They even delivered the engine, in a new powestroke Ford so I thought eh maybe I got lucky. Went to pull the heads and I couldn't even get a socket over the first bolt...... Thought what the hell? There was so much metal in the oil the socket wasn't able to get on the head of the bolt. Thankfully the block was in OK shape, ended up parting it out for a bit of a loss. I think I paid like $600 delivered or something. Joke was on me.

ErikEverhard

I called the guy and he said he has the paperwork for the build, and he also gave me the name of the shop that did the work. He said the only thing I would need is to buy a gasket kit. He told which to buy because since the heads have been machined the gaskets are going to change the compression. Now he did say the crank he bought was OEM from auto zone. What's your thoughts guys? Since the rebuild the motor has not been in a car.

Shownomercy

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Bout tree fiddy

93M6Formula

And I bet it barely broke out of the 13's..... That's a pretty lowsy setup right there, no offense.

19trans79amws6

it dyno at 459 at rear wheels. its faster than ls1 cars. evrything is ported and polished and has been dyno tuned. It is in a 1996 buick roadmaster wagon w 411 rear end and a t56. I can keep up with the new 2010 ss camaro. they cant pull on me and i cant pull on them.

19trans79amws6

i part out these cars. 1993-2002 camaro and trans am. i have 35 cars in parts. i sell the lt1 motors for $650 complete drop out. that is with 100,000 miles and up on those motors. and yes this is for a running motor,i leave them in the car before i pull them. just trying to give a few options. 1400 sounds high on a lt1. you can start to find ls1 motor trans pcm and wiring for $2,000-2,500 complet drop out. alot of people ask alot for lt1 on cragislist. I sell in atlanta ga cragislist.

93M6Formula

Now I know you're trolling.... There is no way you made almost 500 HP with a hotcam 383.

Catmaigne

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lolwat

19trans79amws6

sorry i put 489, it was 459

93M6Formula

Uhm...... There is still NO way. More like 359 if you're lucky. Unless you put in some absolute B.S. correction factors.

BizZzatch350

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If that's how the advertisement was worded I wouldn't trust it on that alone. Sounds like a bunch of random stuff thrown in an add. LT1s aren't difficult motors, but unless you know the person who built it and trust their work, chances are you'll get burned. It's a SBC but incompetence in assembly or machining will lead to trouble. I rebuilt my 398 that I bought off a member here and was there when the short block was reassembled. None of it is really hard but the person doing it has to care. A lot of people know what they're suppose to be doing, but so few seem to do it. In my case Dave Diluca who originally built it did a great job, I expected to have to refresh the engine as I would any used motor, rings, bearings, polish the crank, etc.