How much does a short block weigh?

[DakotaKid]

Anyone know what a complete short block weighs?

-Bryan

[ravenc]

ya id like to compare it against my brother 460 block cause mine feels damn near as heavy

[shelbyluvinfool]

no oil pan, just block, crank, rods and pistons, right?
I'm curious too. I'm looking to have one shipped, and came into this forum to ask, and saw your post.
I would guess around 110 maybe? At least that's what my 2.5 seemed like when I went to pick it up and put it in the back of my van the other day (which now also has a complete TII motor in it also accessoies and all. My van is a roving TD junkyard inside LOL)

[eyeball]

Well, I was really bored so I went out in the garage and weighed some stuff.

'89 commonblock std. bore with main caps and main bolts. 101#
aux. shaft 2.50#
tII con rods with stock bolts 6.20#
2.5l std bore mahle pistons with pins rings and clips 4.75#
oil pump w/o pick up tube 4.70#

I don't have the crank weights, but I think Russ does.

This scale is pretty accurate and has been verified with two other scales one of them a registered postal meter.

[shelbyluvinfool]

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Originally Posted by eyeball Well, I was really bored so I went out in the garage and weighed some stuff. '89 commonblock std. bore with main caps and main bolts. 101# aux. shaft 2.50# tII con rods with stock bolts 6.20# 2.5l std bore mahle pistons with pins rings and clips 4.75# oil pump w/o pick up tube 4.70# I don't have the crank weights, but I think Russ does. This scale is pretty accurate and has been verified with two other scales one of them a registered postal meter.

so you're talling me the block alone weighs 101#?!?! That's as much as an LS1 block which is like 3 times bigger!!
Cranks are like 46#
So a shortblock it like 160#?
It was kind of heavy to lift, but it disn't seem THAT heavy!

[eyeball]

found it:http://hometown.aol.com/russjerome/pagehybridblock.html

cast crank 36#
forged crank 44#

these are both commonblock cranks.

I'd guess in the 155 to 170# range for a common, short block. Less with a non-common block. I thought I read that they are supposed to be about 13lbs lighter?

[shelbyluvinfool]

damn!! Shipping is gonna kill me! LOL

[eyeball]

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Originally Posted by shelbyluvinfool so you're talling me the block alone weighs 101#?!?! That's as much as an LS1 block which is like 3 times bigger!! Cranks are like 46# So a shortblock it like 160#? It was kind of heavy to lift, but it disn't seem THAT heavy!

I've been tossing them around the garage and up on the engine stand with no problems. My back started tingling after I humped it onto the scale that's sitting on a tall workbench. It didn't start to hurt till I read the scale. It must be psychological thing.

[shelbyluvinfool]

ok, does anyone have an exact weight on a shortblock? Common and pre-common.
If a pre can be be like 146# I'm set. Account for the bin to put in, and it's under the 150# FedEx limit, and therefor cheap to ship from MI!!
Sorry Bryan, wasn't trying to hijack your thread! LOL

[89daytonaTII]

damn no wonder I put on some muscle moving the engine around my garage when I was rebuilding it. Never thought it weighed that much

[daytonairoc]

I know a complete 2.5TI motor minus turbo/power steering pump is very heavy.

It took me and a friend to lift one up into the trunk of his stripped Dodge Colt's hatch. We used two pallets as steps for the motor. That way we only needed to lift the motor 6ins.

later

[shelbyluvinfool]

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Originally Posted by daytonairoc I know a complete 2.5TI motor minus turbo/power steering pump is very heavy. It took me and a friend to lift one up into the trunk of his stripped Dodge Colt's hatch. We used two pallets as steps for the motor. That way we only needed to lift the motor 6ins. later

time to hit the gym LOL
I just move a fully dressed TII last week with someone else. It wasn't THAT bad

[eef mcglikn]

my garage buddy bench presses 300 pounds......i can bench press 230

together we couldnt lift the darn 1989 t1 2.5....

as a matter of fact no one can.....

dragged it everywhere............

eef

[Mopar_Nutz]

I've lifted a complete 2.5 TI with a friend. Carried it from the back of a truck to the corner of the garage. It's not the weight, it's just a matter of getting a good grip on it.

Also about 2 weeks ago, me and another friend lifted a TI shortblock into the back of a truck with no trouble. And it's a lifted 4x4 so we were lifting to chest height.

[DakotaKid]

I do not care about about ANYTHING other than the weight of a short block. I want to ship it, not carry it!