Selling engine, should I part out or sell complete?

Hey everyone,

Looking at selling my e-headed 493 RB motor to help fund my HEMI build. Wanted to get opinions on if I should sell as a longblock or part it out?

69 block .030 over
84cc e-heads (porter racing stage II)
solid cam
crane gold roller rockers
diamond pistons
eagle rods
eagle crank
ARP hardware


Thanks!

Sell it piece by piece, seems others have done well selling that way. Unless someone makes an offer on the whole package

i parted out my 493 yrs ago. only thing that didn't get sold was the cam & lifters.

This is a totally screwed up question to ask.

That said I ask it too. I have had some great engines that truly I wish I had back the way they were when I had them. Seems when I want to sell a shortblock everyone wants the heads in the deal. When you have a complete engine they want just part of it. Plainly stated in My Opinion the guys shopping are idiots. They always think they can do it better or cheaper. Time and time again I waste my time talking to a perspective buyer who wants to do their own deal. They claim to have already started. I talk to their engine builder and it just aint so. They call a few years later stating they wish they had bought my junk.

Hey, I know why people are skeptical. I have bought new stuff from engine builders that was totally screwed up. I have also bought things that were a simple put it together and rock on. To find it is a total mess. Bearings worn out, miss matched rockers, and then it just would not support the dyno numbers stated.

That said, if a person looking to buy can hear the engine run. Take a little trip up the road or watch it run at the track. Just how can you beat that. Time and time again I have had just that and some blow hard tells my buyer my stuff is not what they want.

My last deal I bought and I really had the heaby jeabies. I called to ask them to leave it in the car so I could hear it run and see there was no leaks or whatever. Called and it was already out. Go there it was in the floor. This was a one in a million find, mind you. Actually another deal popped up right after I pulled this trigger. I remove the tape from the carb pad to find green oil everywhere. Pulled the intake and it was pooled on all the closed valves. The open ones you could clearly see with a light was laying in the valve pockets. I explained that I must be dumb as H... but I would take it and if something was different than quoted and he did not make some gentleman's attempt to make it right. I had the GPS location stored in my GPS. And if I had to drive 5 hours to make it right it would end up on the 6 O'clock news. Needless to say the engine has been pretty darn good so far. The only issues are from a builder that did not realize a part he was using worked different than he thought.

Most of the time a buyer is better off buying complete and understanding those pulleys, MSD, belt drives, and such cost money too. But, I have to say as a seller I do better separating things which is just retarded.

Leon

Thanks guys. Now I guess I need to start putting prices on things.

racing junk is a good starting place. I sold all my parts there. Good luck.

Makes a big difference on what the price tag is...
but if you get .50 on the dollar you doing great
EDIT
also if they(buyer) can see it run that helps... even
if its on a break in stand

I would 1st try to sell it complete before I started parting it out.You should end up getting more $$$ out of it or a least not selling off just the good parts and be struck with the rest. Another thing to think about is at a later time you can always use a spare engine,but when you separate it then if you need it you have to go and rebuy the parts.

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I would 1st try to sell it complete before I started parting it out.You should end up getting more $$$ out of it or a least not selling off just the good parts and be struck with the rest. Another thing to think about is at a later time you can always use a spare engine,but when you separate it then if you need it you have to go and rebuy the parts.

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Thats why I am offering my car for sale with or without
the engine and trans... if someone wants just a rolling
chassis thats fine... then I will try to sell the
engine as a fresh long block but if it doesnt move
I'll keep it as a back up for the Rampage