I was at my local junkyard searching around and found a 1966 440 which i was pretty amazed to find i thought.
on the outside the damn thing looked great "dont they all"
after i got home with it though 1 of the pistons the 1st one in the line on the left side had rust in it piled up with a bit of water in it, damp feeling.
after i scraped most of the rust out gently so i dont scratch the sides i notice the piston is pretty screwed, sorta melted looking along with major pitting "from the rust"yet the rest of the pistons down the line look great.
i have yet to check the other side but i would suspect its worse since theres a little water sitting in one of the heads.
now... would you guys reccomend i haul that engine right back to the junkyard where i paid $150 for it and just get my money back out of it or try to fix it up.
I thought since hell its a 1966 block... its gotta be pretty damn nice even if its a little messed up it would be worth it...
So... what do you all think? the guy also has probably like... 4-6 big block 400's and like 3 383's.
hes got a hemi also that i might squeeze out of him... but the old lady is getting tired of seeing the 2 392's i have right now laying around
on the outside the damn thing looked great "dont they all"
after i got home with it though 1 of the pistons the 1st one in the line on the left side had rust in it piled up with a bit of water in it, damp feeling.
after i scraped most of the rust out gently so i dont scratch the sides i notice the piston is pretty screwed, sorta melted looking along with major pitting "from the rust"yet the rest of the pistons down the line look great.
i have yet to check the other side but i would suspect its worse since theres a little water sitting in one of the heads.
now... would you guys reccomend i haul that engine right back to the junkyard where i paid $150 for it and just get my money back out of it or try to fix it up.
I thought since hell its a 1966 block... its gotta be pretty damn nice even if its a little messed up it would be worth it...
So... what do you all think? the guy also has probably like... 4-6 big block 400's and like 3 383's.
hes got a hemi also that i might squeeze out of him... but the old lady is getting tired of seeing the 2 392's i have right now laying around