'90 short block, '73 cracked block

ProEmaster · 02-28-2007, 12:09 PM

I have a '73 engine and over the winter it froze solid and cracked the block. I see on eBay there is a short block that is said to be for a '90. Will this short block work?

Thanks for all your time,
Eric

79mopower · 03-01-2007, 12:55 PM

i'll assume you have a 360, but if the 90 short block is the pre-magnum non-roller version it will work. but the new style blocks are a lot weaker than the early 70s versions. as long as you don't plan on making a lot of power like 500+ it will be fine. but i have a couple of bare 360 x blocks with main caps if your interested.

ProEmaster · 03-01-2007, 01:19 PM

Excellent! It's actually a 318. Sorry, I should have specified. I live in Asheville, NC and I have a place in Atlanta. So if I get an engine or a block, I wouldn't want to travel more that a couple hundred miles.

Thanks it's very nice of you to offer.

It's going to be a mostly stock engine. I acquired the current engine from a friend who had it in a '73 240z. The body rusted to nothing and I put the engine in an '88 Rx7 convertible (going to be my wifes "toy" car). I moved to Asheville not realizing that it gets below 0 deg. for days at a time.

Thanks again!

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03-01-2007, 12:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
79mopower Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 37	i'll assume you have a 360, but if the 90 short block is the pre-magnum non-roller version it will work. but the new style blocks are a lot weaker than the early 70s versions. as long as you don't plan on making a lot of power like 500+ it will be fine. but i have a couple of bare 360 x blocks with main caps if your interested.

03-01-2007, 01:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
ProEmaster Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 9	Excellent! It's actually a 318. Sorry, I should have specified. I live in Asheville, NC and I have a place in Atlanta. So if I get an engine or a block, I wouldn't want to travel more that a couple hundred miles. Thanks it's very nice of you to offer. It's going to be a mostly stock engine. I acquired the current engine from a friend who had it in a '73 240z. The body rusted to nothing and I put the engine in an '88 Rx7 convertible (going to be my wifes "toy" car). I moved to Asheville not realizing that it gets below 0 deg. for days at a time. Thanks again!