but it sure is worth it! Go for it ernest3203 !
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In your calculation of comparative value, you should include the reduction of value of the '79 after giving up its original L82, even if you arent using it today.
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The car would be a NOM. The value would depend on what the market may be for future buyers looking for non originals, usually much lower than the same car with the original engine.Last I checked I was getting somewhere around 10 MPG with a 454. On the other hand the torque and rumble can't be beat. I love big blocks, my last two Vettes have had them.
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Now, if you want to trade a blown up, wreck 454 for an old Corvette motor, someone might start thinking about it. But still probably not too hard.
Number matching? We're talking about a 1979 dime-a-dozen smog motor here. Does anyone really care?
I'm not trying to be Mr. Negativity, but c'mon. The point I suppose (at least to me) is that if someone is crazy enough to trade a decent big block even up for an old small block, and assuming both need to be rebuilt, take the deal.
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Still wouldn't trade. What's so special about a 1979 "Corvette" L82 motor to anyone that gives a rat's rear end about motors? I can't think of much. May as well be a pickup truck motor, since in the rebuild almost every part is getting tossed anyway, and the numbers will likely be machined off.
Now, if you want to trade a blown up, wreck 454 for an old Corvette motor, someone might start thinking about it. But still probably not too hard.
Number matching? We're talking about a 1979 dime-a-dozen smog motor here. Does anyone really care?
I'm not trying to be Mr. Negativity, but c'mon. The point I suppose (at least to me) is that if someone is crazy enough to trade a decent big block even up for an old small block, and assuming both need to be rebuilt, take the deal.
Now, if you want to trade a blown up, wreck 454 for an old Corvette motor, someone might start thinking about it. But still probably not too hard.
Number matching? We're talking about a 1979 dime-a-dozen smog motor here. Does anyone really care?
I'm not trying to be Mr. Negativity, but c'mon. The point I suppose (at least to me) is that if someone is crazy enough to trade a decent big block even up for an old small block, and assuming both need to be rebuilt, take the deal.