CE block?
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Drifting
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Miami, FL
CE block?
Hi guys,
I've heard a little about warranty replaced engine blocks "early in the life" cars on the market. Maybe this is a way to take less of a loss from not having the original engine??? I'd like to know the real story about factory replacements in the early 70's. Was this fairly common? If so, why? Is there a way to validate? Or, is this simply a ploy to not get hit too hard for having to say NOM?
Thanks,
I've heard a little about warranty replaced engine blocks "early in the life" cars on the market. Maybe this is a way to take less of a loss from not having the original engine??? I'd like to know the real story about factory replacements in the early 70's. Was this fairly common? If so, why? Is there a way to validate? Or, is this simply a ploy to not get hit too hard for having to say NOM?
Thanks,
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From: walpole ma
Say you bought a vette in 1970. You blew up the motor in 1971 and it was covered under warranty.You bring the car to the dealer and they replace it for you. that is your factory replacement motor.the other scenario is that you go to the dealer buy the correct motor for the car and replace it yourself.The only way to validate that is with paperwork from the dealer.
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The other scenario is that somebody found an old baffed-out CE block under the hood of an early 70's pickup truck in a junkyard and stuck it under the hood of a Corvette hoping to fool a purchaser into believing that it was 'factory warranty replacement'
Happens all the time. CE blocks cannot be traced to anything closer than year of manufacture.
Sorry.
Happens all the time. CE blocks cannot be traced to anything closer than year of manufacture.
Sorry.
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