johndoby

Hi, I'm new to the forums. I have a 66 Chevelle with a 350 that I'm preparing to swap for an LQ4.

I bought this a couple of days ago. It's an 05-06 Gen III LQ4 w/aluminum heads. The motor is a re-man and was in the original shipping crate when I bought it. However, there is slight soot in the exhaust ports, so it appears to have been ran. Do they dyno these before they ship them out, or is it likely that it has been installed? I popped off a valve cover, and it looks brand new...still has the little green paint marks from the reman. It almost even looks like it still has the anti corrosion coating on it, similar to what you see on a new brake rotor. Right now the block is at my local race shop getting checked out. The guy is a SBC BBC guy, so hopefully he can manage with a more modern engine.

Do you guys think $800 was too much of a risk considering the lack of history?

retardedpenguin

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You can get LQ motors for alot cheaper that have a little bad history. Since it would be a good idea to freshen the motor up anyways I would just get a motor that you KNOW what is wrong with it.

If it checks out clean $800 is a good price.

01ssreda4

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it was prolly used, they rebuilt it, and you got the used exhaust manifolds.

Vicinity

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This.

They reman the engine. The exhaust doesn't count. They just slap on whatever set.

erollinc

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um i would say a remaned long block for 800 is a steal? when i was shopping a while back i couldnt find a junkyard motor with reasonable mileage for less than 700 ... granted it had a few more items that came with it..

i think you got a great deal....

johndoby

Think there is some confusion. There are no exhaust manifolds on reman long blocks. The soot came from the exhaust ports on the heads.

01CamaroZ28

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that sounds like a pretty good deal to me assuming everything works and is good to go.

Vicinity

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Then it was probably mislabeled and just a pullout of a wrecked work truck.

itsslow98

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would a reman longblock just be a freshened up shortblock with the stock heads slapped right back on it? couldnt see them doing anything to the heads for 800 bucks.

johndoby

$800 wasn't the price from a retailer. A reman engine (like this one) is ~$3000 from PAW. I purchased the engine second hand. The guy I bought it from bought it the same way. He knew no history on the motor, just bought it from a guy in his racing click. I think it's passed three hands already never being installed. The origin of this baby is unknown. All I have to go by is the reman tag on the motor and the sticker on the crate. Still waiting to hear back from the shop.