Here ya go Jake, http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...ng-Short-Block, just swap out what you need from your old motor plus buying a new oil pan.

 

if i had a block i`d just give it to you .. everybody wants to make a zillion dollars off someone ..when i have something for sale it aint worth diddly but when i need something it`s worth its weight in gold ..

 

I have a pan on the way, we haven't taken off the heads to see if we can use them or not. We are currently taking apart my old DD to replace the head gaskets.

 

Dad is gonna call LMR about the engine tomorrow, that is probably the one we will order. We took the heads off and it seems water got in the #5 cylinder and might have caused the failure. The heads are good however, so all I need is a short block to get back on the road.

 

water will cause bent rods and it would have to be alot of water all of a suddon. a slow leak would just burn out, but i dont see it causing the bolts to back off..
I think the nuts were not torqued and they backed off, the water in #5 is just another problem that didnt help..

 

I'm glad to see you're rebuilding it!

 

Well when we looked at them we believe one stripped out. I'll have to take a pic of piston #5 and the cylinder head chamber. Its odd how they are.

 

This is why we think water got into the cylinder. Its the only one looking like this, they were all mostly black when I put them in.

 

yeah it was burning water.... too clean not to be... unless it got a large shot of Ethenal... lol

 

Picking up a complete 5.0 today

She will be running again by the weekend!

 

Good! What year engine is it?

 

I want to say 92 or 93


Should be the same HP and TQ rating as the one that was in it.

 

The engine went in today. Working on getting it all bolted down now.

 

nice.. make sure ALL the bolts are tight.. hehe..

 

Looks good Jake! Can we get a pic once it's in?

 

Started it up about an hour or so ago. Runs great so far, just have to fix one little water leak on the intake.

 

Wow you don't waste anytime!!! Looks good.... How much did the 5.0 liter run you? Why carb and not fuel injected?

 

The new one cost me $450 with everything on it. I took off the fuel injection, A/C, power steering, air pump, and smog. Then replaced the serpentine setup with my v-belts.

Fuel injection is too much money to convert these old cars over. The harness by itself is still like $600. For carb all I had to do was run maybe 1-2 extra wires. Carb is also easier to tune.

 

good job .. that distrubitor still freaks me out though

 

Looks good! That was fast!