such thing as testing a bare block????
 

I realize my question may be very amateur and imature...

I aquired in a trade a bare block (jdm gsr) and am wondering if there's a way for me to find out its internal condition, I'm afraid I just don't know enough to point out any issues by just looking at it...

Can I take it to a machine shop and have them perform some procedure to find if there are any issues with it?

thanks for any input!

Re: such thing as testing a bare block????
 

yes they can inspect it and measure it. more than likely it will need some kind of machining to bring it back into spec

Re: such thing as testing a bare block????
 

If you want to have it checked for cracks, the machine shop can magnaflux it..

Re: such thing as testing a bare block????
 

They can measure it to check the deck for flatness, the bores to see if they're out of round and also the main journals.

Re: such thing as testing a bare block????
 

that's great info guys. Thanks for all the help. I ask for I have all new internals (upgraded) and was getting ready to have built an LS block, If everything is good with the C block I'm just going to use it instead...

I'll take it first part of next week and let you know how it went!