High Performance Original Corvette Engine Block

Trishokel — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:14:01 GMT

OK, my husband is here now and he has corrections to my question: We have a 1966 427 L88 original block that came out of a Corvette. This was purchased in 1974 from Jim Oddy Race Cars in E. Aurora NY and has been in storage ever since. It is a .030" over, sleeved and decked with a polished valley tray. Also have the crank, rods, pistons, rings, and cam shaft with lifters and ported and polished heads. This was to be built with a 671 Viz-Charger Weiand supercharger, which I also have. This is polished to a mirror finish with race toleranced tri-rotors, also by Jim Oddy. Carburetion is 2 quad 650 Holleys mounted on a standoff plenum. Also included is a BDS polished "bug-catcher". Interested in selling as package. What is this worth?

RE: High Performance Original Corvette Engine Block

Moosemose — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:33:33 GMT

Some questions first. Why was it "Sleeved"? The reason I ask (as any serious person would) is that this usually indicates there was a "Problem" that may have been "Overlooked" when it "came apart" the time it needed "Sleeving". U mention "Decking", what about "Align Boring, Blueprinting" & was it "Crack Checked", all of which should be "Mandatory" for a machine like this, designed for serious "Competition"??? What type of "Grind is on the "Crank" & has EVERYTHING been "Statically & Dynamically Ballanced", & for what, Standard or Automatic? Where the Valves "Swirl Polished" Porting done by "Hand or CNC" & "Flowed" after??? Do U have all the "Receipts" for "Parts & Labor"??? Do U have all the "Cam Specs, Head & Decking Specs (Length of Stroke)??? Does it come with all New Hardware (nuts & bolts) how about Oil Pump & "Sheet Metal" (Pan & Covers etc.)? Ok, if U have all this, & it's "Sound" someone who wanted it may pay 8-10 K depending on the "Name Brands" involved. John