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I have a big Chevy box van with a 454 which has water in the crank case.

Does the engine still have value? That is, is it (probably) worth looking at?

Unemployed college student needs to know.

It depends on where the water came from if its a freeze crack its no good .
If its a gasket then it could be rebuilt. If you want it for performance the heads intake ports are very small not a good choice to use them. First thing is to find where the water came from.

Yep, what he said.. need to find where the water came from.

You might be surprised what a 468 can do with those heads. All they need is a decent cam and set of 9.0 + pistons. Of course they'll lay down on top, but for a street motor, they can be made to work very well.
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Would also need valve springs, long slot rockers. on a small budget you could use the small heads its just hard for me to recomend it.

Don't tease me with pictures of that 71 Camaro on your avatar Jematt, more pics please!

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

I have a big Chevy box van with a 454 which has water in the crank case.

Does the engine still have value? That is, is it (probably) worth looking at?

Unemployed college student needs to know.

Water in the oil has always been a cracked block for me, I would give it very little value, but I am not a fan of 454's so it's hard for me to really say.

Sabotage. There's also water in the master cylinder.

I wasn't thinking to build it myself. Was more wondering if it would be worth the time to tear down and sell.

No flood. Was running and parked under its own power as the transmission failed.

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

No flood. Was running and parked under its own power as the transmission failed.

Was it setting in a wet/damp environment? Condensation can play bad with any bare surfaces. Especially enclosed ones. Who knows, maybe mice got in it. Their urine is very corrosive and will cause worse damage than normal rust formation.

Condensate hell. I drained out a GALLON of water from the oil pan.

I'll pull the fiberglass covers for the A/Cs on the roof, and the skylight cover, use it on the other van.

It was really nice weather today, I got a couple hours in working on the big van ( the other van). It was a four battery set - up and most of the associated equipment was removed.

Anyway : I'm going somewhere with this, mind you.

I'm trying to be surgical proficient in removing these power cables, but it becomes a bit of a snatch-and-grab pulling out everything and then re-running what I do need (power lift gate, generator start, mystery circuit). Anyway, I'm in my coveralls, crawling on the grass and leaves, weather perfect, pulling wires.

I think it actually did my back some good, and I was having FUN! I didn't even care it I got to the post in time to host our community fellowship meeting. BTW that's a poker game. Veteran's holden.