Engine Parts Just Wondering
 

So I finally managed to swap the engine in my Z and didn't have to return the core. Now it's just laying around. What are some good parts that may be sellable/usable from the old engine? It had a spun rod bearing so doing the whole block wouldn't be an option.

head should be wortha pretty penny. and unnaffected by a spun rod...

unless they only replaced the short block, in that case, the block itself may be worth a bit.

Gotcha, I'll probably get those off. But as for the short block, I don't know how bad it is until I look at it. I caught it pretty early when it initially started the knock but who knows.

should just be bearing and possibly crank damage

+1. The block should be fine and I'd bet there's a good chance the crank is too. Even if it isn't the journals can be machined down .020 or so and compensated with thicker main/rod bearings. My Jeep had bad scouring on the crank and we still saved it.;)

Post it up on the for sale board and see what happens. I'm sure there are people looking for a complete engine to rebuild for a monster HP build. Spun rod bearings are fairly easy to resolve, since most reputable engine builders go through the block and rotating assemblies to make sure there are no problems. :tup:


Other option: rebuild it for your own monster HP build... :stirthepot:

I might think about rebuilding it but 69k miles from my sport originally, but I scraped up my new one with 40k miles from a wrecked nismo. I'll post it and see what happens. Better parting or whole?

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I would post it as a whole first, that would save you the headache of disassembly, keeping up with the proper bolts, etc. IIRC, shipping on engines is about $500, at least that is what my son paid in shipping for a JDM engine for his 93 300zx.