Sorry, but this sounds like a case of: "The older I get the faster I
was". I'd like to see a picture of anyone doing this, especially a high
school kid. I just weighed the bare block in my basement. No crank,
pistons, rods, heads, nothing. It weighs 75 pounds.
No offense,
Mark
Richard Atherton (Entex) wrote:
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> Actually, the engine is quite a bit lighter than even the thin wall
> castings of the 289. Remember, the heads on the 289 are not so thin!, nor
> are any of the other cast iron parts on it. To give you an idea of the
> weight, I carried the complete engine minus the Aluminum bell housing, on my
> shoulder with ease into my High school shop class in 1978 when I bought it
> from a wrecking yard. Granted, at that time I was 6'4" and 275 lbs, so it
> wasn't any big deal. But this was the complete engine. Exhaust manifolds
> (iron), intake, water pump, pan, iron crank, even the fly wheel.
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