I bought a $1,200 laptop computer for work uploading/downloading security systems but the Windows Vista OS is not compatible with the brand software...so, I have this nice ass laptop just sitting.

My good friend's wife wants a laptop for work so he offered me a 351W (non-roller) bored .30 over w/ a C4 trans as a trade. It already has Fox-Body headers on it but has been on an engine stand for 4 years or more. He has been putting Marvel Mystery Oil in the spark plug holes once a year and turning it over by hand.

My question is, since it's a solid lifter motor, is this a good trade? I am new to Ford motors and definitely a n00b when it comes to non-roller motors.

Thanks for answering my questions lately, I know I have alot of them but it's nice to actually have knowledgable people answering them unlike 1/2 of the rest of the Ford/Mustang forums on the internetz.

 

or just install xp on it and be done with it

 

I'd actually have to go way back to Windows 98 for it to work right.

 

You can make a non roller motor a roller motor easily if that's what you want. I would be kinda iffy about it sitting on an engine stand for over 4 years. If you go for it I would request that he takes off the oil pan and spin the motor over and check everything over.

 

Kinda depends. Is it just a stock block, bored, with some cheapy pistons, stock heads, stock intake? More details are needed.

It's hard to say, either way, because computers depreciate so badly. Your $1200 laptop is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it...which very well could be half that.

 

do it chris doooo EEETTTT!!!!