Wow an ebay rip off.

[455OLDSMAN]

I think I threw up a little when i seen the price.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RARE-69- ... dZViewItem


thats a 2500.00 rebuild and theres not much special about that engine.

 

[joe_padavano]

Well, don't confuse asking price with selling price. He can ask whatever he wants. He also got the cam wrong - the 328 (not 329) deg cam is from a W-30, not a W-31.

 

[87MonteSS]

He got that engine out of an old RV, which is pretty much the only place left to find the big blocks. How much is a big block crate engine nowdays? I haven't looked them up in a long time, maybe he isn't too far off on the asking price.

 

[Silent viewer]

Personally, i dont think he is out of line on asking price. go look at a complete 454 crate engine........

 

[455OLDSMAN]

I put a better 455 together than that particular engine and I did it for way less than 6k. The machine shop even assembled it and i have less than 3k into it. I guess if people are willing to pay double then im gonna start building 3k builds and start selling them for 6k.

 

[megaladon6]

6k is nuts! it's a mild build with no real mods. i don't know about big blocks but sbc's olny cost that that much when everything is modified for tons of power. i think mine cost 4k with all ARP bolts and all new parts.

 

[Silent viewer]

i guess io am looking at it as if i were to buy a pan to carb complete motor..... i crate sbc with a dcent build goes for around 4 grand and i could build the same thing for half of that with a junk yard motor........

 

[RITTER]

Yeah but its not a crate engine, its just an old rebuilt engine. The Olds 455 is a fairly rare engine though, so I would think more like $4,000 asking price. :?
These engines are so powerful without doing any mods to them. My buddy 455OLDSMAN had his all rebuilt with a pretty much stock rebuild and that would break slicks loose at 20-25 mph out on the road, plus its got the stock Toronado cast intake on it. :shock:

 

[Silent viewer]

can you even get a olds 455 crate motor??

 

[Silent viewer]

Here is the closest thing i can find. $10,500

http://www.proformanceunlimited.com/spe ... _475HP.htm