Hey guys
Hey guys A buddy of mine blew his motor in his '01 Formula m6. From what im understanding he went through some water a couple weeks ago and got water in the motor and blew a rod through the side of the block. Insurance is getting him a new motor and im thinking hard about buying his old COMPLETE motor for $500. Do you think thats a good deal? I want the motor to work on. I'll buy a replacement shortblock and build it to put in my Camaro. Also hes having the people that are putting his motor in put a cam in it. im not sure which one of these it is:
http://www.lmperformance.com/4185/1.html
http://www.lmperformance.com/6360/1.html
But how good are they? He said the guys said there good for 50hp
I kinda doubt it. let me know what you guys think about the price on the blown motor and the cams.Thanks
Oh yeah motor had 63xxx on it and comes withALL accesories except a/c compressor
http://www.lmperformance.com/4185/1.html
http://www.lmperformance.com/6360/1.html
But how good are they? He said the guys said there good for 50hp
I kinda doubt it. let me know what you guys think about the price on the blown motor and the cams.ThanksOh yeah motor had 63xxx on it and comes withALL accesories except a/c compressor
Last edited by SmokinHot98; Dec 5, 2006 at 12:28 PM.
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you're paying 500 for heads, intake and accessories? The block is gone, the rods need to go, you'll do forged pistons, crank is probably good though.. I don't know if I would do it or not.
and 50hp out of those cams? maybe on an engine dyno, not rwhp, those are little baby cams.
and 50hp out of those cams? maybe on an engine dyno, not rwhp, those are little baby cams.
Originally Posted by Moparnos (The SLP Guy)
so you want to buy a motor with a rod sticking out of the side to build up?????
So as a rebuilt the truck I wanted to rebuild the motor to put in it. I just wanted to see if you all thought it might be worth buying. I mean its got the LS6 intake being an 01 motor, not sure on what heads and all accessories so I figured it might have been worth it. I could also see if he'd take less.
I dont know if I told you this but my friend with the red 01 SS did the same thing. Drove though a puddle and blew his motor. Insurance gave him $6000 and hes buying the Speed INC Sportsman 348 package with only like $1500 out of his pocket.
If your looking for a cheap project to play with you might want to look into getting an LQ4/LQ9 and building off that. You can find complete ones for less than 2 grand and they have some go behind them?
Originally Posted by vipermike2002
I dont know if I told you this but my friend with the red 01 SS did the same thing. Drove though a puddle and blew his motor. Insurance gave him $6000 and hes buying the Speed INC Sportsman 348 package with only like $1500 out of his pocket.
Originally Posted by GO BABY GO
If your looking for a cheap project to play with you might want to look into getting an LQ4/LQ9 and building off that. You can find complete ones for less than 2 grand and they have some go behind them?
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No you didnt tell me that. That sucks but hey it'll all work out even better huh, lol.
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. He called me yesterday to see if I wanted the motor still and also told me he ran the casting #'s on the block the insurance got him and they we're the same #'s as an LS6 
Which would be sweet as hell ya know
. He called me yesterday to see if I wanted the motor still and also told me he ran the casting #'s on the block the insurance got him and they we're the same #'s as an LS6 Which would be sweet as hell ya know
Originally Posted by SmokinHot98
Another motor . He called me yesterday to see if I wanted the motor still and also told me he ran the casting #'s on the block the insurance got him and they we're the same #'s as an LS6 Which would be sweet as hell ya know
. He called me yesterday to see if I wanted the motor still and also told me he ran the casting #'s on the block the insurance got him and they we're the same #'s as an LS6 Which would be sweet as hell ya know I guess he said it came out of an 01 firebird, lol. I didnt know firebird had v8's, lol. They probably had the motors in a general location but I really dont think its a LS6 though