Is it worth buying?

[PitchBlackC3]

Depends on how bad the burn was. I bought a 05 truck that had an engine burn. All I had to do was replace the intake and engine harness, repaint the hood and put in a windshield. Just take a look at it and see how bad it was. Total meltdown would be different than a melted intake.

[remauto1187]

Its never a good thing when the fire got so hot the heads started melting! I have a top burn engine that i picked up cheap. It didnt get hot enough to melt any aluminum though. Im doing a total rebuild on it so.......

[George C]

i personally dont like a motor that was in a fire. they usually spin a bearing after a few miles

[kuziken]

I think i will pass on the engine, car parts has some with same mileage for like $350. The thing that scares me the most is dropping it in and it blowing smoke or ticking or something,and while it ws pot i could of rebuilt it easier. Who sells good rebuild kits for these motors?

[remauto1187]

I think i will pass on the engine, car parts has some with same mileage for like $350. The thing that scares me the most is dropping it in and it blowing smoke or ticking or something,and while it ws pot i could of rebuilt it easier. Who sells good rebuild kits for these motors?

I have yet to find a "rebuild kit" like you can find for a gen 1 sbc (aka master rebuild kit), probably so many different combinations of parts can be used for the Gen 3+.

Try here for decent amount of gen 3 parts. http://www.superchevyperformance.com/