Mock-up Engine
I didn't get much accomplished this weekend. I've been out of commission for a few days after having my wisdom teeth removed...Finally. If I can give some advice to the younger viewers. Do it now and do wait until you're in your 40s.
I've been looking around for a mock-up block so that I can have better measurements when I build my firewall and new inner fenders. A new plastic mock-up engine is about $300 so, I figured I would check out the local junk yard to see if they had anything scrap that I could get.
Well, $200 later I have an 5.3 LM7 out of a 2002ish Avalanche and from what I can tell, the only thing wrong with it is the intake and oil pan are cracked from having a tree fall in it. As you can see, the cross hatching is still there on the cylinders and when I pulled the valve covers off, there was zero sludge inside.
I may go ahead and use this at least to get me going and save up for some more for what I want or, mod the hell out of this.
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