Should I buy this motor for 8K?

[tlt05gt]

I'm sure you'll just add it to my next transmission build...

Damn why didnt I think of that.

 

[cekim]

Damn why didnt I think of that.

Better have kimmer delete those posts so there is no "paper trail"...

As for buying the engine - I'd ask a very simple question I ask myself anytime I stumble upon a "deal"...

Would I have bought this anyway and this is just a one-time good price? Or am I buying it because it fell on my lap and seems "too good to refuse"...

If you would have done it anyway - then go for it - otherwise - ask why you had not already considered this option?

 

[ChevyKiller]

Great point, my friend...

 

[cekim]

Great point, my friend...

Gig4Fun accused me of giving sound levelheaded advice, so I have to try to live up to his impossible standards now and then

 

[GIG4FUN]

Gig4Fun accused me of giving sound levelheaded advice, so I have to try to live up to his impossible standards now and then

 

[Ken3030]

Hey Mark I will give you $500.00 CASH for your Big Bore if you want.

 

[MrClean]

Buy them both, the ST to go in now, the MMR for a back-up. Think of it as an "uptime" insurance policy...with a whallop!

 

[Ken3030]

but its not adam built. youd be ruining everything!!! lol

He could always pay Adam to rebuild it again!!

 

[Hawgman]

He could always pay Adam to rebuild it again!!

I'm sure sooner or later he will anyway.

 

[ChevyKiller]

 

[andyman]

lol Mark.. hey there is some stuff for sale right now, you should definitly go buy it before someone else does!!!

May as well get it. you can always resell it if you change your mind!

 

[ZmanM3]

So Mark, what are you doing with your little 298? Seems like your going to have 2 big boar engines to rotate. I could always use a spare built engine!!

 

[ChevyKiller]

Ended up not getting it. I'm keeping my 298 as a backup to the big bore 331...

Never want to be down MONTHS again...

 

[ZmanM3]

Ended up not getting it. I'm keeping my 298 as a backup to the big bore 331...

Never want to be down MONTHS again...

Rats. Yes being down sucks.

 

[cekim]

Rats. Yes being down sucks.

Being down with rats sucks even more...

Murphy's law says that if you have a 2nd engine waiting, you won't be down because of an engine. If you are, when you install the backup, it won't work - contamination/rust, seal rot, valvespring fatigue (from sitting in one spot), rodents, bugs, etc...

So, at least if you are me, there's no point trying to preempt it...

 

[US-1]

Being down with rats sucks even more...

Murphy's law says that if you have a 2nd engine waiting, you won't be down because of an engine. If you are, when you install the backup, it won't work - contamination/rust, seal rot, valvespring fatigue (from sitting in one spot), rodents, bugs, etc...

So, at least if you are me, there's no point trying to preempt it...

Charming little fuckin' ray of sunshine today, aren't we?!?!?!?!??

You could do what I usually do when Murphy and his law book show up. Beat the shit out of him with a Louisville Slugger.

 

[cekim]

Charming little fuckin' ray of sunshine today, aren't we?!?!?!?!??

Always - animals crowd around me as I whistle...

You could do what I usually do when Murphy and his law book show up. Beat the shit out of him with a Louisville Slugger.

I tried that, threw out my back beating the life out of him... Then he kicked me in the nuts while I was down

 

[US-1]

I tried that, threw out my back beating the life out of him... Then he kicked me in the nuts while I was down

Yer doin' it wrong.

 

[andyman]

I bought a 2.6 kenne bell almost complete system 2 years ago because it was too good a deal to pass up and it still isn't on the car. I'm thinking of selling it now....

good decision mark