damn, if it sounds to good to be true, it probaly is, but it sure is temping
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2005-...31538573QQrdZ1

 

Yea it does sound too good, but who knows right...It mite be good to go...

 

hes got good trader feedback.. pics are from his truck. looks like it may be legit.

 

20 bids and still only $650 . You will have to be willing to give more than that . Im sure the last guy to bid , went much higher than $650

 

Yup...just bid $700 on it , and I was still out bid ...at $710

 

OT and probably stupid question, but on ebay, can you bid more than once?

 

yes

 

Best thing to do is wait until the last 1-2 minutees and bid. IF you give people hours to think about it, they may go higher than they had planned.....

 

ya, i was watching that auction too!

the cynlider walls are rusted in 2 cylinders!

not sure haw easy that would be to fix???

 

All the cylinders are rusty anywhere the bore has been exposed to the air. The owner should have rubbed down the exposed bores with oil before storage and bagged it. Keep in mind that everything with this motor will have to come apart and be cleaned and re-assembled since nothing was bagged for protection from dust and dirt. The bores will have to be de-glazed because it has been used before, and new rings installed. For this motor think that you are buying just the parts IN the block and not a drop-in ready to run motor.

 

yes that engine is worthless in the state it sits in the photos.

the cylinder walls are rusted, i see that the nose of the crank is rusted and the entire front of the block has aluminum corrosion on it. the cams are rusted, and the cylinder heads are sitting deck side down on a truck bed liner (they will need to be machined perfectly smooth again).

This is a bag of parts in who-knows-what condition. However if they are not lieing about the parts in there, and the engine has even been run... then its certainly still worth a lot more then the bids are up to.

 

Questions is... would you buy it?

 

if you were planning to buy it, it was NOT a good idea to post it here.

 

I dont think he was, and im not for sure.

 

So who bought it??? 1,424 winning bid???

 

It appears so

 

and i thought my 240sx engine harness was a beast...the Zs looks like a cluster fck

 

i have pulled many engines back to life with surface rust on them. key word surface. an oily cloth will remove most of it and pour oil into the bore first so the rings get lubed before you even try to crank it over. then hit the bore with some scotchbrite (much softer than the bore material) and wipe again with oil. it will look brand new. the areas that are rusted are very dense steel, so a little rust on the surface will most likely have no noticeable effect on power. now if you were using that motor for anything other than a stock runner, then give it the treatment, and have machine work done. lol.

 

I wouldn't worry about the surface rust, that'll polish right out with a bit of fine sand paper. I had a cast aluminium piston seize and smear itself up and down the walls of my Yamaha 250 outboard once, and i attacked it with a Dremmel and some sanding wheels, and came out beautiful. Still running strong today!

 

No i wasnt gonna buy it, i saw the rust in it, just wished it could have got a cheap built motor, but its not that way with a Z