Bare 6 bolt block weight?

[kicker91laser]

I am planning to ship out my 6 bolt block to have it machined, but I don't have the weight of a bare 6 bolt. Does anyone know what they weigh?

 

[project_tsi]

I don't have an exact weight, but when I had my block down to bareness, it was at least 75lbs, if not more.

 

[siceclipse]

are you sending the crank out with it? that will make a big difference.
but i would say 75-90lbs without crank.

 

[project_tsi]

yeah w/out crank at least 75lbs

 

[Mike1992]

I shipped a bare block the other day. It only had the crank in it and it weighed in at 123lbs.

 

[95RedRS]

that must have been fun to ship

How much was shipping?

 

[Mike1992]

that must have been fun to ship

How much was shipping?

Block with crank in one box and all the internals and other misc brackets in another cost me about $130 UPS ground.

 

[kicker91laser]

I guessed it would be 100 lbs, it would cost me $75 to ship from missouri to Jackson Auto Machine in Maryland UPS ground.

 

[project_tsi]

You sent it to JAM? good luck w/ that. JK!

 

[kicker91laser]

You sent it to JAM? good luck w/ that. JK!

I haven't sent it yet, are people not having any luck with jam? I am looking around for a good machine shop to machine my block right now.

 

[Mike1992]

I haven't sent it yet, are people not having any luck with jam? I am looking around for a good machine shop to machine my block right now.

I had O'Reilly's Machine shop do all my machine work. Prices are reasonable and the work looks good.

 

[kicker91laser]

Did they use a torque plate? Is that o'reillys the auto parts store chain or a different place?

 

[Mike1992]

Did they use a torque plate? Is that o'reillys the auto parts store chain or a different place?

Yep part of that chain, but mainly name only privately owned. No torque plate, wasnt able to find one.

 

[kicker91laser]

I really want to get it torque plate honed.