421 short block
I have the opportunity of purchasing a complete 65 421 standard bore short block for $1k. Is that fair market value?
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I would say so, even though you will not use the pistons and rods if they are stock!
Those steel rods in those 421 motors are weaker then the cast rods! |
Definitely fair, probably closer to the lower end price wise.
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Rods used in the 1965 421 is the same as used in all other V-8's from 64-79----
If it is a STD bore and the crank is good that is a good price. Should have a Armasteel Crank. Not as nice as a the earlier 990 forged but a good crank worth about $350-$400 itself. |
$1,000 bucks? I'd set a land speed record for my wallet.
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Some of the early 1965 421 motors where STILL using the basically steel version of the cast armsteel Rods, I know as I have taken apart not one, but two of the 370 hp rated short blocks and both of them where made as such!
I know, I was left scratching my head also! I think I still have the block production dates of those two short blocks in my info , I will look. The 990 Crank was only fordge for usage in the SD motors, and I can guarantee you that none, zip zero ever found there way into a production line 421! |
Where do I pick it up?!! :D Sounds like a good price to me!
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The cast rods as was said are all basically the same.
The rubber rods were the Forged Rods that were made from inferior steel and not heat-treated and machined like the 421 SD forged Rods. Those were offered for a few years in the early 1960s. Wide Forging line on the side of the rod. If you have a rod with a casting line on the side, like Mike Davis posted, then it is a cast rod and all the same basically for all engine applications. Even the Forged Chinese rods, many times, are better than those forged "Rubber" rods. Tom V. |
The 990 Crank was only fordge for usage in the SD motors, and I can guarantee you that none, zip zero ever found there way into a production line 421![/QUOTE]
Steve, what's so special about the 990 cranks? Didn't they still have the 3.25 journals with oiling issues? |
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