A clean lt4 to clean lt1 what is the average price difference

 

All things equal? I would say a few 2-3 grand.

 

Hard to compare since they are going to either have different trannys or be different years.

 

earlier this summer there was an LT4 for sale about 2 hours west of me for low $7k (i think the price was like $7300 or something)....i really thought long and hard about it, but never got over to see it....
i ended up getting a 2000 vette 3 weeks ago...so my search is over!

 

Depends how clean it is. I've seen clean LT4 cars in GS price territory. Beat up LT4 cars still go for close to 10k depending where you are. I almost purchased a black LT4 car. But it had super low oil pressure and I decided to walk away. It was a shame, I would of got it if it wasn't for that. So I decided to keep my 94.

 

Heck, if it wasn't making noise I would have bought it and dropped the pan and R&R'd the rod bearings and went from there!

 

That's no way to rebuild an engine, believe me.

 

Why can't u rebuild the engine?

 

That isn't what he said at all.

 

I read it wrong

 

We aren't talking about rebuilding the engine here. It didn't show any signs of having smoked a cylinder, no crazy noises means there isn't a hard parts failure, and the fact that it ran indicates that the valve train was intact. You obviously haven't been around many racing outfits...which doesn't really surprise me to be honest with the crowd on this forum. So tell me, if it isn't making noise (hence, the clearance isn't so extreme that the bearing has spun) you then feel that there is massive hard part damage that has to be addressed? Or wait, you feel that the cylinder is trashed or maybe the camshaft bearings are ate up? Give me a break, if you think that every engine opened up needs to be top to bottom machined, line honed, decked, ect you really have no idea how to freshen up an engine. You are the reason that no one feels that they can work on engine; the attitude that if any part needs R&R'd means the whole engine needs essentially replaced is ridiculous and the easy way out. You can waste money all you want...I'll continue fixing engines (I guess when you are operating $25,000+ bullets you don't just go through and throw everything away when you hurt it a little...) Just my .02

 

I'm with Mike 100. In my personal experience, if the rod bearings are in need, then so is the rest of the running gear in need. A motor that is expected to endure WOT runs, as any Vette is, a partial "fix" is no fix at all...speaking from experience...

 

Just cracking the bearing cap alone worries me. Any genuinely high perf small block will stretch rods bearings if they have been unscrewed and torqued a couple of time too many. Then to install new bolts, you need to resize the rods and machine them true. may as well service the crankshaft if you have gone that far (the engine is of course out of the car).

As a shop perspective, you can't half-a5s it at this point because you will eat it if it breaks. A machine shop might warranty their work if you rebuild it fully. If you are doing it yourself- by all means...roll the dice. Sometimes it actually works out, but if you have been burned before, you never do it like that ever again. Of course if you are a used car dealer- go ahead and slap some rod bearing in it. use 90 wt gear oil too.

 

Wow!
Deakins obviously has some issues...AND he is clairvoyant. He knows:
The a poster hasn't been around racing outfits (and THAT is important).
He knows that the crowd on this forum hasn't either.
He knows that a poster knows that every openned engine needs to be redone top to bottom.
He knows that a poster doesn't know how to freshen up an engine.
He knows that a poster is the reason no one feels they can work on engines.
He knows tha a poster is operating $25,000+ bullets ?!??
Wow