Black Water Engines

08strokin · Aug 11, 2014

Has anyone ever used black water engines before? I'm looking for a reman 6.4 engine and they have one for 5500 bucks. Any information would be greatly appreciated!

UNLIMITED_DIESEL · Aug 12, 2014

08strokin said:
Has anyone ever used black water engines before? I'm looking for a reman 6.4 engine and they have one for 5500 bucks. Any information would be greatly appreciated!

DON'T DO IT!!! They're a bunch of hacks and liars. They sleeve engines, even though they claim not to, they will take they're sweet time with any warranty process, it's not pretty. Don't cheap out, go with something proven.

08strokin · Aug 12, 2014

Thank you! That's what I needed to know!

Jmoore1225 · Aug 14, 2014

Could not have said it better than Unlimited Diesel. I got about 9k miles outta the long block i bought from them. after tearing it apart my bearings looked like they had been reused, 7 of 8 rods were bent, heads were all cracked & for good measure they had a 6.0 valve thrown in. My truck had never been on a tune over gearhead hot street, never pulled, never raced.....

NathannialD · Aug 14, 2014

we offer several short and long block options, let me know if you have any questions.

Sideswipe505 · Aug 14, 2014

Jmoore1225 said:
Could not have said it better than Unlimited Diesel. I got about 9k miles outta the long block i bought from them. after tearing it apart my bearings looked like they had been reused, 7 of 8 rods were bent, heads were all cracked & for good measure they had a 6.0 valve thrown in. My truck had never been on a tune over gearhead hot street, never pulled, never raced.....

That's insane.

Vizsla · Aug 15, 2014

Yeah there is one of there laborers on here, believe it is gearhead 2012, touts their product as titties. Form your own opinion, nothing but crap if you research it. KC turbos, and affiliated companies seemed to align themselves with Blackwater Engines, so maybe there is hope.

SlowSmoke · Aug 15, 2014

08strokin said:
Has anyone ever used black water engines before? I'm looking for a reman 6.4 engine and they have one for 5500 bucks. Any information would be greatly appreciated!

There is a reason it's 5500 bucks! Quality parts and the machining alone cost more than that. There are companies in canada doing the same thing and I called once to ask what parts it was built with and he just said "all good parts"

08strokin · Aug 15, 2014

Thanks guys for the fast replies, I believe I'm just going to rebuild my engine slowly and do it right.

Stroked777 · Aug 15, 2014

whats your budget looking like for a rebuild, i strongly advise putting in coated and de lipped pistons and valve springs and push rods

08strokin · Aug 15, 2014

Well I ordered a bunch of stuff already de-lipped and coated pistons, gasket kit, main and rod bearings, ported intake manifold, h11 studs, steed speed manifolds with rudys up-pipes, New oil cooler, valve springs and pushrods and earlier this week I had already ordered Morgan's 66 billet single kit, as well as the no limit intake. So needless to say I am almost broke lol. I'm going to be dropping my heads and engine off at the machine shop next week and then I'll start saving for the fuel bowl delete , low fuel system and then the trans