One another one of board's this was posted:

I have a new engine on the way and I don’t know how much to ask for my engine.
It was built 700 miles ago it was supposed to have arias pistons TTE head gasket and a bunch of other ****.
My clutch came apart so I took out the engine and pulled off the oil pan and the pistons that are in the motor are not arias they are cast. I do not know if it has a TTE head gasket. The motor was supposed to be built with and assortment of performance parts. It has new stock pistons in it so I don’t think they put all the other performance parts on. They used all stock parts. The motor has been out of the car for about a month and has not been started for about a month and a half. I had a compression check done 2 weeks ago on it and it was
Cylinder 1 155
Cylinder 2 175
Cylinder 3 175
Cylinder 4 165
I thought 155 in cylinders 1 was bad but they said that it was good because it has not had any fluids in it for a month and the oil would help with the seal. Hell the pistons have only been in the car for 700 miles so the rings probably haven’t been broken in yet.
It has no turbo or exhaust mani and no transition. How much do you guys think I can get out of it?


It's a bit shady, but the price is under a grand. What'd you guys think?

Um..yes shady. Doesnt even seem like he knows what he's talking about and the work was done by a shady mechanic. I say shy away. Whats the price? The turbo and exhaust mani will bump you up a few hundred.

compression readings should all be with in 10psi of eachother

you mean 10%, right?

Yeah it's shady, but if anyone wants it, lemme know

i always thought the center two pistons lose compression first since it is under goes a hotter temperature.

you should ask how it was driven for those 700 miles... probably wont get a straight answer if it was abused to hell but just see what he says.