Originally Posted by
silky16v
the 1 saving grace is that the crank, rods and brand new pistons in that block where mint, i even purchased a mint used standard size crank for that engine
firstly yes the guy i bought from said he never used it at all.
unfortunately there is no "saving grace" with the crank. it needed re-ground. centre bearing was scored and the shell. its currently with harvey getting gorund to match new shells and taking even more of my money!!!!
oh well it'll make a good door stop