JacktheRiffer Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Where do you guys find your v8's for swapping? Im having trouble finding a decent priced small block that runs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) Where do you guys find your v8's for swapping? Im having trouble finding a decent priced small block that runs Ive had the best results buying complete running or none running older cars, usually cars found sitting in car ports and back yards that are rather obviously not being used. in many cases if you offer $100-$200 for a rusty old non running car after looking it over youll find the owners willing to take the offer, you then strip the drive train and tow the rest to a salvage yard where they frequently pay you $100 for the scrap steel . salvage yards generally charge more and you don,t get the advantage of selling the steel as scrap later, BTW old crappy 1960-1980 motor homes are a prime source of BIG BLOCK ENGINES READ THESE ALSO http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=3183&p=9403&hilit=inspection+salvage+yard#p9403 http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=4318&p=18620&hilit=+project+state#p18620 http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=5893&p=18037&hilit=+project+state+reluctance#p18037 http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=4294&p=11325&hilit=+books+video#p11325 Edited February 26, 2012 by grumpyvette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Buy a whole, running car or truck and sell off the rest of the car after your swap. Go to the drag strip and ask around-you might even be able to get a car that has some go-fast parts on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTHALOSISM Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I got my LT1 with 80k on in off of Craigslist for $500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsicard Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Its hard to do much better than a LT1, LT4 or '96-"99 350 Vortec Engines. They have SO MUCH potential for such a compact package. It gets very easy to get 500+ HP/TQ from one with good heads, cam and induction. That much HP/TQ in such a compact package it hard to beat. Go to the local junk yard and look for one of these three engines. Otherwise look at the Internet and read articles from Hot Rod, Popular Hotrodding etc and look for source of salvage engines. The 350 Vortec Engines have the later design Vortec Cylinder heads. AFR has VERY GOOD aluminum cylinder heads as a suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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