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Buying a used engine is pretty much just buying someone else's problems, after a couple of those, you will end up building a fresh one anyway, so just cut to the chase.

Those 'in between' engines you will pump money into as well, furthering the cost-gap to your end solution.

What's the original engine that you are replacing? Do you still have it? Is the block and heads good? Maybe look into getting that rebuilt. A 'general' rebuild shouldn't be too much, but it will be more than 1200.

It's true it costs the same to rebuild a 350 as it is to rebuild a 455, so, if you're rebuilding, go for displacement.

If you're trying to chose between 2 running engines, displacement is still the factor. Chose more.

You can also reach out to builders such as Spotts Performance, Butler, KRE, DCI, etc and see what kind of a quote you can get on a basic rebuilt engine, most are in the $4500 range for a 455 short block.



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