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My 400sbc short block is here!



mwahahahahaha

[meissen]

SWEET!

[Insomnya3AM]

Hot tank. Now.

[WMCCjames]

Is it a 3 freeze plug block?

[MattODoom]

Is it a 3 freeze plug block?

its a 511 casting. yes 3 freeze plugs.

Mortec says its a 400SBC 4 bolt mains (NOTE: some replacement motors have 2 bolt mains)

I pulled the pan, shes a two bolt main! Guess she was a replacement warranty motor. Good thing too I heard the 2 bolts have thicker main webs. cool!

Cya headed to berger.

[Orange Terror]

Just get splayed main caps put on it, they're stronger than factory 4 bolts anyway, and if the webbing is thicker it will be that much better.

[MrMojoRisin681]

Not bad. So you gonna do anything with it before you go to Tech?

[WMCCjames]

You know Matt....my AFR heads already have the steam holes drilled in them for a 400.....I could cut you a heck of a deal on the trans and heads!?

[MattODoom]

You know Matt....my AFR heads already have the steam holes drilled in them for a 400.....I could cut you a heck of a deal on the trans and heads!?

hahah oh god... I really need all my money for college and my dads already getting on me about buying the damn thing to begin with.

that said...

PM me price and specs pls lol.

[MattODoom]

Check out those 4.125" bores.

[wezeles]

im next in line ive been looking all over for a 400 here... nothing i tryed ebay but i just want a short block in good condition... where did you find yours at? if anyone know were a short block is give me a heads up...

and drilling the steam holes isnt that bad to do... are you using this for the project car or is it for yours now?

[WMCCjames]

hahah oh god... I really need all my money for college and my dads already getting on me about buying the damn thing to begin with.

that said...

PM me price and specs pls lol.

PM'd

[MrMojoRisin681]

im next in line ive been looking all over for a 400 here... nothing i tryed ebay but i just want a short block in good condition... where did you find yours at? if anyone know were a short block is give me a heads up...

and drilling the steam holes isnt that bad to do... are you using this for the project car or is it for yours now?

He got it from a guy he knows. He's gonna drop her in KITT. lol

[MattODoom]

Yeah. I knew he had it last summer and I wanted to swap it in over last winter but couldnt cough up the money for it. I ended up just buying it though so at least I have it. Theyre not getting any easier to find and they go for a pretty penny in good condition, I guess this one must be kinda rare being a 2 bolt 511 casting. He wanted $300 for the whole motor which I thought was a steal. Then once I pulled the heads he wanted them (dunno why 400sbc heads suck) and said hed let me have it for $200 if he could keep the heads. Well hell yeah... more then I could have gotten outta them for scrap anyways!

So im pretty happy with the deal I got.

[wezeles]

the heads arnt to bad the 882 and 883's are alright the flow nice they just need better valves but are really bad at cracking... specially the 883's still thats a steal for a bottom end im looking at about 300-500 for a stock bottom end but i dont know id like to make a large stroke one and the world blocks seem to be better suited for it... specailly if i want to go anything 4.0 stroke or larger almost have to do an aftermarket block.. my butty has a 2 bolt just needs a hone and bore job on it but the crank is junk and the stock pistons and rods arnt that great... so for 300 bucks not sure i want to do that much work to it...