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 Post subject: Any use or value to a short block these days?
PostPosted: Fri Nov 21, 2025 5:40 pm 
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Hi all,

I've got 2 short block assemblies with a dropped valve in one piston, as well as 3 used pistons I planned to use to get the short block put back together ready for a head. Never got around to it, and I never needed to for any project vehicle. Now these days with complete engines being so cheap at the pull it yourself junkyards I've just been grabbing complete spare engines when I needed one.

I'm pretty much to the point that I can't see wanting to replace a piston to use a bottom end since I have complete spares here. Is anyone these days messing with putting together engines from short blocks/rebuilding them? Kinda figure at this point they ought to just go out in the next scrap run so I can have the room back in the shop.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2025 10:59 pm 
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I always support hoarding. And, yes, I have a hoarding problem too.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 03, 2025 9:41 pm 
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Titan Joe wrote:
I always support hoarding. And, yes, I have a hoarding problem too.


Ya.....just running out of room in the garage.

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