What is a chevy 302 worth?

[wrong generation]

Friend of mine has a chevy 302 he wants to sell. He asked me what would be a good price but I havn't a clue.

All i know about it is its been sitting in a garage on a stand for years. And that the 302 was made from 67-69 lol. Soo what would be a good price?

[BonzoHansen]

Kevin or Jeff can probably best answer this. Is it complete? What are the numbers on it?

[wrong generation]

From what iv been told its complete. i havn't seen it yet.

[KevinW]

Well, that is actually a tough question! It will range from $0 (worn out converted 327) to $10,000 (std bore complete 67 MO, 1 of 200). 67s are worth the most due to the rarity, 69s DZ are running 2nd due to popularity, 68s are worth the least of the 3, except if you find the original car that goes with it.

So what your friend needs to do is document the engine numbers (casting and stamped), document all the bolt on parts that come with it. Original heads, oil pan, intake, carb, dist are worth a whole lot by themselves, but worth more as a date matching engine.

The they can post up the info and pics to these two places. They will help in determining what car it came off of and how much it is worth.

http://www.camaros.net/forums/66-whats-worth/

http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?board=2.0

and here are the orphan boards (trying to match up original parts with their cars)

67 http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?board=11.0

68 http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?board=12.0

69 http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?board=13.0

luck!

[wrong generation]

Does 3932386 mean anything? Its hard to read the numbers on the block.

[WildBillyT]

Try to get the suffix code off of the deck surface. Passenger side front.

[KevinW]

Originally Posted by wrong generation

Does 3932386 mean anything? Its hard to read the numbers on the block.

The casting number of 3932386 is a 69 model year block, used from August 1968 to January 1969. This block was used for 302, 327 and 350s engines, mostly high HP version.

Its a good 1st step. The stamped number on the front pass side deck will show the stamped application code. There could also be a vin stamp there or near the oil filter.

if there is a crank, get the numbers off that, that will pinpoint the CI.

[Blacdout96]

So, why is 68 worth the least? I know 68 302 tunnel port ford engines are frowned upon because the numbers they made didn't suit what tracks the Trans Am series was running on.

[KevinW]

I'm not saying the 68 Z engines are cheap, but if you had a 69 in the same condition, the 69 would be worth a bit more. They made a little over 7,000 68 Zs, so there is not the rarity that the 67s have. But for some reason the 68s just do not have the popularity of the 69s, even though there were 20,000 made.

A couple 68 MO blocks going across ebay in varying conditions, from $2,500 to $7,000 depending on freshness and completion.

[wrong generation]

Ok the engine is now in my garage.

It has an edelbrock performer intake, holley quick fuel technology carb. Hei distributor. And chrome valve covers lol. Lifted the valve cover to get the numbers off the heads and was suprised to find aluminum roller rockers.

Anyways. I can't find any thing by the oil pan. The deck by the pass head is hard to read. But. There is a "k10" as part of the number. That help to identify anything?

And the number on the cylinder head is. 3998993.

[WildBillyT]

Originally Posted by wrong generation

The deck by the pass head is hard to read.

Yeah, but that's the thing that matters.

[BonzoHansen]

Originally Posted by wrong generation

Ok the engine is now in my garage.

It has an edelbrock performer intake, holley quick fuel technology carb. Hei distributor. And chrome valve covers lol. Lifted the valve cover to get the numbers off the heads and was suprised to find aluminum roller rockers.

Anyways. I can't find any thing by the oil pan. The deck by the pass head is hard to read. But. There is a "k10" as part of the number. That help to identify anything?

And the number on the cylinder head is. 3998993.

Here that sound? that is the sound of value dropping like a rock lol. None of the parts you listed should be on it. if the rest of the engine checked out, maybe, but.....

junk heads don't offer much hope
3998993....72-73...307/350......75cc chambers
3998993....current..350.........Goodwrench crate motors,"Hecho en Mexico", 75cc chambers

the block & crank are your last hope of anything.

[KevinW]

if k10 is in small font, it might be part of a Vin. But K plant is Kansas city and they only built chevelles. The block still could be a 4 bolt main 350/300 out of a 70 chevelle, not too shabby, but not worth what a 69 DZ 302 would be . Drop the pan and check for 4 bolts and get the casting number off the crank.

This link might be helpful to find the block numbers http://www.camaros.org/drivetrain.shtml

[wrong generation]

My girl is mad at me so no date night last night. Hense having time to pull the oil pan off. Anyways. Its a 1178 crank which according to google is 69 dz302 (:

[JL8Jeff]

Yeah, the 1178 crank is 69 302 so it's possible somebody transferred some original 302 parts to another block. I wonder if it was a warranty short block.