I posted a thread about getting the engine from the 78 280 I just purchased rebuilt. Now, I'm thinking about just purchasing a rebuilt engine. I've seen prices ranging from about $1600 to $1200 on several internet rebuilt engine sites. Seems as if these prices will be close to, if not better, than getting my engine rebuilt locally which I'm kind of hesitant about anyway. Does anyone have any experience in purchasing a rebuilt engine over the internet or have any opinions/suggestions on who is recommended for rebuilt Z engines?

For a stock rebuild, look at ATK.

http://www.atkengines.com/default.htm

Will

I used these guys:

http://www.jasperengines.com/

It was around $2000 but that includes shipping both ways. You get a 3 year 70,000 mile warranty and it's basically a new engine. From what I could tell, I got back my original block, crankshaft, head, and camshaft. Everything else (pistons, connecting rods, valves, valve seats, chain, sprockets, etc. is new). If you don't care about matching numbers they probably have one ready to go and you just send yours as a core.