zz4 Price

Howdy again. Got a quick question for yall. We found a guy that lives down near some family friends in Marietta, GA. Says he has a ZZ4 GMPP crate motor with 2,000mi on it. He is selling it at $2,000. Brand new from about anywhere for around $3,800. We figured if this was a good deal, we would have someone check it out and hop on it. Yall think this would be a good starting point? After we got other stuff settled, we would replace the pistons, get any head work needed/desired, replace the cam if needed and add the blower. Sound good to yall?

sounds like a good deal if ya really want a Chevy motor in a Ford. If ya want a motor to hop up, don't rebuild a crate motor, you would be getting rid of machine work you arleady paid for.

Chevy motor in a Ford does'nt bother us. Seems as though the Chev parts are more frequent and cheaper, which is what we like :)

And we wouldn't really be doing away with much of the machine work I don't think. It's not like this motor is a precision machined beast. I could be wrong though. :confused:

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Originally posted by RJ & CJ
Chevy motor in a Ford does'nt bother us. Seems as though the Chev parts are more frequent and cheaper, which is what we like :)

And we wouldn't really be doing away with much of the machine work I don't think. It's not like this motor is a precision machined beast. I could be wrong though. :confused:

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I doubt you would have to cut the deck or line hone it or anything but pressing the pins in and out of the pistions could be considered machine work, also rebalancing the rotating assembly is a must if your gonna race it, and then you got to pull the crank to do that, and then after that, your back with your plastigauge, lining everything back up, and getting the clearences right, shure theres machine work and assembly. start with a bare block and build a 383 stroker.

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Originally posted by Matt167
start with a bare block and build a 383 stroker.

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We don't want a 383 stroker, thanks for the suggestion though. And I'm not trying to be rude or an ass, I just don't know any other way to say that is not what we want.

Look, with a blower, nitrous, a turbo or any other serious power adder, you need to do the lower end right. It means taking the engine all the way down, getting forged rods, pistons, etc., etc. There is no such thing as a cheap, dependable blown engine.

$2000 is a great price for a ZZ4. But if you're going to replace everything in the block, you're better off getting a 'yard' motor and starting from scratch.

I would start my search for a block here.......then depending on how much money I had to spend, I might look at the Dart blocks...
http://www.sdpc2000.com/catalog/244/...der-Block-.htm