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    Offline gb623

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    Should I grab this engine ?
    « on: August 07, 2006 - 10:29:25 PM »
    Should I grab this '74  "U" code 440 that has been sitting outside for at least 10 years. Don't know condition when parked,  was told that it was froze up. Should I grab for spare or trading purposes and whats the most I should offer? :clueless: Has tranny also
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    Re: Should I grab this engine ?
    « Reply #1 on: August 07, 2006 - 11:22:45 PM »
    I would grab it , don`t pay more then $400-500 Max though unless you can turn it over
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    Re: Should I grab this engine ?
    « Reply #2 on: August 08, 2006 - 07:56:29 AM »
    I think I hear Elwood saying, "It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks."  :naughty:
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    Re: Should I grab this engine ?
    « Reply #3 on: August 08, 2006 - 08:34:36 AM »
    If you have the room,tell him you will haul the car off if he gives it to you,then pull engine/trans and take a sawzall to the car and recycle,i have done that many times before,you would probably get a few hundred bucks from the scrap yard for the steel.Or you could make a hemi-fury-4door-clone,lol,but i dont think it will ever be worth anything :bigsmile:
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    Re: Should I grab this engine ?
    « Reply #4 on: August 08, 2006 - 09:11:07 AM »
    It's a little  :scared: But if the price is right, I'd gamble. If your close enough, ask if you can pull a head. Moparnut has a good idea also-- all he can say is no

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    Re: Should I grab this engine ?
    « Reply #5 on: August 08, 2006 - 05:29:40 PM »
    I bought a 440 running from a boneyard 5 yrs ago for 400 bucks look around before you buy unless its cheap.

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    Re: Should I grab this engine ?
    « Reply #6 on: August 08, 2006 - 05:54:50 PM »
    Quote from: crcarch on August 08, 2006 - 07:56:29 AM
    I think I hear Elwood saying, "It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks."  :naughty:

     :iagree: A few hundreds not more... :cheers:
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    Re: Should I grab this engine ?
    « Reply #7 on: August 08, 2006 - 06:53:41 PM »
    4 months ago I bought a 69 d100 pickup for 500 bucks that had a 440hp with 906 heads and it ran pretty good,got it home and it was standard bore after i pulled the heads to check.I kept the engine and HD727 and sold the rest of the truck for 100 bucks to a kid that needed the frame,so i didnt even have to cut up the truck :bigsmile:
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    Offline gb623

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    Re: Should I grab this engine ?
    « Reply #8 on: August 08, 2006 - 09:13:19 PM »
    Yea I'm going to see how low this guy will go. I know sombody that wants the dash for $100 & maybe some other parts plus I think the owner wants it out of his yard, I just wish I had a trailer. :'(  What do you have to check after you pull the heads, Measure inside the bore with a micrometer?
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    Re: Should I grab this engine ?
    « Reply #9 on: August 08, 2006 - 10:22:28 PM »
    yes or check th top of the piston almost all oversize pistons have the oversize stamped on the head of the piston
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    Re: Should I grab this engine ?
    « Reply #10 on: August 09, 2006 - 08:18:44 AM »
    Take a wire brush and a can of brakeclean to remove the carbon buildup so you can see the oversize numbers on the pistons
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    Re: Should I grab this engine ?
    « Reply #11 on: August 09, 2006 - 10:43:02 AM »
    Something tells me that motor looks like it was under water?
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    Offline gb623

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    Re: Should I grab this engine ?
    « Reply #12 on: August 09, 2006 - 03:54:48 PM »
    I might have to pass on this one right now, I just got a notice from the city today about the car I got in the driveway now, I got 10 days to get rid of it  :swear: But I've got bigger fish to fry . Check out my post in c&c galore I got a guy who wants to give me a rebuilt engine for the car in the drive with the engine I just pulled
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    Re: Should I grab this engine ?
    « Reply #13 on: August 09, 2006 - 07:17:54 PM »
    This guy asked me the other day if I want a '76 Dodge ambulance with a 440 and a dana 60 for $400.  Should I get it?
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    Re: Should I grab this engine ?
    « Reply #14 on: August 09, 2006 - 08:25:17 PM »
    If you need a motor it may be worthwhile.  The Dana can be cut down for a car.  You won't have a pinion snubber mount on it though.
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