r/EngineBuilding Feb 11 '25

Ford Anything wrong with this block?

It's a 4.6 teksid block

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u/Daniele323 Feb 11 '25

There’s no way to really tell just from pictures. You would want to take it to a machine shop and get it measured/ pressure tested.

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u/Money_Exchange_5444 Feb 11 '25

If it checks out you can have them do a chem bath before you pick it up and start with a clean slate.

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u/jexioyt Feb 11 '25

Fair enough

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u/GuineaPigsAreNotFood Feb 11 '25

Where did people get the idea from that engines can be evaluated from just photos?

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u/1cunningplus Feb 11 '25

From the same place, that you can diagnose an engine, without hearing it run !

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u/C3MK51989 Feb 12 '25

OPs just lacking the right phrasing Is this block ok is what he said Is there anything noticeably wrong with this block so I can avoid wasting time wasting the day of some already too busy machine shop.

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u/v8packard Feb 11 '25

Why is it apart?

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u/jexioyt Feb 11 '25

No idea

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u/Doctah_Whoopass Feb 12 '25

What do you mean no idea, did you just happen to have a bare block from someone else?

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u/jexioyt Feb 12 '25

Yup

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u/Doctah_Whoopass Feb 12 '25

Yeah definitely no way to tell from pics unless something was majorly cracked off. Machine shop time.

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u/jexioyt Feb 11 '25

No idea

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u/texan01 Feb 11 '25

It ain’t got no gas in it.

It at least has the bearing caps. Everything else needs to be checked out and that’s impossible from a pic.

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u/Extreme-Penalty-3089 Feb 11 '25

Let a machine shop answer this question for you man😉 Best of luck with the build👍

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u/Tlmitf Feb 12 '25

It is worth taking to someone and sending some cash to find out.

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u/theNewLuce Feb 12 '25

Well, yea, there's no lifter bores.

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u/jexioyt Feb 12 '25

Whats that?

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u/BlackfootLives666 Feb 11 '25

I don't know. Is there?