to have or not to have
05-18-2020, 10:20 PM
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to have or not to have
There is a guy parting out an 08, has a 2.4 complete for $500 with 148k on the clock.... Im thinking to get it and build it to have as a spare since mine has 209k on the clock. hmmmm
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05-19-2020, 10:55 AM
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Yes it runs great, car looks brand new too ( was an insurance write off ) Ive looked up a rebuilt from performance $3600...wow and I thought I can do whatever to this one and have it ready if I need a motor for just a few bills. ive built lots of motors (350sb and 455bb) so this should be simple enough if anything was to happen to mine, and if not I could sell it or include it if ever sold down the road. But mainly jusy give me something to do to keep me occupied.
05-19-2020, 11:32 AM
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05-19-2020, 11:46 AM
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455 as in Pontiac or Olds. I think only Chevy actually used the terms small block and big block. There was some Chevy's that overlapped the description.
Ex. 396 was a big block but the 400 was a small block.
I used to be a big Olds guy back in my younger days. Never heard them using small block and big block names for the Olds engines.
Last one I built was a 69 455 from a Olds 98. Put that engine in my 72 Hurst equipped Cutlass.
Ex. 396 was a big block but the 400 was a small block.
I used to be a big Olds guy back in my younger days. Never heard them using small block and big block names for the Olds engines.
Last one I built was a 69 455 from a Olds 98. Put that engine in my 72 Hurst equipped Cutlass.
05-19-2020, 12:18 PM
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455 as in Pontiac or Olds. I think only Chevy actually used the terms small block and big block. There was some Chevy's that overlapped the description.
Ex. 396 was a big block but the 400 was a small block.
I used to be a big Olds guy back in my younger days. Never heard them using small block and big block names for the Olds engines.
Last one I built was a 69 455 from a Olds 98. Put that engine in my 72 Hurst equipped Cutlass.
Ex. 396 was a big block but the 400 was a small block.
I used to be a big Olds guy back in my younger days. Never heard them using small block and big block names for the Olds engines.
Last one I built was a 69 455 from a Olds 98. Put that engine in my 72 Hurst equipped Cutlass.
An Olds 350 was a small block because of the cubic inch, not the physical dimension of it's casting.
Same with Pontiac.
They were trying, in their terminology, to sound like the Chevy which did have a small and big casted engine.
Chrysler Hemi's had many cubic inch engines.
The original was a 331, which was called "The baby Hemi".
Also Chrysler painted engines by color when the Hemi first came out.
Each color was a different cubic inch, but the casting was the same size.
Red Ram and Golden Lion are two that come to mind right now.
The baby one I believe was Blue.
The 331, 352 and 372 became the 392 which is different in size than the later 426 that I remember.
05-19-2020, 01:27 PM
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05-19-2020, 01:33 PM
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yes the 350sb is a chevy small block, the 455bb was Pontiac big block ( buddy had a 69 Firebird drag car, it was bored and cam'd as well ) but we built many street rods in my garage back in the days and would love to do it again with my son if I ever get the garage space. But this tiny motor would make a nice benchtop project LOL