OT. engine question.

I havent looked on craigs list or ebay yet, but I wanted to know if there is any market for 350cid sb chevy engines? or even the 400cid sb for that matter? I have a few taking up space that I was planning to rebuild, but time has gotten sparse. I hate to haul them to scrap, but, maybe they are, or arent, worth anything to anyone anymore. How about in your neck of the woods? J

There getting pretty old, I did sell a low mile fuel inj. 305 this year though, got 250 for it. Have other small blocks, both ford and chev, even have a turbo trans am pontiac 305 with low miles. Called a rebuilder in MPLS and they said they don"t want them for cores, too old. Scrap is up maybe haul them in.

Stock car guys ! Any local race track sites you can post on ?

350's are super common, but usually have some value as cores to rebuild. High performance engines are usually worth more than standard models. 4 bolt mains make a block worth quite a bit more than one with 2 bolt mains.

400 small blocks are getting somewhat rare and rebuildable 400's are probably worth quite a bit more than a standard, run-of-the-mill 350. The 400 uses a longer stroke crank and has huge bores. But they also require using cylinder heads that are set up with the right small coolant holes near the "siamesed" areas between the cylinders.

Unless the engines were ruined somehow (frozen, rod through the side, etc), they are probably worth more than their scrap iron value. It would pay to know just what you have, and there are books that have the part number information for almost any Chevy engine. If you do the research, maybe you might not sell something way too cheap.

I would guess that the 350's would be worth at least $50 each, but could be worth many times that, depending on what you have. A rebuildable, unhotrodded 400 2 barrel would probably start at about $250, but could be worth about $500 or more to someone who really needs it.

I don't know if it is still true, but awhile ago I read that a 350 Chevy was the cheapest V8 to rebuild, and one of the very least expensive of all car engines to rebuild. My guess is there will be a market for Chevy small blocks for a long time. Will your stash ever be a gold mine? Probably not, since there were MILLIONS of 350's produced. Lots less 400's. Good luck!

Like Bryan said, race car guys will want the 400 blocks.

I got a 350 4-bolt main with a steel crank, 10 hours run time in a Massey combine.. can't get one person to bite on it..

$1000 in parts and machining, there it'll sit.. Guess it'll end up in a derby car or something, sure not gonna scrap mine.. but a reasonable offer would own it.

Brad

sb chevys are always in demand, especially 4 bolt versions, not worth much worn out but most rod builders want to build their own engines anyway,i need one for a 1 ton truck soon, like me, there are a lot of people out there who refuse to spend money on new cars and trucks with componets mostly made in china and need to keep their old iron running

Buy mine.. LOL.. I swear, I took mine to a friend of mine's choice in machine shops, then he and my dad helped me assemble it..

Now he needs a engine for a grain truck, won't buy it.. insists he'll get longer life out of a GM reman motor... I think he's out of his head..

Some people know everything I guess.. He could buy mine for about half what I got into it, instead spend 2k on one, for a half rusted out truck.. Don't make sense to me I guess (Not the fixin a rusty truck, but the savin money part blows my mind!).. Oh, and he's the guy that's always broke.. Guess we can figure out why though.

Brad

ref. grain truck engine, medium duty and heavy duty engines are different than car engines, most have steel crank, 4 bolt mains heavier pistons dirrerent valves with hard seats cut in the heads different camshaft ect. put a car engine in a heavy truck and it will run like a spooked deer, put a load on it and pull a long steep hill and call the tow truck as it will break or melt the pistons. have seen it happen

I have an sb 400 in pieces. Also an old Crane Fireball cam and an Edelbrock Streetmaster intake. I've always wanted to put it all together and put it into something to see what happens.

BTW, I once put stock 350 heads on a 400. Supposed to be a no-no, but I ran it 40K miles in a pickup with no problems. 400 heads are hard to come by 'cause they all cracked around the valve seats from the extra heat from the Siamesed cylinders. AFTER I did that one, I heard if you did it, you needed to drill the coolant transfer holes in the heads bigger.

Big time if you know any dirt track racers. Are there any machine shops near you that build engines for those guys?

I might be interested. What part of ny???

If you guys put them on racingjunk.com somebody will want them.

Schenectady co. The 400 isent for sale, but I have 2 350 truck motors, one in 73 gmc and the other is a 84 on a engine stand in my garage. They both ran the 73 was fine, but the 84 used oil.

Just hang in there,sooner or later some one will buy it.

I had a 1950 rebuild 4-71 detroit sitting in my shop for at least 15 yrs,had it advertized(free) that long too.No bites till 3 months ago,a guy bought it site unseen for 6 grand,he send some body to pick it up and pay in hard cash next day.