how much is a standard 500 engine worth?

[unclemark123]

how much would a 25000 mile 500 engine, and box complete be worth in good running order including ancillaries and ecu?

[Jay Ayegees]

Might be an obvious statement BUT Depends if somebody needs it or not.

[jester7]

I have been told to expect to pay upto £3000 for a 5.0 engine!!! Then again there is one on E bay at the moment for £1600

[unclemark123]

holy sh*te, the one on flebay was on 1700 with 5 mins to go, the the last minute rush started.....sold for 4k

[jester7]

To be honest thats what i expected it would sell for. Bearing in mind it was a running engine WITH gearbox!!

[The AJP Griff]

A 5 litre engine is usually £3-4k in decent order.The box would have ben worth roughly £4-500 i reckon,putting this one bang on the money really.Obviously a std one with a few miles will be at the lower end,and a re-built or better specced one will be at the £4k end.Ones with more extensive mods fetch even more of course.
I think 2 Monkeys will be pleased with the e-bay result!www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=13&t=390785
I see you were well off the mark as always,Jigs(Jay Ayegees)

Edited by The AJP Griff on Saturday 19th May 19:16

[jellison]

Aha - I do KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS ONE!

If you have a 500 lump in great nick (i.e. buyer can drive it, see it running) and under 30k miles I'd say 3250 (which is what I got for my 28k lump with a fresh cam in it). Over 40k then you are rapidly heading down on price - they do seem prone to cams going and don't really make that great power in std tune (barely over 50bhp/litre TRUE bhp).

If I had a choice low mile 4.6 or medium mile 500 lump, I'd go 4.6 and go the wild cam root.

Box should get 400+ if can be seen in car.

All helps and adds up when you want to go crazy!

[jeffsy]

I got £789 for the bottom half (the melted half) of my lump

Apparently it was going to get welded up and put in a Range Rover!!

[panic]

i've promised to sell the engine (just rebuild) which is pushing my griff 500 (see it in action in these vids) for 3.000 euros (about 2.000 pounds)...it has a few mods, the most important are the act tripple carbon inlet, plus act trumpet base, larger am and tuned tornado chip...did i make a bad mistake?

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Edited by panic on Sunday 20th May 14:01

[spend]

Yes

[richtvr]

it was my engine on ebay that sold for £4000 with only 25,000 miles on it, i would say thats the going rate for a good engine that can be tested and driven with service history ect... most breakers i rang when i was looking for an engine want 5K with no history in a smashed up car so the engine has obviously been well used lol

a dealer brought the engine off me so good indercation it was worth more!

rich

[jellison]

That is good. Great for a nice Tow car.

[JonRB]

panic said:

i've promised to sell the engine (just rebuild) which is pushing my griff 500 (see it in action in these vids) for 3.000 euros (about 2.000 pounds)...it has a few mods, the most important are the act triple carbon inlet, plus act trumpet base, larger am and tuned tornado chip...did i make a bad mistake?

Yes. The ACT bits alone are worth half that sum.