long/short motors

I agree with you, when I had to buy engines for various applications that was the norm, which is not a complete engine with all the bells and whistles. Barnray

Yep, your right Owen,
Many years ago when one of my V8's threw a leg out of bed, rings were worn or for what ever reason was stuffed, A short motor was the way to go. whether it be an exchange or bought out right.
That way I got to keep the heads, inlet manifold, exhaust manifold and all the bits I had spent good money on, The Bolt On's. It was a lot cheaper to buy it that way and put it together myself.
As Donks said, check in the quote on what you get. I also use to take the Cam out and Oil pump/pickup as well. Once I just bought a bare block, because my crank & pistons were good, the block had a crack in the cylinder wall.
You could order them with what ever you wanted or not.
Depends on how mechanically minded you are and how big your budget is.

Hope that helps.

Aren't all the 3.0L Neesan diesel engines Short Motors?
Short on reliability;
Short on power;
Short on torque;
blah blah blah.

Interestingly, the use of the word motor is the wrong word for this application. The internal combustion device in your vehicle to provide the primary means of propulsion is an ENGINE.
A motor is a device that takes an external energy source to drive it, like electricity, hydraulic, air, water.

Another Yankee-ism.

Cheers,
D.

According to google --

Definitions of short motor on the Web:

* a car motor, usually without the electricals and cylinder head.

Why do they always put "USUALLY" in there ???

Rgds

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