# is it worth buying
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-worth-buying/21560
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [December 12, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-worth-buying/21560 "2006-12-12T19:34:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Kramer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Kramer)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-worth-buying/21560/1 "2006-12-12T19:34:26Z")
[http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/383-502-HP-439-Torque-100-COMPLETE-Chevy-Crate-Engine\_W0QQitemZ190058966367QQihZ009QQcategoryZ33615QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem](http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/383-502-HP-439-Torque-100-COMPLETE-Chevy-Crate-Engine_W0QQitemZ190058966367QQihZ009QQcategoryZ33615QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
or are you better off just building from scratch
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### Author:  [@Resurrected\_J](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Resurrected_J)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-worth-buying/21560/2 "2006-12-12T19:56:46Z")
start from scratch, it’s more fun- you’ll learn more, and you can do it 100% your way but that’s just my .02
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### Author:  [@Kramer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Kramer)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-worth-buying/21560/3 "2006-12-12T20:30:18Z")
yea thats what i though but who knows
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### Author:  [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-worth-buying/21560/4 "2006-12-12T21:06:02Z")
Damn if I had the cash and could afford it I would snatch that up.
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### Author:  [@Kramer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Kramer)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-worth-buying/21560/5 "2006-12-12T21:38:24Z")
> [@JEG](#):
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> Damn if I had the cash and could afford it I would snatch that up.
they seem to be on here all the time
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### Author:  [@jeeves744](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeeves744)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-worth-buying/21560/6 "2006-12-12T21:51:17Z")
it depends, what exactly are you trying to get from your car?
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### Author:  [@Kramer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Kramer)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-worth-buying/21560/7 "2006-12-12T22:01:37Z")
some thing in the near future just sold a nova and was thinking of buying another one but keeping it for a decent amount of time
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### Author:  [@jeeves744](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeeves744)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-worth-buying/21560/8 "2006-12-12T22:10:36Z")
i mean like a street cruiser, street/strip, racecar?
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### Author:  [@Kramer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Kramer)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-worth-buying/21560/9 "2006-12-12T22:21:29Z")
street strip/street beater
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### Author:  [@jeeves744](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeeves744)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2006, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-worth-buying/21560/10 "2006-12-13T08:49:18Z")
if it fits your needs and the price is right, why not? Save yourself the pain of getting all the parts and getting it put together.
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### Author:  [@Shifty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shifty)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2006, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-worth-buying/21560/11 "2006-12-13T08:52:42Z")
> [@jeeves744](#):
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> if it fits your needs and the price is right, why not? Save yourself the pain of getting all the parts and getting it put together.
I 2nd that.
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### Author:  [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-worth-buying/21560/12 "2006-12-13T17:36:04Z")
someone else’s fuck ups save you a lot of money.
buy from a professional.
get ahold of some of the guys on here, see what they can do for you.
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### Author:  [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-it-worth-buying/21560/13 "2006-12-13T21:39:42Z")
Engine has no-name heads and the dyno numbers are from desktop dyno,other parts he used are also no name.