Marv02
Well-known member
The 383 short block showed up today Ya.
I took it apart I dont want to go though what I did with the 355 short block 3000 miles and have to pull it back out again.
First they told me it going to be a roller Block well it has the bosses for it but not drilled for it.
I either going to do that my self or I have a machine shop do it I have to call one and see how going to cost before I let a machine shop do the work.
Back to the Block I took it a part to a bare block it was full of oil after i got it a part I cleaned out ALL the oil passageways the crank had some grim in it not a lot but I did not like it.
There some scracthes on the main bearings very light marks on it. that inclues the cam bearings i looks like it had a cam it it once before.
The bores looked alright honing looked okay also.
At least this block was not sleaved.
After I get the block tapped for the OEM roller cam set up I put back toghether and stick back into the car.
I did E-Mail the company that built the short block and told them they should take a closer look at there QA and make sure there motors are clean before sending them out for sale.
1 thing you must keep in mind the poor guy must likley build couple motors per day and he not going to look at everything you and I would building our own motors up.
If he gets paid piece work more motors he pushes out the door more money the person makes.
I sure he cares but not we would building our own from the ground up, they just grabing the parts off the rack and putting them togheter.
I took it apart I dont want to go though what I did with the 355 short block 3000 miles and have to pull it back out again.
First they told me it going to be a roller Block well it has the bosses for it but not drilled for it.
I either going to do that my self or I have a machine shop do it I have to call one and see how going to cost before I let a machine shop do the work.
Back to the Block I took it a part to a bare block it was full of oil after i got it a part I cleaned out ALL the oil passageways the crank had some grim in it not a lot but I did not like it.
There some scracthes on the main bearings very light marks on it. that inclues the cam bearings i looks like it had a cam it it once before.
The bores looked alright honing looked okay also.
At least this block was not sleaved.
After I get the block tapped for the OEM roller cam set up I put back toghether and stick back into the car.
I did E-Mail the company that built the short block and told them they should take a closer look at there QA and make sure there motors are clean before sending them out for sale.
1 thing you must keep in mind the poor guy must likley build couple motors per day and he not going to look at everything you and I would building our own motors up.
If he gets paid piece work more motors he pushes out the door more money the person makes.
I sure he cares but not we would building our own from the ground up, they just grabing the parts off the rack and putting them togheter.