What would you do with this block?

[6872n73]

73 400 2V nothing special. Sat outside with no cover and the valley pan rusted out. This is the second one I've had like this.
Allot of work to get the cast crank out.
Heads are toast. Heads bolt are going to have to cut off.
Cylinder condition unknown but guaranteed to be rusty.

 

[pnora]

Is it even worth the time trying to take anything out of it? Looks like scrap iron to me.

 

[BeepBeepRR]

Continue to tear it down. See what it looks like in the bare block form. One thing is for sure. Its a seasoned block now.

 

[davek]

NEXT

 

[Dave6T4]

If you save this block, you are a hoarder. You would have to clean it up some to make an anchor out of it.

 

[QOTHL]

Perfect for making a really interesting coffee table.

 

[DeltaV]

Advertise it on Facebook Marketplace for $300 and note "free local pick up".

That's what P.T. Barnum would do.

 

[eldubb440]

return it to the bottom of the bay...... little fish can live in it

 

[pnora]

Perfect for making a really interesting coffee table.

As long as all your guests get a tetanus shot first.

 

[33 IMP]

If it's a thick main web block (230 casting?) it still has value, especially if it can go .030 over. I'd strip it and at least look at it bare. (A 630 casting can have the thick main webs too. Only way to tell however is to look.... without the crank in the way. A230/630 400 block is the strongest oem b/rb block made )
Soak in a molasses bath for a couple months?

 

[Sam69sat]

Put it in a blender until it's fine dust and sell it to the pyro crowd on ebay.

 

[Tony Tee]

A friend of mine put a engine block as rusty as yours into a blue 55 gallon plastic drum in a solution of 9 parts water to 1 part molasses for 3 or 4 weeks. And was amazed how clean the block was after pressure washing it.

 

[QOTHL]

A friend of mine put a engine block as rusty as yours into a blue 55 gallon plastic drum in a solution of 9 parts water to 1 part molasses for 3 or 4 weeks. And was amazed how clean the block was after pressure washing it.

Could you do that with Coke?
That's a good suggestion! I have a #'s 'Cuda block that's cracked. It's not as bad as this one but could use a cleaning.

 

[QOTHL]

As long as all your guests get a tetanus shot first.

I didn't say play with it, just put a piece of glass on top!

 

[Dave6T4]

1. I use vinegar and water to derust stuff.

 

[DeltaV]

Place it in a furnace and raise the temperature to 900 deg F. Leave it for a few hours and then take it out and immediately drop it into a large vat of liquid nitrogen.

 

[QOTHL]

Place it in a furnace and raise the temperature to 900 deg F. Leave it for a few hours and then take it out and immediately drop it into a large vat of liquid nitrogen.

I have a suggestion about where to do that....

 

[Photon440]

Place it in a furnace and raise the temperature to 900 deg F. Leave it for a few hours and then take it out and immediately drop it into a large vat of liquid nitrogen.

Be sure to upload video of this event so we can learn.

 

[kiwigtx]

I have a suggestion about where to do that....

Steady on.....

 

[kiwigtx]

I voted to scrap it....it's toast !

But while you wait to take it off to the scrap dealer to get your 50 cents worth.....advertise it on FB Marketplace or CraigsLip for $500.....say it is from a rare 3rd Gen Dodge Charger with a moonroof.....should get some people fighting over it.