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Someone I know is looking at putting a mod motor into an old Ford truck. He mentions that he knows where he can get a non PI SOHC 4.6L for around $500 that is in a car he has access to in order to remove any wiring he needs. Two points on that:
1. You can get an entire Mark VIII for under $1000
2. I sold a non PI 4.6L for $250 over 10 years ago.
This brought me to the revelation that a non PI 4.6L should actually be free at this point. If someone has one, it is because they are too lazy to take it to the scrap yard, so you are actually doing them a favor by taking it out of their garage.
Similar to a 305. Once upon a time a couple friends and myself went to look at some SBC blocks. I believe they were supposed to be a 2 bolt 400, and a 4 bolt 350, and maybe there was a third. I don't remember all the details. In any case, one of the blocks turned out to be a 305 block, an offer was made on the worthwhile blocks and the guy agreed to the offer under the condition that we took the 305 block too. The 305 being another worthless engine.
Then there would be the two year Mustang 4.2L V8 engine. I've never even seen one of those things. RARE! :lol: Or the most worthless engine ever built.
What other engines are so inherently crap that they have actually become worthless? Only worth taking off someone's hands for free because the scrap yard is on your way home.
Debate welcome that any of the engines called out above actually hold some sort of value greater than scrap.
1. You can get an entire Mark VIII for under $1000
2. I sold a non PI 4.6L for $250 over 10 years ago.
This brought me to the revelation that a non PI 4.6L should actually be free at this point. If someone has one, it is because they are too lazy to take it to the scrap yard, so you are actually doing them a favor by taking it out of their garage.
Similar to a 305. Once upon a time a couple friends and myself went to look at some SBC blocks. I believe they were supposed to be a 2 bolt 400, and a 4 bolt 350, and maybe there was a third. I don't remember all the details. In any case, one of the blocks turned out to be a 305 block, an offer was made on the worthwhile blocks and the guy agreed to the offer under the condition that we took the 305 block too. The 305 being another worthless engine.
Then there would be the two year Mustang 4.2L V8 engine. I've never even seen one of those things. RARE! :lol: Or the most worthless engine ever built.
What other engines are so inherently crap that they have actually become worthless? Only worth taking off someone's hands for free because the scrap yard is on your way home.
Debate welcome that any of the engines called out above actually hold some sort of value greater than scrap.
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