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Re: Buying a crate motor
I'll add my 2 cents.....Look for a motor with a roller cam or you will need to run oil with zinc in it. Oils now have the zinc taken out becuse of the EPA and hydralic cams do not fair well with out the zinc. Joe Gibbs and Brad Penn have oil with zinc in it for "racing" only. It's not cheap but I have had good success with Bradd Penn. If you go with a GM crate motor, Pull the oil pan when you get it. My brother replaces a lot of small blocks in his shop with gm crate motors and has found rust in the oil pan a couple times.
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1959 Apache Short Fleetside,
1959 Apache NAPCO Long Stepside,
1957 3100 with 59 fleetside bed
1957 5700 LCF Crew Cab "Big Bertha",1959 GMC F370
1958 GMC 600, 1946 Chevy, 1959 Viking 60 LCF
1974 Elcamino SS, 1979 6500 GMC Tilt Bed Wrecker
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