62 409 2x4 Engine

[EZ Nova]

Jeff, the market for these is all over the place! When I bought my 409, 1964 409 425+Hp engine for my 1961 Pontiac, I paid less then $5,000 CANADIAN (that is currently 40% on exchange) back in 2015 or so. A guy had it for sale on the 348-409 site and was a well know engine back then. He was asking around $6,000 for it and it sat for a year. Mind you it had ported heads, stroker crank, solid AND hyd roller cam, and choice of dual 500 or 750 Edelbrock carbs, and only 9.0 to 1 compression. BUT still made 575Hp. It was a GRAT street engine. It went mid 10's in the 55 chev gasser, low 11 in my 1961 Pontiac, both with the solid roller and 750s. Before I bought it they had it in a 1962 Impala convert with the hyd roller and 500. That 100% stock chassis car went 12.20 street trim.

Seems those deals are very specific and not just big bucks. Someone need to HAVE that combo for it to be big buck. And if it's not fresh or needs work, those experienced guys are not everywhere and sometimes the parts are difficult to get or pricey.

Now pricing???? Is it a $6,000 deal? Not to me. I bought a complete, very strong running 409 for what, less then $4000 from air cleaner to pan including Balenger headers, MSD distributor and 750 Edelbrock carbs. I DID GET A GOOD DEAL as the seller couldn't get rid of it. Everyone on the site said it was an easy $10K US $$$ engine, but when it went for sale, he couldn't get 1/2 of that.

The manifolds???? I have an OG 1970 Olds W-30 intake on my 1970 W-30 convert clone. All over the Olds site they say $2,500 US EASY for original one. So I advertized mine for $2,000. Over a yr and only had 1 guy even talk to me about it???? So stuff is worth what someone pays you for it, or just site on it like I will with my W-30 intake.

Good Luck, John