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    12/15/2021 11:11 AM  #26

    RPM, aka Bearing Bob
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    From: Bakersfield, Ca
    Registered: 9/17/2013
    Posts: 3,250

    Re: crate engine

    There are crate motor horror stories too on other Mustang sites.

    I dropped my heads off at the machine shop yesterday, and a machinist taking my work said parts are really difficult to get these days. Said sbc bearings can't be found.

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
     

    12/15/2021 1:16 PM  #27

    TKOPerformance
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    From: Newark, DE
    Registered: 12/15/2014
    Posts: 7,088

    Re: crate engine

    Bearing Bob wrote:

    There are crate motor horror stories too on other Mustang sites.

    I dropped my heads off at the machine shop yesterday, and a machinist taking my work said parts are really difficult to get these days. Said sbc bearings can't be found.

    Awesome!  I'll throw that set of 400SBC main bearings I have on the shelf on eBay then!
     

     

    12/15/2021 10:17 PM  #28

    Prof
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    From: Dallas / McKinney, TX
    Registered: 4/04/2013
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    Re: crate engine

    MS wrote:

    I realize not everyone has the experience I have, but...

    "The Understatement of the Century" Award goes to...MSteve!!! 

    Bro, just buy a high-quality, well-built SHORT BLOCK (roller/non-roller...blah-blah-blah whatever!) and then do your own thing to it.

    When it's done, you'll look back, happy, and it will have been a fun and educational experience.

    IthinkIjusthitmyheadfallingoutofmychair.Forthefirsttimeintenyears,TKOPerformanceandIagreeonthesamething.
     

     

     

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