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Should i sell my engine or parts it?


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I have two '76 280z engines, one with 100,00+ miles, one with 50,000. i am planning on keeping the 50,000 for my project car, and i took the 100,000 miler to my auto class to clean up/potentially repair, etc. Well, we cracked it open and it is a gem; besides being dirty and carbon-y because of its age, it is in great condition. I am refurbishing it in class and now my question is: should i sell the engine as a whole (what do they generally go for)? Or can i get more for it in parts? any imput is appreciated! thanks!

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Not many desirable components on a 280z motor so sell it as 1. $200-$500

You may be able to sell the head on ebay $100-$300 but then you gotta find a local buyer for the block.

If you wanted to get max $ then you gotta disassemble it, clean up the parts, take pretty photos and do the ebay thing... lot of work.

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Agree with Blue, take some good pictures of everything, including parts like the distributor advance mechanism. A video of the engine running would be even better, if you have an ECU and an AFM you can get it running on a stand. There are lots of used engines out there but most of them are mystery motors, that have been sitting for years. Somebody who needs an engine would probably pay a premium to know that it's ready to drop in and run.

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