Check out the 5.3 I just bought for $100!
11-17-2011, 02:21 PM
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11-17-2011, 05:19 PM
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Not me I threw the idea around with my wife, and she said that it was plain badass, So I'm taking my old spare Datsun 240z engine and making a nice table out of it right now for our livingroom!
11-17-2011, 09:16 PM
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Its only a hundred bucks but it would have been better to just walk away.
My 5.3 was 400 with accessories from a junkyard. And a friend of mine bought a running 5.3 for 150. And I picked one up for a buddy for 325, that one was in WV though and we grabbed it as we were passing through.
My 5.3 was 400 with accessories from a junkyard. And a friend of mine bought a running 5.3 for 150. And I picked one up for a buddy for 325, that one was in WV though and we grabbed it as we were passing through.
11-17-2011, 09:42 PM
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i just pulled my motor out cuase it had a knock in it.. pulled the pan off,,and bam !! two connecting rods sitting in pan.. broke in peaices..woulda never exspected that from the noise it was making..just thought i spun a rod bearing...
11-18-2011, 12:21 AM
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everywhere I have looked around me, people are asking anywhere from $700-$1000 for 5.3's and 4.8's. When I saw this for sale I jumped on it. I figure I could tear a motor down and see what was causing a small "knock" for $100. If it was just lifters or something small like that, then I would be ahead of the game. I may end up seeing what it will cost to clean the cylinder up and replace the rod and piston. I think it would be fun to see how far I could get with it.
11-18-2011, 12:40 AM
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everywhere I have looked around me, people are asking anywhere from $700-$1000 for 5.3's and 4.8's. When I saw this for sale I jumped on it. I figure I could tear a motor down and see what was causing a small "knock" for $100. If it was just lifters or something small like that, then I would be ahead of the game. I may end up seeing what it will cost to clean the cylinder up and replace the rod and piston. I think it would be fun to see how far I could get with it.
Try these guys, they have had several for around $300 and are close to you.(in Lithonia)
1-800-706-8826 S&W auto
11-18-2011, 07:10 AM
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www.car-part.com
great resource for finding junkyard parts.
I got a low mileage Lq4 for $650 using it.
great resource for finding junkyard parts.
I got a low mileage Lq4 for $650 using it.
11-19-2011, 06:32 PM
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11-20-2011, 06:26 AM
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For $100 he'll be fine, he won't lose out on anything, to me I just wouldn't ever look at a knocking 4.8/5.3 as here in KS a good running motor is so cheap.
If I had more room I was going to build an engine run stand and buy up a bunch of them and sell them on craigslist/etc, that way people could come over and look at them and hear them run before buying them. I just don't have the storage space to keep that many extra motors laying around plus an engine run stand.
11-20-2011, 08:50 AM
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Good deals can be found they just aren't raining down. I recently bought a pair of 6.0's. Both were suppose to be good runners. I paid a cheap to good price. One was okay but had light rust in one cylinder. The other had 2 rusty cylinders and 2 cam bearings were destroyed and came out with the camshaft, "good running." I bought them expecting to rebuild them so it was okay. But not cool.
11-20-2011, 09:06 AM
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Oh and I will side with you on this a little I have noticed that when selling things that some people were not willing to travel. I sold a car a few months back advertised craigslist car sold same day but I actually had a couple guys say 25 miles was a long way to travel to look at the car.??? You do have to be willing to travel farther than the end of your driveway.