[Arekusu]

The 454 = dead.

The machine shop I brought it to said the block and the crank were not salvageable as both were too far out of tolerance. When I dropped off the crank the machinist also stated the crank was cracked which could have lead to the #1 main bearing to spin or vice versa.

I looked through FB marketplace, craigslist, and even offer up. No 454 blocks. A new 454 block from a parts house was going to be near 2500.00 without machine work. Too rich for me and too time consuming without a loan to do it all.

I sold all the big block parts at around 50% of their original price on most.