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[yel327]

Another one. Needs a 4BBL intake and carby but if it’s cheap enough so are those. This one is a ‘59-61.
https://www.gumtree....opytopasteboard

[toro]

https://www.gumtree....content=web_VIP

 

Wouldn't mind this.

[yel327]

I just got back from there. It is a 1967 327 275hp powerglide engine (so small journal) and intake to suit, but the fuelie heads are gone. It has 1972-ish 76cc heads on it, basically as fitted to a HQ. Same ports and valves as a fuelie just 76cc chambers rather than 64cc. No good for that engine as it would be about 8.5:1 compression - exactly the same basic engine as a 2nd type GTS327 engine just all different casting numbers. Would be a good engine to hone and put new rings and bearings in but needs better heads.

 

I bought the 307 he had advertised.

[toro]

Still don't know If I can fit it, Better try to find the right engineer first.

[toro]

Would it be worth buying or would you have bought it already.

 

How much would good used heads (fuelies) go for ?

[yel327]

I didn’t want it as I already have dozens of engines. I have no need for a small journal 327. I only buy engines now out of Holdens or Statesman’s hence why I bought the 307, the 327 is not from an Australian assembled car. Plus to me it is too dear as it doesn’t have its 462 fuelies anymore.
You’ll buy 462 or 291 or 186 fuelies for less than $500, I picked up some 292’s for $200, but 041’s will cost you $1000’s as GTS350M owners want them. Not worth the hassle today, by the time you reco them with new valves, springs and hardened seats you’ll be up for $1000 plus the heads cost. Best to buy aftermarket alloys, less than $2000 for a pair ready to go that would be perfect for a 327:
https://www.ebay.com...LsAAOSwXSpgRlM3

BTW, that 327 can be made into a 302 easily and cheaply. Just need a 283 crankshaft. Plus rebuild of course with new pistons with the 302 pin height.

Edited by yel327, 24 March 2021 - 12:43 PM.

[gtrboyy]

Would you get away with just saying 302 cubes or would engine numbers say it's 327 block?

[yel327]

The engine number tells you what it was used for, this was HF from memory (VxxxxHF) where the xxxx is the MM/DD of assembly which is 275hp 327 Powerglide 1966-67. Plus it had a partial VIN on it which identifies the car it was from.

 

I don't think that would stop you working with an Engineer and showing him it was built as a 302 though. People do it all the time with 386, 660, 388, 010 etc large journal blocks - they can be 302, 327, or 350 or stroked to 377.

[yel327]

The more you add up the cost to build a good engine, the more attractive this starts to look:
https://www.gumtree....opytopasteboard

[toro]

Those 327 sell like hot cakes.

[yel327]

That one would have been OK but as I said you’d be spending maybe another $1200 on a hone, crank linish, engine clean, bearings, rod bolts and resize, camshaft, lifters, gaskets, sump. Then on top of that you need heads, intake, dizzy, carby, water pump and pulleys at least. Even if that engine was free that all means probably minimum $3000 all up and it still has old pistons.
You’d be far better off buying a good running one of the right capacity to please your Engineer. One will turn up. There is always a steady stream of good 283’s as people pull them out of imported Chevys and upgrade to bigger. Rebuilding one does add up, especially if you can’t do it yourself.

[yel327]

Here is an almost complete 283 and Powerglide for $3000. Looks like he is keeping the intake/car and dizzy. However you’ll pickup a used Performer for $100 and a HEI for $150, just need to sort out a carby. You’d want to find out what he means by “tired” though. It may just need valve stem seals or it may be down on compression. You’d need a sump/pickup too. I’d be offering $2k for it depending upon what “tired” means, a good V8 Powerglide is worth $600 or more.

https://www.gumtree....opytopasteboard

[toro]

I could of bought a 307 with powerglide in better condition out of a HT for $2000. Makes this 283 a pricey deal.

[yel327]

Can you use a 307 though?

[lakeside]

305 runner $2200  https://www.gumtree....gine/1254797161

[toro]

I found a nice 202 efi with auto trans but need to ship it from Wollongong to Campbelltown not too far, any ideas about transport ?

[claysummers]

Dismantle and chuck in boot?


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[yel327]

Borrow Bunnings trailer for half a day

[toro]

Unless I find an engine next door I give up, I don't even have a tow bar.

[claysummers]

Mate came from Sydney to my place in Adelaide in his FX sedan. Dismantled grey motor and put the block in the boot. The head and crank went on the floor either side in the back seat. Pistons and rods front passenger floor etc. then off home to Sydney.


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[yel327]

Hire a ute. Costs about $100 a day.

[claysummers]

Spotted on the way to site this morning

early Holden nut

[gtrboyy]

What was vk efi 202 going to set you back?

 

Did it come with lc/j sump & correct engine brackets?

[toro]

What was vk efi 202 going to set you back?

 

Did it come with lc/j sump & correct engine brackets?

 

$700, all standard vk and looked pristine.

[claysummers]

One on gumtree today central coast with trimatic $1500.

early Holden nut